3 Part Lesson - Hand fighting, upright posture, leg work, protecting your neck, and blocking the guard pass are essential skills necessary to play a Seated Butterfly Guard.

3 Part Lesson - Pull Guard with strength and tension to hold yourself together structurally as you transition from top to bottom. A secure construction allows you to change your reaction and movement without falling apart.

2 Part Lesson - Marcelo holds guard by determining and owning the inside space. As the opponent collides with you to pass, retract and coil yourself to generate the space to spring your body into a structure position that halts his onc...

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo recovers his Butterfly Guard: [I] If your opponent slips through your hand-fighting defenses and grabs onto your collar for a pass, immediately dedicate both hands to his wrist and break off his grip. If he pass...

3 Part Lesson — Marcelo shows what to do when you can't break your opponent's standing grips: [I] Hold the material of the gi behind your opponent's triceps and place your foot on the outside of his knee before you sit down into Butter...

3 Part Lesson — Marcelo teaches a very important lesson on Guard Retention with 2on1 Control: [I] While holding the 2on1, your opponent only has one hand available to grab one of your legs and pass to either the right or left. Regardle...

2 Part Technique - The Torreando Pass is a formidable answer to the Butterfly Guard, but all is not lost if you fail to prevent your opponent from making his grips on your pants. Choosing to attack one of his wrists, break his grip by ...

1-Part Advanced Lesson -- Marcelo shares options as an alternative to disengaged supine guard-play: If your opponent manages to find separation from your Seated/Open Butterfly-Guard while they are in a standing posture, it may pose som...