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The Estima Lock
     

3-Part Advanced Lesson -- Special guest instructor, Braulio Estima, teaches his infamous namesake foot-lock: Understanding the submission is a matter of isolating your opponent's ankle with your stomach, turning away to prevent inversi...
Posted: 642 days ago
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Toreando Pass vs Open Guard, Double Under Pass vs Inverted Guard, Foot Pummel vs Guard
     

2 Part Lesson -- Marcelo inverts his opponent's guard to land in North/South: If your opponent is keeping their knees close to their shoulders and contracting into a shell, it will be difficult to pull their leg straight for a typical ...
Standing Step Pass > Knee Slide Pass > Knee on Belly
     

3 Part Lesson -- Marcelo shows his typical nogi passing sequence: If your opponent is seated upright playing an Open/Butterfly Guard, knock them back flat as you step inside between the opponent's legs with your lead foot. If your trai...
Push > Standing Step Pass > Knee Slide Pass > Folding Pass > Leg Over Pass
     

2 Part Lesson -- Marcelo has a series of planned passes after forcing his opponent's back flat on the mat: If your opponent has his or her legs uncrossed, hit the Standing-Step Pass (X-Pass); if your opponent blocks the X-Pass by cross...
Kneeling Passes vs Standing Passes
     

2 Part Lesson -- Marcelo points attention to the dichotomous relationship between passing with control and passing with speed when sweat becomes a factor in nogi: When you're still dry during the early goings of a match, you can more r...
Knee Slide, Folding, & Kick Back vs Knee Shield
     

2 Part Lesson - Aligning the guard upright changes the angle of the defensive shield, weaken the structure against Knee Slides, Folds, & Kick Back Passes.
Kick-Back Pass to Knee on Belly vs Foot Wipe & North South vs Inversion
     

3 Part Lessons - Use consistency and timing with your Kick-Back Pass & Knee on Belly to beat the opponent's Foot Wipe Counter. As you circle closer to his upper body, the opponent will invert to create space. Dive and dig into North So...
Kick Back Pass vs Open Guard
     

2 Part Lesson - Hold yourself against the opponent's guard by positioning your lead leg inside and trail leg out. Beat the near knee by pressing down and kicking back to re-position yourself onto his stomach with your knee. As you reco...
Posted: 2938 days ago
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Hand Fighting from Side Control → Knee on Belly → Side Control to North South
     

3 Part Lesson — Marcelo demos a strong passing sequence: [I] Slip through your opponent's frames when he blocks your path toward his chest by pummeling for an underhook and deflecting his posts with your shoulders. [II] If you cannot r...
Standing Step & Taking the Back vs Single Leg
     

3 Part Lesson - Marcelo continuously steps around the opponent's guard to force Knee on Belly, awaiting their reaction to snatch his leg and expose their back.
Posted: 3334 days ago
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Push to Open Guard → Standing Step Pass to Knee on Belly → Knee Slide Pass → Folding Pass vs Open Half Guard<br />
     

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo navigates through 3 paths to Side Control against the Open Guard: [I] Knock your opponent flat on his back and keep him pinned with a post on his torso while blocking around his knee. Shove his leg backward as y...
Knee Slide, Standing Step & Folding Pass Series vs Knee Shield
     

3 Part Lesson - Pick the opponent's legs up and force him into alignment as he shields with his knee. With the opponent's knees straight up, break his collar grip and run the Knee Slide, Standing Step, and Folding Pass Series.
Breaking the Closed Guard, Step-on-Biceps vs Ankle Pull Sweep, Double Knee Pass vs Open Guard, Standing Step Pass vs Open Guard Bottom
     

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...
2on1 Control and Knee Inside vs Closed Guard
     

3 Part Lesson - Use the 2on1 Control against the opponent's guard to prevent his hands from interfering with your passing. As you recognize his legs are blocking your initial pass, drop and shield your knee inside to deflect his option...
Breaking the Closed Guard, Standing Step Pass, Knee Slide, Parry vs Foot Wipe Escape
     

4 Part Lesson - Step on the opponent's bicep to prevent his interference as you stand to break open his Closed Guard. The opponent will wipe his foot across to halt your initial pass and keep you at bay. Recognize the counter and use t...
Standing Step vs Open Guard, Under Hook and Head vs Half Guard, Over Under Pass vs Half Guard
     

2 Part Technique - Establishing Side Control after the Standing Step Pass is a matter of persistence and determination; start the pass as low, close, and heavy as possible before cutting around for Knee-On-Belly. If your opponent conti...
Knee on Belly, Breaking the Closed Guard, Kick Escape vs Tripod Sweep, Standing Step vs Open Guard :
     

2 Part Technique - Make the first move, and make the last move. It doesn't matter what he does, you respond back and keep ahead of him on your terms. Take for example the following sequence: You reach Knee-On-Belly, but you get bumped ...
Push to Open Guard, Standing Step vs Open Guard, Knee on Belly, Transition to Mount vs Butterfly
     

3 Part Technique - Shove your opponent onto his back into Open Guard from his Butterfly to reduce his mobility, placing one hand on his stomach and the other on his knee. If you don't meet any resistance when you hike his leg straight,...
Breaking the Closed Guard, Knee Inside Pass vs Inverted Guard, Double Knee Pass vs Open Guard, Leg Drag Pass vs Open Guard
     

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...
Toreando Pass vs Open Guard, Knee Parry, Under Hook and Head Control from Side Control
     

2 Part Lesson -- Marcelo consolidates a pass from standing: After clearing your opponent's legs, maneuver your knee against their bottom leg to block it from recovering back their guard. Swat away their frames against your upper body a...
Standing Step Pass > Folding Pass
     

2 Part Lesson -- Marcelo chains passes together: When approaching your opponent's Open Guard, be careful not to let them control your lead leg with a grip. Place your opponent's foot towards center before assuming grips on the pants an...
Knee Slide Pass vs Butterfly → Standing Step Pass vs Butterfly → Push to Open Guard
     

3 Part Lesson — Marcelo puts pressure on a defensive Butterfly Guard: [I] If you can find a gap along your opponent's side, fire your lead leg knee through the space for the Knee Slide Pass. If the opponent's elbow is tightly defending...
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