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Inside Knee Control vs Spider Guard, Posture vs Inverting from Spider Guard Lasso, Folding Pass vs Spider Guard Lasso
     

2 Part Technique - Use posture to negate an opponent's foot against your bicep within Spider Guard. The concept is to use inside control against the opponent's Spider Guard, while posturing to counter his inverting attacks. Once you cl...
Rebound vs Hook Sweep from Butterfly Guard, Rebound vs Triangle Tilt from Spider Guard
     

2 Part Technique - If you're flopped onto your back by a Sweep from Butterfly Guard or by a Spider Guard Sweep, e.g. a simple Hook Sweep, immediately look to flip right back onto your knees as fast as you can without letting your hips ...
Posted: 4368 days ago
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Breaking Grips vs Spider Guard, Posture vs Spider Guard, Inside Knee Control vs Spider Guard, Kick Escape vs Ankle Pull Sweep
     

2 Part Technique — Marcelo demonstrates a simple way to disentangle your opponent's Spider Guard hooks with strong standing posture: First, look to prevent him from weaving his Lasso Hook even deeper by closing off the space for his fo...
Breaking Grips vs Spider Guard, Knee Slide Pass vs Open Guard, Knee Slide Pass vs Half Guard
     

4 Part Lesson — Marcelo instructs his class on how to strip your opponent's grips on your sleeves while inside his Spider Guard. If you cannot gain strong upright posture to crouch back down with your hands inside, stomp on his bicep t...
Breaking Grips vs Spider Guard → Leg Drag Pass vs Spider Guard → Over/Under Pass vs Spider Guard → Folding Pass vs Spider Guard Lasso
     

3 Part Lesson — Marcelo shows how to Escape (and then Pass) the Spider Guard: [I] First figure out which lead leg you need to leave inside of your opponent's Open Guard to pass immediately after you free your hands. Rotate your hands a...
Breaking Grips vs Spider Guard → Posture vs Spider Guard Lasso → Double Under Control vs Butterfly → Double Under Hooks vs Half Guard
     

4 Part Lesson — Marcelo breaks down the essential points of defending against the Spider Guard: [I] If your opponent plays Spider Guard with a Stirrup & Lasso against your arms, you must break his grips on your sleeves to advance in po...
Countering Omoplata & Leg Attack from Spider Guard
     

3 Part Lesson - Marcelo navigates through an opponent's Omoplata & Leg Attack from Spider Guard. After breaking the opponent's Spider Guard Stirrup and folding his knees, recognize his intentions to spin underneath and engage into an O...
Breaking Spider Guard Grips
     

2 Part Lesson — Untangle yourself in Spider Guard through breaking away the opponent's Stirrup and Lasso, while burying your weight centered into the ground to stay upright.
Posted: 3308 days ago
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Weakening & Breaking Spider Guard Grips
     

3 Part Lesson — Defeat the opponent's Stirrup and Lasso from Spider Guard by maneuvering yourself into positions to weaken and break his grips.
Posted: 3308 days ago
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Breaking the Lasso Guard → Quarter Mount → Over/Under Pass vs Half Guard
     

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo deals with the Lasso Guard: [I] Circle toward the hand of your opponent that is preoccupied with holding onto your sleeve and look to control his ankle with your free hand. Pummel your trapt hand underneath the ...
Rebound vs Spider Sweep
     

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo handles a common off-balancing technique done from Spider Guard: [I] If your opponent has set Stirrup & Lasso (Double Sleeve Grips; Weaved Shin-On-Biceps, Foot-On-Biceps) from Spider Guard, he may attempt to swe...
Breaking Grips vs Spider Guard
     

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo breaks the Spider Guard: [I] First, find your base and keep your balance on your feet; do not sit back on your heels or lean forward onto your toes, but do not stay flat on your feet. Make counter-grips anywhere...
Inside Knee Control vs Spider Guard → Breaking Grips vs Spider Guard
     

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo defends against Spider Guard: [I] After using your knee to bump and clear your opponent's foot from off of your biceps, place either knee inside to prevent a transition to the Triangle. Fight to win a grip on hi...
Breaking the Closed Guard → Posture vs Spider Guard Lasso
     

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo stymies Open Guard Attacks after Breaking the Closed Guard: [I] Don't allow your opponent to easily start his or her game after you apply a Standing Break to the Closed Guard; point your knee outward, keep your ...
Spider Guard Lasso Escape → Inside Knee Control Omoplata Escape
     

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo dismantles the Spider/Lasso and subsequent Omoplata attack: [I] Try to avoid giving your opponent control over both left and right sides after you break open his Closed Guard; if he finds the Lasso Hook, control...
Breaking The Closed Guard → Double Knee vs Open Guard
     

Marcelo nullifies the Spider Guard after breaking the Closed Guard: [I] Use the opponent's gi to pull yourself close in a crouch in toward the opponent with your knee defending the recomposition of the Closed Guard. Keep your shoulders...
Posture vs Spider Guard Lasso → Inside Knee Control vs Spider Guard → Circle Pass vs Spider Hook → Omoplata Escape
     

3 Part Lesson — Marcelo surpasses the Spider: [I] Whenever you are under imbalance inside of your opponent's Spider Guard, make counter-grips anywhere you can affirm your hands; this can be the pants, belts, jacket, lapel. Find your fo...
Posture vs Spider Guard → Breaking Grips vs Spider Guard → Passing vs Spider Guard
     
Base & Posture vs Spider Guard
     

2 Part Lesson - Hold yourself together structurally with base and loosen the tension within Spider Guard through posture. Base and posture weakens, then disconnects the opponent's hold onto your upper body, exposing your legs to being ...
Posted: 2369 days ago
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Recovering & Holding Upper Body Sweeps
     

2 Part Lesson - In a previous lesson, Marcelo conceptualized recovering and holding sweeps that entangled the lower body. In this lesson, he continues the same principle of having a free and mobile lower body to recover against upper b...
Posted: 2100 days ago
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Posture vs Spider Guard Lasso > Kick Escape vs Sweep > Stacking Pass vs Open Guard
     

3 Part Lesson -- Marcelo trades a bad situation for a slightly better, more manageable one: If you cannot manipulate your hand around your opponent's leg to break his or her grip while held in Lasso-Guard, posture up strongly and pull ...
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