2 Part Lesson - Assume the opponent will pull against your legs after you stand to break his Closed Guard. Anticipate the moment and kick out in reaction. Continue the same attention towards the opponent as he forces the Tripod Sweep.

2 Part Lesson — While passing from standing, you offer your opponent the option to play his guard (DLR & Reverse-DLR) against your lead-leg; Marcelo explains to his Advanced Class how to deal with these positions after steppi...

2 Part Lesson - As the opponent spirals underneath you, base against his inversion and prevent his free leg from crossing. Reset back into his guard or react against his movement towards your back by anchoring into the position of Back...

3 Part Lesson - Turn your knee against the opponent's guard to inhibit his De La Riva offense and break his cross collar control. Drag the opponent's leg across your body and close the distance before he re-places guard. If the opponen...

3 Part Technique - During the Hand-Fight for passing controls, your opponent may opt for a Collar Grip from his Open Guard. Respond appropriately by yanking off his grip, clearing his feet from your hips, and pinning his arm into his b...

3 Part Technique - If your opponent wins a Leg Lasso around your collar grip as you push him into Open Guard, make sure he doesn't control your other sleeve and instead, you control his wrist long enough to make a grip on the outside o...

3 Part Technique - As in the previous advanced lesson, Marcelo teaches us how to dismantle the Spider Guard. However, this time, we encounter difficulty with freeing our lasso'ed arm because the opponent won't let us reach our grip. If...

2 Part Technique - During your starting offense, use precise attention and alertness to parry the opponent's attacks. Push the opponent's leg down and escape, before it crosses into 50/50 Guard. If the opponent is able to cross his leg...

2 Part Techniques - Attack immediately after avoiding the opponent's 50/50 entry attempt. The opponent will feel vulnerable after failing, surrounded with empty space. Fill that space with your attack.

2 Part Technique - Defend positions and techniques by understanding their outer layers and points of entries. Traveling deeper into unfamiliar territories plays into the opponent's game of customized moves and techniques. Defeat the 50...

2 Part Technique - Play where your opponent is not comfortable; this translates to breaking his preferred grips, and keeping outside of his chosen guard game. For example, if he employs the De-La-Riva Guard against you, remove his grip...

2 Part Technique - Dismantle your opponent's Open Guard by immediately addressing his grips and warding away his De-La-Riva hook with your knee. After breaking off his grip from your collar, vault over his inside knee, landing in mount...

2 Part Technique - Make the first move, and make the last move. It doesn't matter what he does, you respond back and keep ahead of him on your terms. Take for example the following sequence: You reach Knee-On-Belly, but you get bumped ...