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This week we talk to Nick Albin otherwise known as “Chewy”. He teaches and trains BJJ full time and is the head instructor at  Chewy is a Black Belt under . He also has a website with lots of great information about BJJ here  

We talk about

• How your teammates help you shape your game
• Training with Renato Tavares
• The idea that you always need to be learning in BJJ
• Adding new techniques to your game
• Chewy’s style of BJJ, he moves a lot and pushes the pace
• How his wrestling effects his BJJ
• Competing as a wrestler and advantages for BJJ
• His BJJ Blog
• How he got the name Chewy
• Managing expectations at each belt level
• How shorter time limits could effect grappling matches
• Using competition video for training
• Training with injuries
• Advice for people competing for the first time
• What he was like as a blue belt
• Developing your own game plan for BJJ

Quote of the week: “Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.” William Faulkner

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Links:

• Nicks email is chewjitsu@gmail.com

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