Jul 14, 2025
On this episode of the podcast, Chewy and Eugene discuss what is a legitimate black belt.
We chat about the recent story of “Derek Moneyberg,” who received a BJJ black belt in 3.5 years by doing only private lessons. Chewy shares a couple stories of teaching students who only wanted to do private lessons and wanted...
Jul 7, 2025
On this episode, Chewy and Eugene discuss 4 things that they learned through Jiu-Jitsu that impacted their lives.
- Facing your fears - fear as part of the process and how to overcome the resistance to achieving your goals.
- The cost of skill and progress - pick things that align with what you want.
- Taking care of your...
Jun 30, 2025
On this episode of the podcast, Chewy and Eugene discuss why you should stop being so nice with your BJJ.
We discuss the importance of using pressure with your techniques, ideas on how to properly apply pressure, your intentions when applying pressure, how to recognize a student with “bad intentions,” the factors...
Jun 23, 2025
On this episode, Chewy and Eugene discuss the new "UFC-BJJ" show and BJJ promotion formed by the UFC.
We discuss the new BJJ reality show, how to make BJJ more spectator-friendly, whether the UFC should focus on grapplers or people who have never trained to improve viewership, the advantage of having a refs decision,...
Jun 16, 2025
On this episode of the podcast, we are joined by Judo black belt, Jiu-Jitsu brown belt, former gymnast, and one of the founders of “GMB Fitness,” Ryan Hurst.
Ryan discusses his start in gymnastics and then transitioning to training Judo. He shares his experience of living in Japan for over 20 years, what it was like...