2 Part Lesson -- Marcelo coaxes out two connected armlocks against a defensive mount position: Pick up your opponent's elbow and get behind the triceps with your belly, plowing the arm into extension across his or her chest. Apply cont...

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo cautiously flips over the Turtle Guard: [I] If you spin behind your opponent from the Front Headlock and he closes up into the Turtle Position quickly in defense, you may not have enough time to fit your arms ar...

2 Part Lesson - Entrap the opponent's arm, step forward, and rotate his upper body to Spiral into position. He will commonly bridge against your Spiral to reverse the position, yet his escape becomes vulnerable to your Omoplata.

3 Part Lesson - Use the Head Lock from Side Control to prevent the opponent's Single Leg and as a control to transition into Mount. The control acts as a setup into the Triangle or to single out and expose his arm.

2 Part Lesson - Use your chest to spread out the opponent's hands and clamp down on his isolated arm. Pull the opponent onto his side and execute the steps to attack his exposed arm from mount. If he grips the inside of is leg to block...

2 Part Technique - Making your opponent expose his elbows for attack from the Mount is a matter of maintaining the top position while hand-fighting. To attack the Nearside Spiral Armbar, Marcelo pummels underneath his opponent's wrist ...

2 Part Technique - While maintaining the Mount position, you have to anticipate an eventual strong and sudden escape attempt by your opponent, e.g. the Turning Escape. Before he has a chance to push your knee back into his half guard, ...

2 Part Technique - Pull your knee out and replace with your foot to negate the opponent's attempt of escaping by pushing your knee. As the opponent continues to push away, break his leverage by pulling his arms upwards. Continue to pre...

2 Part Technique - Control the opponent's arm in Deep Half Guard for security. He will need that arm to establish the sweep. Commonly the opponent will anticipate every technique, except you pulling your foot straight out. After your p...

3 Part Lesson — Marcelo teaches a simple yet surprising counter to a common wrestling maneuver: [I] If your opponent tries to Peak-Out from underneath your Sprawl and Front Headlock Control, simply Mount over top of his attempt. Land h...

3 Part Lesson — Marcelo lectures on the Spiral Armbar and Omoplata from Mount: [I] If an experienced opponent tries to reverse your Sprawl with a Sit-Out before you can secure the Front Headlock Position, simply step over his body and ...

2 Part Lesson - The opponent frees his head at the last stage of your Spiral Arm in an attempt to sit up. Control his arm, shield your shin across his chest, and swing your leg over his head to re-secure and finalize the attack. If the...