Skip to main content
Cautionary Tale of BJJ White Belts on Social Media

Cautionary Tale of BJJ White Belts on Social Media

From Chewjitsu

September 9, 2026

Today’s question comes from a BJJ Blue Belt who’s irritated with the social media antics of a newer White Belt at his gym.

The Blue Belt said he was rolling light with 1 of the White Belts recently as many of us who are more experienced do. He was playing around with different positions and things outside of his A game.

A good idea for rolling in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu btw.

Well, later on he said this White Belt posted up a narrated video of their roll on social media and talked out their roll in a way that mistook what was happening. Saying things like “he was panicking” or “I just lost my balance” and so on.

Not a big deal, but the Blue Belt is irritated by it and sent me a question about how to deal with it.

In the video I’ll give some ideas on a similar situation I had years ago and also why I never record my hard hard rolls in the gym.

Hopefully the video gives you a useful idea to chew on for your BJJ training.

-Chewy

Free Ebook: https://www.chewjitsutraining.com/focused

Want to ask Chewy a question: https://www.chewjitsutraining.com/question

Video Courses and Products: http://www.chewjitsu.net/products

T shirts: http://www.chewjitsu.net/shop/

http://www.Facebook.com/Chewjitsu

http://www.instagram.com/Chewjitsu

http://www.twitter.com/Chewjitsu

Intro/Outtro Music : https://bknapp.bandcamp.com

If you’d ever like to train with the team and I. Check out my gym Derby City MMA in Louisville,KY.

VPOCYBIH5BZQHYL0

Report an Issue

Found outdated information, a broken link, or incorrect data? Let us know and we'll fix it.

0 characters (minimum 10)

We'll use this to follow up if needed

It's a mess, I know.

My goal is to build the most comprehensive BJJ encyclopedia anywhere — but good, accurate data is genuinely hard to come by. Records, gyms, belts and nationalities are pieced together from public and community sources, so some of it is incomplete, outdated, or flat-out wrong.

That's where you come in. If you spot something off, tell me and I'll fix it — every correction makes this better for everyone. This website wouldn't be possible without the community.