3 Part Technique - Pulling guard is best accomplished when you hold onto a solid hand fighting control while you sit down; for one, it binds you close to your opponent so he must engage you on the ground, and secondly, it offers many s...

2 Part Technique - During hand fighting, use your feet to capture and bring a retreating opponent's lead leg to you. Focus on controlling the leg and your next opportunities will depend on your preferences of techniques.

2 Part Technique - Recognize the opponent's defensive actions to your 2on1 Control. If the opponent breaks your 2on1 using Hand Fighting, respond with a new control accordingly - such as the Collar and Elbow Control, because it connect...

3 Part Lesson - Premeditate against the opponent's charge towards your guard with an Ankle Pick, since his lead leg is apparent. Embrace the opponent's forward reaction because this moment connects seamlessly into 1Leg X Guard.

4 Part Lesson - An opponent that sits and hand fights distantly needs to be baited into opening up and engaging. Push him into reacting, which creates an opportunity for you to cross his arm. In that moment, fire off and string togethe...

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.

3 Part Lesson — Marcelo pulls guard with suboptimal control: [I] Gain whatever connection you can, whether it is Double Sleeve or Collar & Sleeve Control, and drop straight down in front of the opponent. Sit upright and immediately ext...

2 Part Lesson - From the Low Single Leg, Marcelo builds and structures himself underneath the opponent, opening space to cut through the middle and out the backdoor.

2 Part Lesson -- Marcelo sweeps directly from a pull: Pull guard not to hold the bottom position, but to immediately sweep your opponent. Regardless of how you grip your opponent, connect with some form of off-balance that will help yo...

2 Part Lesson -- Marcelo reviews the 3 sweeps from the previous lesson on Shin-to-Shin Guard: If you can grab the far-wrist, kick out the far leg; if you they step too closely with the far leg, hit an ankle pick; lastly, if they back-s...

3 Part Lesson -- Marcelo demonstrates how to legally pull and attack: Engage your opponent on the feet using Kumite-Arasoi (Grip/Hand-Fighting) for the intention of Hikikomi (Guard-Pulling) with Kumigata (Forms of Grip; e.g. Ryotedori ...

1-Part Advanced Lesson -- Marcelo & Matheus demonstrate an effective option from the Seated-Position against a standing opponent: After successfully pulling guard against your opponent with 2on1-Control, if your opponent is able to ste...