Advanced Lesson -- Marcelo counters his opponent's counter to a Scissors-Sweep: If your opponent steps up their foot to post against the direction of your initial Swissors-Sweep, take your bottom-leg from the outside and place your foo...

Marcelo demonstrates his tried-and-true Reverse Hook-Sweep from Butterfly-Guard: Track your opponent's hands with your own as you scoot forward to disallow them from accessing grips onto your legs for passing. Seize control over both o...

Marcelo counters his opponent's defensive reaction to an initial Hook-Sweep from Butterfly-Guard with a Reverse Hook-Sweep from Single-Leg X-Guard: Hand-fight to protect your feet from attack until you can scoot forward, closing the di...

Marcelo hits a rudimentary sweep against a kneeling opponent: Ideally, one should seek to close the distance on a kneeling opponent from the Butterfly-Guard and secure a strong, dominant chest-to-chest connection with at least one Unde...

Marcelo navigates around a counter to his initial sweep: Oftentimes, tall opponents may be nimble enough to catch themselves from falling by backstepping against your knock-over from 1Leg-X; when this happens, time their press forward ...

Master Fabio Gurgel finishes a Reverse Triangle Choke: If your opponent posts out their hand in response to your Over-Hook & Elbow-Control Hook-Sweep from Butterfly-Guard, release their far-elbow and post onto your own hand to create e...

Master Fabio Gurgel teaches how to convert a guard recovery into a sweep: After you've bumped your opponent with your inner-arm accompanied with a bridging escape, angle your shoulders perpendicularly to their chest while framing again...

3 Part Technique - The Hook Sweep is not only a great sweep to score points with, but a great way to set up your next move. Your Re Hook Sweep can catch the opponent off guard resulting in the sweep or you can continue to attempt Hook ...

2 Part Technique - Guillotining from Single leg and Double Leg Takedowns. Sweeping the Opponent using a Front Headlock and securing a Guillotine from Mount to get the submission.

2 Part Technique - If the opponent tries to pass the guard while standing, they are exposed for the Double Leg from Guard. If the opponent's base is too wide to reach the far leg, transition into the 1Leg Xguard. Now, rock your hips ba...

2 Part Technique - If you apply the Guillotine from Guard and the opponent defends the choke by grabbing your arms and hands, the sweep is available because the opponent has no posts. Now if the opponent does post his hand to prevent t...

2 Part Technique - Use a Hook Lift to force the opponent to post and prevent the sweep, which will expose his arm for an Inverted Armbar. The opponent might counter the submission by rolling, so counter again using the Armbar. If the o...

2 Part Technique - The opponent pushes your back to the mat to try and pass. Immediately place your feet on the hips and push while breaking the grip on your lapel. Maintaining a control on the sleeve once the grip is broken. If the op...