Master Fabio Gurgel opts to grab his opponent's lapel rather than their belt for an Over/Under Pass: Starting from inside control over your opponent's Open-Guard, if you cannot readily cross your leg over for a Knee-Slide Pass, you can...

3-Part Advanced Lesson -- Special guest instructor, Braulio Estima, teaches his infamous namesake foot-lock: Understanding the submission is a matter of isolating your opponent's ankle with your stomach, turning away to prevent inversi...

2 Part Lesson -- Marcelo deals with an Inverted Guard: If your opponent falls out of your Standing Closed Guard Break to attack your legs, be ready to lift your knees out of danger; if they K-Guard your lead leg, take a second high-ste...

4 Part Lesson -- Marcelo imparts the concept of the primacy of the finish: Don't think of your game in terms of discrete chunks that are subject to the scoring conditions of a match and are stitched together in a piecemeal fashion; rat...

2 Part Lesson -- Marcelo dissects several intricacies of his Back-Step Pass: Bend your wrist and turn your hand so that the heel of your palm helps you push away your opponent and maintain distance while pivoting around during the Back...

1 Part Lesson -- Marcelo expounds upon breathing, tempo and rhythm: Your respiration during a match must match the pace of the fight. When trying to pass your opponent's guard, raise the pace and caught your breath once you've closed t...

2 Part Lesson -- Marcelo escapes and passes the 50/50 leg entanglement: When your opponent uncrosses his or her figure-four hold around your leg, take your free leg and pin the opponent's outside leg down onto the mat with your shin. D...

2 Part Lesson -- Marcelo points out the importance of adapting your passing style based on your opponent's vulnerabilities as well as his or her offensive threats: There are a multitude of passing options from the kneeling position aga...

3 Part Lesson - An opponent fortified defensively in Guard requires you to create open space to climb up the lower body before forcing Half Guard.

3 Part Lesson -- Marcelo maintains his advantage: Keep in mind the idea to finish strongly when you near consolidating a position. For example, if you run North/South against and inverted guard and dig inside to pass, you can't let up ...

3 Part Lesson -- Marcelo trades a bad situation for a slightly better, more manageable one: If you cannot manipulate your hand around your opponent's leg to break his or her grip while held in Lasso-Guard, posture up strongly and pull ...

2 Part Lesson -- Marcelo points attention to the dichotomous relationship between passing with control and passing with speed when sweat becomes a factor in nogi: When you're still dry during the early goings of a match, you can more r...