The Reason People Don't Improve In Jiu-Jitsu (Episode 406)

The Reason People Don't Improve In Jiu-Jitsu (Episode 406)

From The Chewjitsu Podcast by Chewjitsu

March 16, 2026 · 1h 12m

About this episode

Chewy and Eugene discuss the main reasons people struggle to improve in Jiu-Jitsu, emphasizing technique development and learning strategies.

On this episode, Chewy and Eugene discuss the main reason people don't improve in BJJ. We discuss an idea from the Jiu-Jitsu "GOAT" Roger Gracie, who shares the idea of why people don't improve in BJJ. His thoughts are that most people don't spend enough time developing their techniques and move on to learning different techniques too quickly. We chat about the process of developing your techniques, advice for BJJ hobbyists, using a "common place journal," how to learn information, how to use instructionals, reverse engineering your techniques, why you should build off your current techniques, how to avoid doing a technique too much, why you should fix areas where you struggle, how has social media has impacted Jiu-Jitsu, and what are metrics for good social media content. Thanks to the podcast sponsors: Check out "Athlethc" at https://athlethc.com/ and use the code Chewjitsu10 to get 10% off of your order of hemp-derived THC performance mints. Charlotte's Web CBD. Head over to https://bit.ly/chewjitsu30 and use the promo code Chewjitsu30 to get 30% off of your total purchase. Epic Roll BJJ. Check out https://epicrollbjj.com/ and use the promo code Chewjitsu20 to get 20% off of…

People in this episode

Hosts: Chewy, Eugene

Topics covered

  • Jiu-Jitsu improvement
  • technique development
  • BJJ advice
  • social media impact
  • learning methods

Keywords

  • Jiu-Jitsu
  • BJJ
  • technique
  • improvement
  • social media
  • learning
  • instructionals

Sponsors

Athlethc, Charlotte's Web CBD, Epic Roll BJJ

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