2 Part Technique - Keep your elbows in on both sides to protect your arms and prevent your opponent from having more control in the Side Control position. Make sure to raise your knees to prevent your opponent from possibly transitioni...

2 Part Technique - If you're held down with tight Underhook & Head Control, a strong bridge is a major key for creating enough space to escape the hold. Additionally, when one bridge isn't enough, you must chain together a series of bu...

2 Part Technique - The principle of "One More Move" can be applied offensively and defensively. There are 3 layers the opponent must break to succeed. The beginning, middle, and end. Attempt to recover against every layer into a neutra...

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo fights Diego's short arms under Side Control: [I] If you're late in defending the Side Control and your opponent clasps his hands together for Underhook & Head Control, try flipping him over -- if his weight is ...

3 Part Lesson — Marcelo teaches secondary Mount Escapes: [I] If you cannot generate enough space for your knee to reinsert through your opponent's legs to recompose your guard, slip your hands under his leg and slide out the backdoor. ...

2 Part Lesson - Combine bridges and frames to create space between you and the opponent. That space is your opportunity to escape down towards the opponent's legs and snatch the Single Leg or Recover Guard.

1 Part Lesson -- Marcelo expounds upon breathing, tempo and rhythm: Your respiration during a match must match the pace of the fight. When trying to pass your opponent's guard, raise the pace and caught your breath once you've closed t...

4 Part Lesson -- Marcelo evades the completion of his opponent's pass: If your opponent bypasses your guard and goes to pin down your upper body, block them from securing control over your head. Pummel your arm inside and build a frame...

2-Part Advanced Lesson -- Bernardo reveals escapes for an Armbar and a Kimura: If your opponent captures your arm inside of a traditional straight arm-lock attack (i.e. Cross-Lock, Ude-hishigi-juji-gatame, Arm-Scissors, et al.), immedi...

Advanced Lesson -- Master Fabio Gurgel adds some more enlightening details for escaping from Side-Control: Your far-arm cannot effectively break the posture of your opponent with just a bump aimed at their neck or shoulder; you must sp...

Marcelo neutralizes a dominant landing against a Double-Leg Take-Down: If your opponent manages to take you down to the ground and bypasses your legs, immediately look to apply a set of foream frames against their upper body and preven...

Marcelo recovers from a throw and counterattacks with an Arm-Lock: If your are thrown to the ground and held down in Side-Control, keep your legs raised above the mat to block them from direct access into mat while you manevuer your ha...