2 Part Technique - The best option is to base yourself with a Collar and Knee Control if the opponent attempts to sweep using your sleeves as a control, particularly with De La Riva Guard. If the opponent uses a long De La Riva hook, u...

2 Part Technique - Paying attention to even the smallest battles for position can make a huge difference when it comes to success or failure during a fight. This is particularly evident while engaged in Hand Fighting for grips while pr...

3 Part Technique -If we don't want to see what our opponent has to offer from his Closed or Open Guard, stand up and pick him up off the ground. Pry his legs open and prepare to pass immediately after he slips off of your hips. If he t...

2 Part Technique - Find the structural weak points in your opponents positioning and exploit them whenever the opportunity to do so presents itself. For example, as soon as you clean off your opponents grips in De-La-Riva Guard, his pr...

2 Part Techniques - 2 Part Technique - Prevent techniques and positions by understanding their outer layers and points of entries. Traveling deeper into unfamiliar territories plays into the opponent's game of customized moves and tech...

2 Part Technique - It's hard to escape mistakes. You will pay the price of spending energy, time, and risking yourself to attacks when resetting yourself into safe positions. Use strong hand controls to initiate escaping 50/50 Guard.

2 Part Technique - Pull your leg free before the opponent's leg crosses to enter 50/50. Stay on the offense and attack against the opponent's failed attempt.

2 Part Technique - Dismantling the Spider Guard requires balance and concentration. Never allow your opponent to get underneath your base; keep your weight firmly away from his hooks. Focus on freeing your arms, one at a time, by gripp...

2 Part Technique - It's ideal to quickly pull your leg free before being entrapped into 50/50. If the opponent progresses into the position, immediately control his hands to negate leg attacks; such as heel hooks. Unlock the 50/50 by m...

2 Part Technique - Avoid letting your opponent control you with his Spiral Guard by extending your leg to remove the Reverse De-La-Riva hook, and then point your knee to the outside for the Knee Slide Pass. If he does manage to invert,...

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...

2 Part Lesson - As the opponent spirals underneath you, base against his inversion and forbid his free leg from crossing. Reset back into his guard or react against his movement towards your back by anchoring into the position of Back ...

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo teaches his class the finer points of setting up a pass against the De-La-Riva Guard: [I] First and foremost, stand inside his guard with your knee driving into his DLR-Hook; otherwise you run the risk of giving...