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...

2-Part Advanced Lesson -- Bernardo utilizes the lapel to his advantage for a set of interconnected sweeping options: If your opponent manages to bypass your ''sandwich'' and is able to place their knee across your thigh while you are p...

4 Part Lesson — Marcelo evades and counters the opponent's leglock entry: [I] If your opponent launches his feet toward your lead leg from an inverted position, spinning around from either the inside or outside, to isolate your lead le...

2 Part Lesson - Marcelo uses Deep Half Guard to deflect and escape the opponent's turning pressure from Half Guard.

3 Part Lesson — Marcelo recovers from Side Control and a transition to Mount: [I] Twist your body from side to side as you pump your feet against the ground in alternating bridges to open up enough space for framing. Use the frame to m...

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo reiterates his prophylactic approach toward defending leglocks: [I] If your opponent attacks your leg from underneath the Knee-On-Belly Position, try sprawling your leg laterally until his loses his grip around ...

2 Part Lesson - Starting from Closed Guard, wrap the opponent's head and arm together to lock your upper bodies together. Torque with the clinch and block the oncoming post, twisting the opponent over.

3-Part Advanced Lesson -- Bernardo transmutes Side-Control (bottom) into a favorable set of Half-Guard sweeps: Frame against your opponent's upper-body and escape your hips to make room for an Under-Hook; quickly snag your opponent's n...

2 Part Technique — When you are feeling uncomfortable playing Closed Guard and need to transition out to a better position, do so with 2on1 Control. As you opponent bases his leg to defend the control, uncross your ankles and hoist his...

3-Part Advanced Lesson -- Bernardo teaches several paths for sweeping from Knee-Shield Half-Guard: Use a Cross-Collar Grip to help keep your opponent at a distance while kneeling inside your Half-Guard (Z-Guard, Knee-Shield, et al.); i...

4-Part Advanced Lesson -- Bernardo Faria demonstrates a few of his patented sweeps: Transition to Deep-Half when your opponent flattens you out with Under-Hook & Head-Control from Half-Guard; grab onto their pants from the outside and ...

2 Part Lesson - With your legs crossed and protected, pin the opponent's upper body to your upper body to prevent him from reaching your legs. Pummel and hook your feet behind the opponent to continue safely into your reversal.