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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...
Collar and Elbow Control Hook Sweep from Butterfly, Breaking Gi Grips vs Butterfly
     

Marcelo shows several ways of finding grips for his Hook Sweep from Butterfly: The two main components of control for initiating the Hook-Sweep from the Butterfly-Guard are a grip on an ipsalateral elbow and contralateral knee; using h...
Knee Inside vs De La Riva Hook
     

Marcelo helps Rob get comfortable holding onto Headquarters for a pass: Whenever your opponent is competent playing guard with their hips tilted towards the outside of your lead-leg, e.g. a phenotype of some Reverse-Guard (a.k.a. R-Gua...
Knee on Belly, Standing Step Pass vs Open Guard, Folding Pass
     

Marcelo advocates for a strong combination of passes from the standing position: Remember to block your opponent from getting their foot set in front of you after you've established Knee-Mount by keeping your elbow-knee connection tigh...
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...
Arm-Pull vs Double Over-Hooks from Butterfly-Guard
     

Marcelo shares an important set of concepts to Mark about explosive escapes: When stuck in a variety of circumstances, e.g. Double-Overs, Rubber-Guard, or even Choke-Defense, it is important not to telegraph your intentions to your opp...
Arm Pull vs Over Hook from Closed Guard
     

Marcelo advises Mark on how to safely and successfully pummel out of an opponent's strong Over-Hook game from Full-Guard: Ideally, one should try to dominate the hand-fighting exchange and assume double inside biceps-ties to prevent yo...
Omoplata Escape
     

Marcelo recounts a difficult shoulder-lock problem and its potential solution: When your opponent catches your arm inside an Omoplata (a.k.a. Coil-Lock, Sankakugarami, et al.) from Full-Guard, it is important to not let them gain even ...
Mount vs Hook Lift
     

Marcelo helps Dominyka out with a pesky Butterfly-Hook: If your opponent grabs onto your pants while holding up your leg with a Butterfly-Hook on the same side, first grab their wrist and break off their grip; next, keep your leg heavy...
Improving Technique: Drilling vs Sparring
     

Marcelo reminds his advanced class to focus on specific goals during live training: Getting better at certain moves is a matter of quality over quantity; repetition is still a factor, but any monotony should be tempered with variable r...
Posted: 508 days ago
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Honing a Competitive Edge
     

Marcelo answers Orlando about questions regarding follow-through attacks, pressure consistency, and confidence boosts: Organize your jiu-jitsu such that you are constantly seeking an initiative; whether it comes from obtaining a domina...
Dealing with Slipperiness
     

Marcelo explains to Benny the need to adjust for traction (or lack thereof) while passing: Rather than attempting passes which require heavy, continuous pressure to circumvent an opponent's guard-play, one should look for shortened, co...
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...
Knee Slide Pass vs Butterfly
     

Marcelo & Jimmy help Bryan with Standing-Passes against Butterfly-Guard: Taking the initiative to pass successfully begins well before contact is made; don't give your opponent a chance to retaliate once your enter inside their guard a...
Posted: 704 days ago
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Finishing the Guillotine Choke from Open & Closed Guard
     

Marcelo talks about placing counter-defensive frames against his opponent when finishing the Guillotine-Choke from bottom position: Keep your elbow elevated and shelved on top of your opponent's shoulder to help maintain space; erectin...
Over Under Control from Butterfly
     

Marcelo helps Kanan with the proper posture necessary for receiving top pressure while playing Butterfly-Guard: Whenever your opponent closes the distance to break you flat from a Seated Hooks-Guard position, you must meet their advanc...
Posted: 740 days ago
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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 ...
Folding Pass vs Butterfly
     

Marcelo shares advice on when and how to implement a Folding-Pass against the Butterfly-Guard: Your weight alone sometimes is insufficient for holding down a particularly strong opponent; make sure to secure your advance by finding gri...
Hand-Fighting from Side-Control
     

Marcelo helps Jon with a highly nuanced problem after passing: If your opponent is strongly defending and depriving you of a moment to advance and take more from them, adjust accordingly by intensifying your driving base and sophistica...
Posture vs Spider-Guard Lasso, Omoplata Escape, Leg-Pull Escape
     

Marcelo and Hana help Savannah defend a sequence of attacks from Lasso: Posture yourself up away from your opponent's torso by making a palm-down, closed-finger grip around their lapels and posting your arm such that your shoulder rema...
Energizing the Scramble
     

Marcelo shares knowledge about when to expend copious effort: Progression is not just a matter of leading yourself into the right direction positionally, if your opponent is well attuned, they will be anticipating your advancement and ...
The Asymmetric Aspects of Stand-Up
     

Marcelo, Demian, Jon and Philzinho discuss the trials and tribulations inherent to figuring out which sides of their body correspond best to successfully executing certain attacks in both grappling and mixed martial arts competition: O...
Single-Leg Takedown, Body-Lock Pass, Jumping on the Back
     

Marcelo, Matheus, and Jon talk about a critical point in discerning which path to take after a takedown: Your opponent may try to purposefully expose their back immediately after you've passed their guard in order to force you into lea...
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
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Transition to Mount vs Butterfly
     

Marcelo shows Brandon how he hops into Full-Mount from standing versus a seated Butterfly-Guard: You can test your opponent's ability to defend against a fast 7-point pass and mount combination by vaulting over the wings (i.e. knees) o...
Posted: 984 days ago
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