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Armbar Variation from Omoplata, Pull Escape vs Kimura
     

Marcelo & Cole Miller talk about finishes and escapes from the Omoplata: When caught under attack from the Omoplata Shoulder-Lock (Coil-Lock, Sankaku-Garami, et al.), it is important to escape without putting yourself in even greater d...
Posted: 33 days ago
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Guillotine Choke from Full Mount
     

Marcelo describes important steps for finishing the Guillotine: Properly executing the Guillotine-Choke involves coordination between your upper-body and lower-body; after your arms have connected together, your legs must help stabiliz...
Monoplata vs Half Guard, Monoplata from Mount
     

Marcelo walks through the steps towards finishing the Monoplata: Starting from Half Guard on top, if you can manage to isolate your opponent's near-side arm with your elbow and knee connected together, driving across into 3/4-Mount may...
Posted: 103 days ago
 257 views
North South Choke Details
     

Marcelo offers an intimate masterclass on many high-level aspects of the North/South Choke: Constricting your opponent's neck is a matter of timing, feel, and weight distribution; ideally, land on top in such a manner so that the botto...
Folding Pass vs Z Guard
     

Marcelo explains to Rob about circumventing your opponent's strengths: When you encounter something like your opponent's Low Knee-Shield (Z-Guard, Scissors-Half, et al.), you can test to see if it can be passed right away by staying lo...
Over Under Pass vs Half Guard
     

Marcelo shares a key detail for passing against a tight Quarter-Guard: When trying to clear your foot free from your opponent's legs with an Over/Under Pass (or Knee-Slide Pass), one cannot neglect even the placement of their toes; see...
Posted: 186 days ago
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Guillotine vs Reversal from Half Guard
     

Marcelo talks about several important aspects of the Guillotine-Choke: The point of entry for attacking your opponent's neck while they are turtled up should come from the front rather than by wrapping around from the side. Jam your wr...
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...
Bridge Sweep from Half Guard, Frame Escape vs Over Under Pass, Hook Sweep from Half Guard
     

Marcelo shows Johny Hendricks and Marc Laimon how to incrementally risk defensive control to recover from Half-Guard: When your opponent flattens you out with an Under-Hook and Head Control from Half-Mount (a.k.a. Super-Hold, et al.), ...
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...
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
 219 views
Developing Winnable Scrambles
     

Marcelo talks to Bryan about aspects of scrambling for nogi: The lowered coefficient of friction found in nogi affords one the ability to use speed to their advantage when trying to put their opponent in comprising positions; place emp...
Guillotine vs Half Guard
     

Marcelo shows how he goes for a Guillotine-Choke while inside a Half-Guard: When you go for your opponent's neck and wrap your arm around their head, make sure to block your opponent from securing an under-hook by keeping your hand and...
Posted: 754 days ago
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Guillotine-Choke from Butterfly-Guard, Guillotine-Choke from Half-Guard
     

Marcelo and Savannah help Hana with her Guillotine-Choke from Half-Guard: Whenever you are trying to finish a Guillotine-Choke from a guard position, first make sure your opponent cannot immediately defend by passing towards the side t...
Drilling Your Finishing Sequences from A to Z
     

Marcelo instructs his Advanced Class to practice ending combinations from feet to floor: Learn to look further ahead during your matches so that you can execute a plan from the start and build up momentum towards an eventual submission...
Cross-Arm Under-Hook & Head-Control vs Half-Guard
     

Marcelo shares insight on weight distribution against a particular Half-Guard tactic: If your opponent is not leaving you an opportunity to flatten them out and acquire an Under-Hook, they may be over-exposing their triceps into a trap...
Under-Hook & Head-Control vs Half-Guard
     

Marcelo divulges his preferred methods for passing from Half-Guard: If you find yourself getting pushed back with frames against your opponent's Half-Guard when you've found the far-side Under-Hook, try driving off of the tips of your ...
Guillotine-Choke vs Half-Guard
     

Marcelo & John help Orlando solve a problem with his Guillotine attempt from Half-Guard (top): Take advantage of the dilemma facing your opponent when you snatch up their neck while they are still holding your leg inside half-guard; wo...
Posted: 902 days ago
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Reconsolidating Top Control
     

Marcelo & Tyler help Jon out with a problematic sweeping scenario: If you come up from a less than ideal sweeping position, e.g. one that leaves you vulnerable to leg-attacks or back-takes; as demonstrated here from the 50/50 (or 50-Ze...
Knee Slide Pass
     

Marcelo instructs Halie on how to reallocate her weight for a Knee-Cut Pass when an opponent doesn't allow an Under-Hook, and may even have one of their own: Settle your base such that you maintain pressure on the side of your opponent...
Posted: 964 days ago
 280 views
Strategies for ADCC Rules
     

Marcelo, Jon, Scott, and Matheus talk about ADCC-style rulesets: Setting a hard, steady, and fast pace right from the get-go is a great way to throw off your opponent's rhythm for dragging you into deep water and eking out minor decisi...
Finding the Finish for the Guillotine Choke
     

Marcelo, Nick, and Kanan talk about Guillotine Chokes (arm-in vs arm-out), and risk versus reward when it comes to going for a finish with them: If you can surprise your opponent and snatch their neck with your forearm cutting up again...
Guillotine-Choke from Butterfly-Guard
     

Marcelo, Orlando, and Estilo talk about the pros and cons of alternate grip variations for the Guillotine Choke: Despite the advantages of finding a chance to switch your control from the Seatbelt-Grip to an Inverted Gable-Grip (Pretze...
Sit-Over vs Deep Half-Guard
     

Marcelo, Matheus, Hana, and Kanan talk about a tricky situation regarding lapel-grips and hand-fighting when held inside of an opponent's Deep-Half-Guard: If you let your opponent weave the skirt-tail of your gi-jacket around your hip,...
Posted: 1113 days ago
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Folding Pass vs Butterfly
     

Marcelo offers Megan some advice on how to pass the Butterfly-Guard with a Cross-Grip made on the opponent's pants: One can try to find a way to weaken the lifting power of their opponent's Butterfly-Hook by pummeling for inside positi...
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