Marcelo rushes against a seated opponent: Get through your opponents hands first and shove them onto their back; if they capture your lead leg with a Single-Leg attempt, keep your same-side hand on their collar or post it above their h...

2 Part Lesson -- Marcelo teaches how to perform a Back-Step Pass: Shove your opponent's back flat on the mat and ostensibly overshoot yourself so that you end up clearing your lead knee through the Open Guard. Land by posting both of y...

2 Part Lesson -- Marcelo has a series of planned passes after forcing his opponent's back flat on the mat: If your opponent has his or her legs uncrossed, hit the Standing-Step Pass (X-Pass); if your opponent blocks the X-Pass by cross...

2 Part Lesson -- Marcelo attacks the Seated Guard from standing with a Guillotine Choke: Force your opponent to react and expose his or her neck by stepping your lead leg inside and splitting the guard as you shove him or her back by p...

3 Part Lesson — Marcelo puts pressure on a defensive Butterfly Guard: [I] If you can find a gap along your opponent's side, fire your lead leg knee through the space for the Knee Slide Pass. If the opponent's elbow is tightly defending...

3 Part Lesson - Marcelo instructs one of his leading go-to combos by chaining together a Knee Slide into Half Guard, then Back Stepping with his left leg towards the far side.

3 Part Lesson - Marcelo Back Steps against an opponent's Half Guard to find an Under Hook and quickly returns to an Over Under Pass, if the space to Under Hook is actually underneath him.

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo maintains his Guillotine: [I] Shove your opponent's shoulders as you step inside his Seated Guard with your lead leg to open up an opportunity for the Guillotine Choke; snap his head down onto your forearm as he...

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo teaches one of his most successful passes for nogi: [I] Your weight distribution atop your opponent's Reverse Half needs to be in the way of a hover; you shouldn't readily land beside your opponent without first...

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo shares a move that surprises his sparring partners the most: [I] Pop your opponent's shoulders back when he is seated in front of you and step forward, snapping his head down into a Guillotine when he tries to s...

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo teaches two passes against Butterfly Guard: [I] If your opponent is actively keeping your hands away from his legs for a pass, grab a hold of his hands and wait for his reaction; when he reels back to free his a...

4 Part Lesson — Marcelo breaks down the essential points of defending against the Spider Guard: [I] If your opponent plays Spider Guard with a Stirrup & Lasso against your arms, you must break his grips on your sleeves to advance in po...