2 Part Lesson -- Marcelo forces his opponent into Butterfly and Half-Guard to pass precisely: Control your opponent's soles until you find a moment that you can stuff their feet in between your knees and force them into Butterfly-Guard...

3 Part Lesson — Marcelo counters attacks from inside Closed Guard: [I] If you can prevent your opponent from securing the 2on1 Control by smacking off his hand before he can settle his grips, you are much better off in the long run. Ho...

2 Part Lesson - Control the opponent's hands through rigorous grip breaking and pin his wrists to his stomach. Cut your knee through the opening of his guard, or cross towards the other side if you cannot step over his obstructing leg.

2 Part Lesson — MG shows how to create an opportunity for attack after a grip break: [I] You must develop the response of "yanking" your arm free when you feel the opponent reach for 2on1 Control. If you wait until it is too late, your...

2 Part Lesson - If the opponent frees his top leg from your Folding Pass in an attempt to escape, change your initial plan of circling to pass into moving forwards into Mount.

2 Part Technique - Dismantle your opponent's Open Guard by immediately addressing his grips and warding away his De-La-Riva hook with your knee. After breaking off his grip from your collar, vault over his inside knee, landing in mount...

3 Part Technique - Thrust your hips forward while popping the opponent's knee back to force the mount. Commonly the opponent will desperately close a weak half guard to prevent points. Control the opponents head into alignment to escap...

2 Part Technique - Before the opponent can establish a control and put you in the De La Riva Guard position, break the grips and work a pass of your own, such as the Over / Under Guard Pass. However, now the opponent was able to establ...