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Guillotine Choke from Side Control
     

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...
Guillotine vs Reversal from Half Guard
     

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...
Collar-Tie & Elbow-Control from Standing
     

Fabio demonstrates for Gianni & Adam how to properly apply a basic wrestling clinch: Ideally, controlling the end of a lever is the most advantageous way to set up your opponent for more attacks; however, going straight for a grip on t...
Posted: 361 days ago
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Improving Technique: Drilling vs Sparring
     

Marcelo reminds his advanced class to focus on specific goals during live training: Getting better at certain moves is a matter of quality over quantity; repetition is still a factor, but any monotony should be tempered with variable r...
Posted: 521 days ago
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Smashing Back Control Recovery
     

Paul demonstrates an effective method for taking the back: The notion of smashing is commonplace in many different positional aspects of grappling, e.g. Passing, Side-Control, Knee-on-Belly, Mount, et al.; however, an often overlooked ...
Honing a Competitive Edge
     

Marcelo answers Orlando about questions regarding follow-through attacks, pressure consistency, and confidence boosts: Organize your jiu-jitsu such that you are constantly seeking an initiative; whether it comes from obtaining a domina...
X Guard Reentry vs Takedown Escape
     

Marcelo imparts important rules for training in his Advanced Class: Participation in class is a team-effort, and involves considering the welfare of everyone sharing the mats together with one another; we all need to properly share bot...
Dealing with Slipperiness
     

Marcelo explains to Benny the need to adjust for traction (or lack thereof) while passing: Rather than attempting passes which require heavy, continuous pressure to circumvent an opponent's guard-play, one should look for shortened, co...
Pulling Guard
     

Marcelo takes time to present several important ideas about positive training: When starting a roll with a partner, if you are both in a downed-position, try your best to minimize the amount of time spent grip-fighting and wrestling fr...
Posted: 605 days ago
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Training in the Gi to Improve Your Nogi Game
     

Marcelo briefly relays his stance on the necessity of adorning a jacket, pants and belt for a much faster advancement in terms of training without said ensemble: The grips one may impose (likewise, conversely made against) create situa...
Loop Choke from Front Head Lock
     

Marcelo briefly demonstrates how to finish a Loop-Choke from the Front Head-Lock Position: Avoid rolling through too far when applying the finishing pressure with the collar-grip across the neck; so much so that you actually place your...
Posted: 746 days ago
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2on1 Control from Butterfly
     

Marcelo and Savannah talk about how to properly use 2-on-1 Control for offense and defense: If your opponent tries to advanced forward while you have control over their forearm with the 2on1, you can use your grips to help deflect them...
Guillotine-Choke vs Single-Leg Take-Down
     

Marcelo finds the finish regardless of which leg his opponent captures: The important thing to remember when pulling an opponent down to the mat with their head caught in a Guillotine Choke is to not allow them to pass towards the side...
Drilling Your Finishing Sequences from A to Z
     

Marcelo instructs his Advanced Class to practice ending combinations from feet to floor: Learn to look further ahead during your matches so that you can execute a plan from the start and build up momentum towards an eventual submission...
Energizing the Scramble
     

Marcelo shares knowledge about when to expend copious effort: Progression is not just a matter of leading yourself into the right direction positionally, if your opponent is well attuned, they will be anticipating your advancement and ...
Chucking Seat-Belt Control for Top-Position
     

Marcelo has a conversation about the differences in points and rules for grappling and folk-style wrestling with regards to maintaining Back Control: If your opponent is trying to escape from your Seat-Belt Control by freeing their nea...
Taking Center, Keeping Inbounds, and Riding the Line
     

Marcelo, Demian, and Philzinho help Jon investigate strategies and tactics against an opponent who happens to skillfully 'Ride the Line', so to speak: Staying conscious of where the boundaries of your match reside is an advanced part o...
The Asymmetric Aspects of Stand-Up
     

Marcelo, Demian, Jon and Philzinho discuss the trials and tribulations inherent to figuring out which sides of their body correspond best to successfully executing certain attacks in both grappling and mixed martial arts competition: O...
The Chirality of Takedown Move-Sets
     

A brief conversation about riding fakie on a snowboard prompts Marcelo to talk about his left- and right-side preferences for attacking on the feet: When formulating one's own standing game, oftentimes your move selection isn't necessa...
Single-Leg Takedown, Body-Lock Pass, Jumping on the Back
     

Marcelo, Matheus, and Jon talk about a critical point in discerning which path to take after a takedown: Your opponent may try to purposefully expose their back immediately after you've passed their guard in order to force you into lea...
Advanced Single-Leg Finishes
     

Marcelo explains to Jon various methods for counteracting a highly resistant opponent when attempting to finish a Single-Leg Takedown by Running-the-Pipe: If your opponent is bound and determined to prevent you from keeping them ground...
Strategies for ADCC Rules
     

Marcelo, Jon, Scott, and Matheus talk about ADCC-style rulesets: Setting a hard, steady, and fast pace right from the get-go is a great way to throw off your opponent's rhythm for dragging you into deep water and eking out minor decisi...
Gi Grips from Standing
     

Marcelo & Jimmy discuss an unorthodox grip used by a modern high-level judoka: Typically, grapplers will hide the area of their armpits by keeping their elbows close to their ribs; in judo, this space seems to have an exploit by way of...
Posted: 1053 days ago
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Preventing Accidents When Training Stand-Up
     

Marcelo & Matheus demonstrate which techniques you should never try when sparring on the feet: Don't ever jump-short, hang, or swing yourself to take your partner's back; you may drop to the mat or kick out their knees from behind with...
Fighting from Standing
     

Marcelo runs a specific-training for developing strong, rudimentary stand-up skills, and speaks on its importance in regards to breaking an opponent down simply by positing a strong, defensive stance on your feet: The pace one can set ...
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