Marcelo briefly reminds Orlando of the importance of properly learning the Guillotine-Choke: Snap your forearm onto your opponent's exposed neck and clasp your hands together as quickly as possible; the moment your opponent's chin is o...

Marcelo articulates the exact mechanism behind his entry for the Guillotine Choke: Counterintuitively, one should attack their opponent's head with your arm as if striking their neck rather than simply looping around it; when you antic...

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...

Marcelo gives some advice to Paul about connecting submission attacks: Experimenting with new transitions and combinations can be a tricky process; one must assess and account for any possible points of failure. Testing for weak spots ...

Braulio Estima shares some finishing skills from various Side-Control positions: Controlling over your opponent's head with a Cross-Face in combination with an Under-Hook against their far-arm, if they extend their hand and elbow towar...

Marcelo talks to Bryan about how he prefers the Armbar over the Kimura from Side-Control: Oftentimes when faced with a strength disparity between you and your opponent, the armbar offers a much higher percentage of success than the Kim...

Marcelo guides Bryan through the Monoplata and Spiral-Armbar: If you time your opponent's Under-Hook correctly while mounting, you can trap their arm inside a Reverse Technical-Mount (aka Reverse S-Mount, Sugar-Mount, Marceloplata, et ...

Marcelo & Jimmy help Bryan cinch up a Guillotine from Mount: If you've encircled your opponent's head with your arm for a possible N/S Choke, oftentimes they will attempt to escape from danger by turning into you; during this transitio...

Marcelo and Bryan talk about energy conversation and developing exteroceptive awareness: When applying a North/South Choke while you and your opponent are wearing kimono tops, there is a nonnegligible probability that the gi will hinde...

Marcelo explains how he prefers to finish an opponent who turns up onto their side while exposing their neck in Side Control. Rather than attempt a Nogi Baseball Choke from top position, he insists on trying for a Guillotine instead. M...

Marcelo and Scott help Jon troubleshoot details concerning the breaking mechanics behind finishing the Near-Side Arm-Lock with the opponent's arm caught under your armpit, and coming directly from of an Over/Under Control Half-Guard Pa...

Marcelo talks about developing habits for setting up the North/South Choke. Learning how to execute the choke when training nogi can be beneficial for integrating the correct sensitivity necessary to coordinate your movements and notic...

Marcelo helps Halie troubleshoot against a common counter to the North/South Choke. Later, they discuss how to approach the process of breaking open the Closed Guard based on preference of laterality and the opponent's comfort levels.