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The Chewjitsu Podcast

Beware Of Other People's BJJ Commandments (Episode 375)

The Chewjitsu Podcast

Eugene Tsozik

Wrestling, Wellness, Brazilianjiujitsu, Sports, Interviews, Mma, Bjj, Health, Chewjitsu, Injuryprevention

5643 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Chewy and Eugene get asked about BJJ Black Belt Henry Akins' recent comments that "Half Guard" is not a very good position in BJJ.

Chewy and Eugene discuss why you shouldn't always accept other people’s “dogma,” the idea that “half guard is half passed," the original thoughts on leg locks in BJJ, why half guard is a great passing and sweeping position, why Jiu-Jitsu lives in the gray area, a common mistake many BJJ practitioners make, the distinction between "Old School" and "Modern BJJ," and why you should be a "tactical mercenary” in BJJ.

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0:00.0

What up, guys? Welcome to the Chiu Jitsu podcast episode. Nobody cares. You know, it's just a random arbitrary number, but we're here with you. Episode 375. Today we're going to chat about an idea. I've likened this to sort of the idea that you don't want to, you don't want to, you want to beware, rather, we're going to say it

0:23.6

that way, you want to beware of other people's BJJ commandments, my, mine included, right, which I

0:31.0

don't typically give you commitments. I give you sort of an idea to chew on and you do with it what

0:34.9

you will, but we're going to talk about some different ideas.

0:39.8

A little bit of human nature in there, too.

0:42.1

So hopefully this will be useful to you one way or the other.

0:44.9

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