Advanced Lesson Part 3 of 3 -- Marcelo explains his preference when his opponent escapes from the opposite side: After pinning someone down in a position, whether it be Side Control or the Front Head-Lock Position, you can expect them ...

4 Part Lesson -- Marcelo applies a Spinning Back-Take: Muffle your opponent's Underhook as they attempt to turn towards their knees while you are holding them in Side Control; don't let them reach deeply around your hip or knee. Put we...

2 Part Lesson - Expose the opponent's back through direct pressure from Side Control to specifically force a turn away or back into you.

1 Part Lesson -- Marcelo applies a spinning back-take: If your opponent establishes an Underhook while held underneath your Side Control, you may not have time to switch your arms to run and hold North/South; when you adjust your hand ...

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 - Slowly bait the opponent into Guillotine or Seat Belt from Side Control. A downward pressure aids the opponent in turning to his knees, exposing his Back to the Seat Belt and neck to the Guillotine.

3 Part Lesson - Marcelo exercises how to drive against the opponent with a ratcheting quality of movement, building underneath the opponent and forcing him to turn away.

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo parlays his opponent's pass counter into new opportunities: [I] If your opponent attempts to recover back his guard using the Hip Roll technique, slow him down with a Hip Drag; grab his hip and yank him back dow...

3 Part Lesson — Marcelo creates a hiccup during a scramble to win favor: [I] After exposing your opponent's back from a Stacking Pass, buy yourself extra time to fasten the Seatbelt by yanking your opponent off of his base from Turtle....

3 Part Lesson - Marcelo explains how to force the opponent into turning and exposing his Back from Side Control.

3 Part Lesson — Marcelo breaks down the Turtle Position to mount several attacks: [I] If your opponent guards up in the Turtle or Quarter Position, and you cannot readily maintain his Back with the Seatbelt Control, quickly grab onto h...

3 Part Lesson - While under your control, allow the opponent to turn to expose his back and apply the Seat Belt on your preferred side. If the opponent balls up to turtle against your Seat Belt, yank and drag him to the mat and await h...

3 Part Technique - In this instructional, Marcelo demonstrates for his class how to lure an opponent into a seemingly winnable transition, all the while keeping control over the outcome with weight and distance management. By increment...