We are delighted to announce some exciting updates to the site. In response to the well-thought-out requests of several of you, we have made research much more intuitive. In addition to the old search options, every video is now accessible through a tree of techniques. To view the extent of the tree, we encourage all of you to play around with it a bit -- just hit the Expand All Folders button at the bottom of the Browse All Techniques drop down to familiarize yourself with the system. Then hit Collapse All and open a line of research up by hitting "+" signs as you work your way down through the tree.

    In general, we have categorized videos by: 1) Position; 2) Whether we are on top or on bottom (or sometimes, when more appropriate, whether we are attacking or defending); 3) The nature of the technique -- i.e., Controls, Sweeps, Submissions, etc.

    The tree is extremely easy to use, and you always have the option of being more or less specific in your search -- if you hit on the "+" button at any point of the tree, you will see the next level of categorization. The "-" button obviously does the reverse. And if you just hit on the more general title next to the number of videos available, for example "Butterfly (483)" you will see all the videos at that level of the categorization (divided, as before, into Instructionals, In Action, and Sparring Sessions). Any time you move from the tree to a collection of videos, where you are in the tree will be highlighted and stay visible on the right side of your screen so you can continue research where you left off.

    You will also notice that we have changed the name of the tab that was called Techniques to In Action as this is really the essence of the research side of this site -- the ability to weave between theory (lessons taught by Marcelo) and clips of him executing that particular technique In Action.

    Finally, we have simplified the exploration of videos related to the one you are watching. Now, when you watch a video that has more than one technique in it, to the right of the video screen you will see a list of possible avenues of research under Research Suggestions. The videos under each of these carousels are organized by technique and broken into Instructionals and In Action. Again, this is extremely intuitive, we just wanted to give you a heads up about the new features that are available.

    As always, we are hard at work on new updates and would love to hear your feedback. If you have any ideas to improve the MGInAction.com experience, please let us know. 

Sincerely,
The MGInAction.com Team