Epi 38 Nick Albin- He May Not Be A Jedi, But He Is Chewy

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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 Derby City Mixed Martial Arts in Louisville, KY. Chewy is a Black Belt under Renato Tavares. He also has a website with lots of great information about BJJ here http://chewjitsu.net/ 

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 chewjitsu.net
• How he got the name Chewy
• An article he wrote about chasing the next belt rank
• 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

Article of the week: 10 Reasons you’re still a white belt

Links:

• Check out Nick's blog chewjitsu.net
• Nicks email is [e-mail]
• Nicks facebook page

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