2 Part Technique - Breaking the Closed Guard starts with safely posting on either your opponent's wrists, arms, or throat, to find your bearings and to begin standing to your feet. While standing, you will have to free your arms from w...

3 Part Technique -If we don't want to see what our opponent has to offer from his Closed or Open Guard, stand up and pick him up off the ground. Pry his legs open and prepare to pass immediately after he slips off of your hips. If he t...

2 Part Technique - Dismantling the Spider Guard requires balance and concentration. Never allow your opponent to get underneath your base; keep your weight firmly away from his hooks. Focus on freeing your arms, one at a time, by gripp...

2 Part Technique - Free your arm against an opponent's Over Hook from Closed Guard with forward stacking pressure. Continue the momentum towards standing once you've unbound your arm. As the opponent attempts to pull out your legs, kic...

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 — Marcelo buys himself time by stepping on his opponent's arm: [I] If you need more time to break open your opponent's Closed Guard while standing, forestall his Double Ankle Sweep by stepping directly onto one of his bic...

3 Part Lesson — [I] Success in breaking open the Closed Guard while standing involves timely coordination of your limbs; if your opponent tries to pick your heel (outside grip around foot), kick forward and step back as you crank his a...

2 Part Lesson - Marcelo instructs how to deal with an opponent that sticks onto you from Closed Guard using Over Hooks or Double Under Hooks. As you stand to break his guard, anticipate he might attempt to take you down.

3 Part Lesson - As the opponent hooks into De La Riva Guard after you've stood to split his Closed Guard, point your knee and use your shin to obstruct the opponent's rotation underneath you.

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo opts to intercept his opponent's counterattack after he breaks open the Closed Guard: [I] Plan on reengaging your opponent after you free your foot from the Double Ankle Sweep; if you can keep your preferred lea...

2 Part Lesson - As you stand, dig with your dominant arm under the opponent's legs to break open his Closed Guard. If you are right handed, your left leg will be in front to either step on the opponent's bicep or kick out to escape his...

Marcelo dials in on an overlooked aspect of breaking the Closed Guard from standing: [I] When your opponent decides to uncross his ankles and drop down into an Open Guard after you pick up his Closed Guard from the mat, immediately swi...