2-Part Advanced Lesson -- Fabio Gurgel masterfully teaches a sweeping combination starting from the De-la-Riva Guard: If your opponent is standing above you while you are supinated with your legs directed upward in an Open-Guard, hold ...

2 Part Lesson -- Marcelo takes a risk of going forward to keep the reward of bottom position: If your opponent is kneeling against your Butterfly Guard (Seated Guard, Open Guard, Upright Guard, Sit-Up Guard, et al.) and they are keepin...

3 Part Lesson -- Marcelo covers a sequence originating from Seated Butterfly: If you cannot readily manage your opponent's hands while engaging from Open Guard, don't let them control your head or find your feet unprotected. Scoot forw...

4 Part Lesson -- Marcelo sweeps from Shin-on-Shin Guard: Never let your opponent freely step in between your Open/Seated/Butterfly-Guard to split with his or her lead leg without pummeling your foot inside as an active hook; a.k.a Koal...

2 Part Lesson -- Marcelo turns his opponent's knee cut attack into a Single Leg Takedown: If you miss the timing to pummel your foot inside for Shin-on-Shin Control, and your opponent splits your guard knocking you flat with a Knee-Cut...

2 Part Lesson -- Marcelo finishes a forced single out the back door: If your opponent is insistent on picking up your ankles to place your back flat on the mat from a Seated/Butterfly-Guard Position, try posting behind yourself to circ...

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo drys his hands and imposes his will: [I] Take advantage of the early onset of a nogi match where contact is less slippery due to perspiration by making a strong connection to the opponent; gain Double Wrist Cont...

2 Part Lesson - Marcelo uses the opponent's break from 2on1 Control to grab his exposed legs. If the opponent retreats out of your reach, play offensively with your feet and defensively with your hands simultaneously.

2 Part Lesson - Marcelo explains how to use his strongest control from guard, the 2on1, to find and grab the opponent's legs. In addition, he navigates through an opponent posting against his upper body to rip away from the 2on1.

2 Part Lesson - Marcelo explains the fundamentals of staying in Butterfly Guard through proper Hand Fighting and Grip Breaking. In addition, he shows the connection between his two favorite positions from Butterfly, the Single Leg & 1 ...

2 Part Lesson - Marcelo explains the fundamental theory of attacking against a standing opponent form Butterfly Guard. Through structured posture and sharp Hand Fighting, find the opponent's lead standing leg.

3 Part Lesson - Anticipate the opponent's break from your 2on1 Control and fill the empty space he creates by finding the nearest attack. Often his front leading leg will be left heavy for you to find the Single Leg, or he may even ret...

Part Lesson — Marcelo decisively removes obstacles to his Seated Single Leg Sweep: [I] If your opponent tries to prevent you from coming up with a Single Leg from the Seated/Butterfly-Guard Position by pressing on your head/face before...