Nov 20, 2018
Episode: #53
Nick 'Chewy' Albin on why you need to try BJJ right now
Who: Today's guest is BJJ coaching guru Nick
'Chewy' Albin. Nick is a BJJ which stands for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu)
competitor, coach and owner of Chewjitsu which is a Youtube
training channel, and its associated BJJ training facility
in Louisville, Kentucky. This guy has been an amazing
help to me in my own BJJ journey and he is a must follow for
beginners and experts alike, an awesome coach and a great guy! We
discuss a lot of different concepts in this one and it really
outlines the joys of BJJ and why I think every person needs to try
it. In this interview, we discuss his story, BJJ, how
life-changing training can be, role models, training methods, his
outlook on life and so much more. Nick is throwing gem after
gem in this one! I practically gave up trying to record them all
down as there was so many ... so listen and enjoy!
**Please note that this was recorded back in July 2018 and due
to some other time-sensitive recordings, the release for this
interview was moved back. Some aspects have changed, I am now a 4
tab white belt and feel much more centred, controlled, considerably
more developed and skilled practitioner and its thanks to guys like
Nick for this evolution of me as a BJJ competitor and person. And
apologies, back then I sat too far away from my mic so the sound is
a bit crap in places but I didn't want to tinker too much with the
sound and lose the authenticness of the interview**
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What we cover
- Who he is and his entrepreneurial journey as a child
- The terrible incident that encouraged Nick to train BJJ and
begin his Jiu-Jitsu journey
- Is BJJ right for everyone?
- How to be a good student at your BJJ gym and how you can learn
BJJ the quickest?
- How do you leave your ego at the door and enter training with
an empty learning cup?
- How BJJ will change you as a person and become a good training
partner
- How should we look at being beaten? How should we look at loss
and overcome the negative association we tend to add to it and
actually learn from it?
- How Nick coaches and his truly superb way of viewing learning
BJJ and using it as well
- How progression is judged and what you need to do to show to be
ready for another tab or belt
- The amazing benefits of an open mat session and a training
debrief
- The importance and benefits of going for a short walk after a
meal.
- The evolution of techniques and moves in Jiu-Jitsu
- How to pick the right gym for you to train BJJ at
- Where his creativity and passion for training BJJ comes
from
- How he finds transitioning from a BJJ Competitor to Coach to
gym owner
- Methods for recovering, avoiding injury, starting training as
an older person etc and how Nick relaxes away from it all
- Do mental workouts like visualisation work?
- How Nick chooses his content and connects with his
audience
- What should you expect from your first class and starting
BJJ
- The evolution of his business
- How should someone starting outlook to progress within their
first six months of BJJ training
- How does he deal with the fast break questions
- What he wants you to take from the interview
- How you can keep in touch with him and his projects
- And so much more
Some things to reflect on
- BJJ is a human chess match, you can never fully learn BJJ but
you can make it your own, evolve positions submissions and movement
chains to make your own version of BJJ
- To be a great student, you need to find your own intrinsic
reason about why you want to learn, it needs to be something you
want to do, to learn as it is a long challenging road but it will
be a life-changing road
- BJJ techniques are changing and evolving all the time, there
are no real wrong positions, more your reaction from being in it
dictates how successful you can
- If you can control three out of four points to pass a guard -
hips, knees and legs, it will create a really nasty and skilled
guard pass
- Learn to relax and that mindset will open up your creative mind
and it will allow creating, to tinker and modify to make BJJ in
your own style
- Martial arts allows you to take back your power, your true
identity after being bullied, a bad family environment etc, martial
arts allows you to become centred and controlled again
- Who we are is very malleable, we can change, we can develop, we
can become better, no matter our current starting point
- The story you tell yourself will control how successful you
will be and how quickly you can 'learn' BJJ - what is the story you
tell about yourself? Is it a positive or negative?
- Everyone is going to be different in terms of skill
progression, your journey is yours alone, don't judge yourself
against another, don't compare yourself against others, follow your
own path and help others but each of us goes on our own
journey
- You need to step away from the mats to recover, learn and
evolve as well as time training - you need a healthy mixture of
training, recover and other hobbies
- Good or bad, the experiences you have gone through have made
you the person you are today and you can learn from them and become
a better person from it
- Instead of trying to find solutions to the reasons you don't or
can't do something, find the one reason - all it takes is one - to
actually want to do it and focus on that
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