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Hand-Fighting from Open-Guard, De-La-Riva Guard Sweep
     

Marcelo & Ryan discuss grip-fighting from an Open-Guard: Getting into your offensive game from bottom position is largely a matter of mindfully tracking your opponent's hands and finding a way to momentarily dominate them before they c...
Hand Fighting vs Butterfly Guard, Hand Fighting from Butterfly Guard
     

Marcelo prioritizes aspects of Hand-Fighting: If you are kneeling in front of a seated opponent, immediately clear away any Collar-Ties around your neck, and then convert them into a dominant 2on1-Grip. Whether you end up blocking from...
Hand Fighting vs 2on1 Control from Butterfly Guard
     

Marcelo quickly teaches Victor a simple solution to a common problem: When applying 2-on-1 Control onto your opponent's sleeve, it is important not to let their hand reach your collar; use your control to help flick their wrist underne...
Elbow Control Armbar from Butterfly
     

Marcelo, Josh, and Jordan briefly discuss the parameters for securing the finish with Elbow-Control: After winning the inside-tie during the hand-fight exchange, latch your hand onto your opponent's elbow-joint and secure your palm at ...
Posted: 158 days ago
 288 views
Hand Fighting from Butterfly
     

Marcelo, Josh, and Jordan talk about attacking from Butterfly-Guard: If you can close the distance against a kneeling opponent and slap on a Collar-Tie & Elbow-Control, you can break their posture and advance with an attack in response...
Closed-Guard to Butterfly-Guard, Breaking Gi-Grips from Butterfly, 1Leg X-Guard Entry
     

Marcelo & Adam help Jon troubleshoot a situation based on a previous super-fight: Placing your feet on your opponent's hips is an important aspect of distance-making, particularly when you are attempting to break your opponent's grips ...
Pulling Guard
     

Marcelo takes time to present several important ideas about positive training: When starting a roll with a partner, if you are both in a downed-position, try your best to minimize the amount of time spent grip-fighting and wrestling fr...
Posted: 592 days ago
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Advanced Hook-Sweeping from Butterfly-Guard
     

Marcelo advises Kanan on how to properly re-attack from the Butterfly-Guard: If you encounter an opponent who happens to counter your butterfly-hooks mid-lift with heavy sprawling pressure and framing, you must train and develop the re...
Training in the Gi to Improve Your Nogi Game
     

Marcelo briefly relays his stance on the necessity of adorning a jacket, pants and belt for a much faster advancement in terms of training without said ensemble: The grips one may impose (likewise, conversely made against) create situa...
Hand Fighting
     

Marcelo helps Megan with hand-fighting for both gi and no-gi: When your opponent isn't readily committing to an attack, use your hands to help force an exaggerated reaction from them; pop their shoulders with strong posts and get them ...
Taking Center, Keeping Inbounds, and Riding the Line
     

Marcelo, Demian, and Philzinho help Jon investigate strategies and tactics against an opponent who happens to skillfully 'Ride the Line', so to speak: Staying conscious of where the boundaries of your match reside is an advanced part o...
Pulling Half-Guard
     

Marcelo offers Joe some advice on how to slow down a fast opponent from bottom position: Whenever you are faced with an opponent is relying on speed and angles to bypass your guard, look to ensnare their leg inside your Half-Guard. Pul...
Avoiding a Head-in-Neck Squeeze
     

Marcelo offers advice to Jee about a tricky neck crank situation: As a general rule, don't let your opponent occupy the space around your neck; protect your vulnerable parts by tucking your chin when your opponent tries to invade the s...
Posted: 971 days ago
 214 views
Physical, Strategic, Tactical & Technical Conditioning
     

Marcelo dispenses invaluable gems of "condensed" wisdom and grants us many insights quite literally, through the mist and amidst several hard advanced sparring sessions: Beware of both external and internal distractions; you must be re...
Hand-Fighting from Butterfly-Guard
     

Marcelo, Jimmy, and Kanan discuss the idea of escalation in control: If your opponent tucks their elbows inwardly, they will oftentimes do so while exposing the underside of their sleeves. Seize this gripping option not to necessarily ...
Posted: 1105 days ago
 294 views
Under-Hook & Cross-Collar Grip Control > Short Hook-Sweep from Butterfly-Guard
     

Marcelo helps Jimmy with an advanced grip set-up that lends itself to a strong 'Short' Hook-Sweep from Butterfly Guard: Take advantage of your opponent's jacket by assuming an Under-Hook, reinforced with a horse-collar or far/rear-lape...
Hand-Fighting from Butterfly-Guard
     

Marcelo & Scott help Jon prioritize his movement selection when encountering an opponent who intends on passing his Butterfly-Guard (Seated Guard, Sit-Up Guard, Upright-Guard, Sitting Guard, Hooks-Guard, et al.) with a Standing Knee-Cu...
Posted: 1155 days ago
 291 views
Hook Sweep from Butterfly Guard
     

Marcelo helps Zane figure out how to make his Butterfly Sweep effective against larger defensive opponents: Find your grips, scoot close, fall to your side and lift. Keep your bottom leg flexed and planted close to your hips so you can...
Butterfly Recovery vs Standing Pass
     

Marcelo and Jimmy help Jon figure out a way to prevent an opponent from landing a Steering-Wheel or Long-Step Pass against the Butterfly-Guard: Club your opponent strongly against their neck with a Collar-Tie as you turn your entire bo...
Hand Fighting
     

Marcelo shares with Gianni his thoughts on the importance of Hand-Fighting. Your hands need to act as a barrier, disallowing any breach of your opponent's advances. Gripping a sleeve isn't necessarily a dominating control since your op...
Posted: 1266 days ago
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Hand Fighting from Butterfly
     

Marcelo helps Hana understand certain aspects of Hand-Fighting from Butterfly-Guard in terms of attack and defense. Pummeling for greater control is oftentimes prefaced with movements akin to bushwhacking or trailblazing through thick ...
Posted: 1278 days ago
 354 views
2on1 Control from Butterfly
     

Marcelo discusses with Savannah several options with 2on1 and their respective contingencies based on posture (opponent kneeling or standing) and control (friction differences within gi or nogi). He prefers to attack the legs when an o...
Getting the most out of your attacks.
     

Marcelo advises on finding attacks that takes less from you and allows your explosive movements to continue.
Posted: 1838 days ago
 242 views
Butt-scooting vs Backpedaling
     

Marcelo and Yuta-san discuss tactics regarding a standing opponent who disengages from Hand-Fighting against the Seated/Butterfly Guard. There exists a delicate interplay between remaining safe against a surprise attack and opening you...
Training outside your comfort zone.
     

Marcelo discusses the importance of safely training outside your comfort zone for athletic development, mentally and physically.
Posted: 1880 days ago
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