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 utilizes heavy, perpendicular driving pressure from Side Control to extract opportunities for attack: If your opponent is turning onto his or her side to escape after scoring a pass, use your chest and shoulder...

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo immediately isolates a limb after a pass to transition toward the finish: [I] After clearing your leg from the opponent's Half Guard, use your head to trap his arm with your underhook and grab onto your own coll...

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo strings together 3 submissions using Double Arm Control: [I] If your opponent slips his hand between your Underhook & Head Control while passing the Half Guard, continue squeezing the hold for the pass and throw...

2 Part Lesson - Isolate the opponent's arm by feeding his far side lapel over his forearm and into your hand. Use the trap to pin the opponent down and focus on attacking his near arm.

2 Part Technique - Sometimes after fastening the Seatbelt, your opponent will shoulder roll before you have a chance to undercut his hip and take his back. Recover the hooks by bellying down and sitting him up from his side. Alternativ...

3 Part Lesson - Once you are comfortable with executing the mechanics of a technique your mind should focus on anticipating your next adjacent move. Your play will be determined by the opponent's offensive, neutral, or defensive reacti...

2-Part Advanced Lesson -- Braulio continues with an attack against the arm on the far-side: If your opponent is able to defend your initial attack on their near-arm with the Step-Over by applying a defensive figure-4, push behind their...