Marcelo recovers from a throw immediately into an attack: After landing on bottom in Side-Control, apply frames against your opponent's upper-body with your forearms and post your hands onto their near-side shoulder; raise your feet in...

Marcelo answers his opponent's armbar-counter with a sweep: After recovering into your Closed-Guard out from underneath your opponent's Side-Control with a Bridging Hip-Escape, look to go on the offensive by collapsing their arm with b...

Marcelo neutralizes a dominant landing against a Double-Leg Take-Down: If your opponent manages to take you down to the ground and bypasses your legs, immediately look to apply a set of foream frames against their upper body and preven...

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...

Advanced Lesson -- Master Fabio Gurgel explains a crucial detail for comfortably escaping pressure from Side-Control: Turning onto your side and hiding your near-side elbow and shoulder is vital to buying yourself much needed time and ...

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo offers up a Single for a Guillotine: [I] Turn sideways and smack your opponent's hands down to entice him into taking a shot onto your lead leg. Snap his head down into the Guillotine and keep your trail leg out...

3 Part Lesson — Marcelo warns his students about two judo submissions: [I] If your opponent switches to "Judo Side Control" aka Kesagatame, either hide your elbow or make a grip with your nearside hand; don't allow your opponent to iso...

2 Part Lesson - Intercept the opponent's oncoming hand towards your head and parry his arm across your body. Push at his elbow and sit up-right or instead, push against his upper body if he retract his arm and switches his base.

2 Part Lesson - During your Side Control Escapes, the opponent can change his Body Lock from the Side to in directly in front of you. Continue to stay up-right and use Over Hooks to Hook Sweep the opponent.

3 Part Lesson - Block a strong Toreando style pass by keeping the opponent in front of you and within your guard. If the opponent dodges your legs and is closing the distance to hold Side Control, counter sequentially through a 2on1 to...

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo recovers out of a Back Bodylock: [I] If your opponent captures your hips, perhaps after you turn around to kick free from a Single, place importance on preventing two things: 1. Avoid a potential Suplex; drop yo...

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo recovers his guard against a Double-Under/Stack-Pass attempt: [I] If your opponent cuts the corner around your leg from underneath, stretch out your hips and look to find an exposed triceps. Place your hand on t...

3 Part Lesson — Marcelo teaches secondary Mount Escapes: [I] If you cannot generate enough space for your knee to reinsert through your opponent's legs to recompose your guard, slip your hands under his leg and slide out the backdoor. ...