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Hip Throw to Side Control into Armbar from Mount
     
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Marcelo consolidates top position after a Hip-Throw and attacks from the Mount: After throwing your opponent with a Major Hip-Toss, you may end up on top without enough balance to attack from an impact-control position, e.g. Knee-on-Be...
Americana from Side Control, Near Side Armbar from Side Control
     
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Marcelo demonstrates two interrelated arm-lock attacks from Side-Control: If your opponent is protecting their elbows by hiding their arms close to their body as frames, it may be difficult to transition towards more traditional modes ...
Arm Control Bridge Escape vs Mount, Knee Inside Pass vs Closed Guard
     
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Marcelo reverses his opponent despite their intial defensive maneuver: If your opponent is keen on stopping you from bumping them off of their top positioning in the Full-Mount, they may be ready to quickly pummel against your attempts...
Bridge Escape vs Side Control
     
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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...
Scissor Sweep from Closed Guard
     
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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...
Guillotine Choke from Side Control
     
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Marcelo teaches another instantiation of the Guillotine Choke: If your opponent is reacting defensively while held underneath your Side-Control, i.e. they're keeping their elbows tucked in closely, you have an opportunity to reposition...
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Guillotine Choke from Sprawl vs Single Leg from Side Control
     
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Marcelo converts a Guillotine-Choke attempt initiated from Side-Control into a finish from off his back after his opponent tries to reverse with a Single-Leg: While keeping your opponent pinned onto their back with a Cross-Face against...
Side Control to Mount, Cross Collar Choke from Mount, Armbar from Mount
     
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Marcelo concatenates a set of submission attacks from the Full-Mount position: After having successfully taken down your opponent with a throw, if you cannot readily take advantage of an extended-arm by catching taut their sleeve, drop...
Taking the Back, Seat belt Control from Back
     
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Advanced Lesson -- Marcelo demonstrates three ways of gaining access to his opponent's back: If your opponent is playing an Open-Guard in a supine position and their feet are high, grab onto their ankles and force them into a backwards...
Ankle Pull Sweep from Open Guard, Armbar from Mount
     
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Marcelo demonstrates a sequence culminating with an Armbar: Starting on the feet with Collar & Elbow grips controlling your opponent, release your collar-grip and reach behind their head to set up a combination Head-Lock and Hip-Toss (...
Major Outside Reaping Throw, Scissors Sweep from Closed Guard, Armbar from Mount
     
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Advanced Lesson -- Marcelo adapts a traditional Judo throw for Nogi: Starting with Collar & Elbow Control on the feet, drive your opponent's weight onto one leg by steering their upper-body in order to break their posture for a throw; ...
Push to Open Guard, Standing Step Pass vs Open Guard
     
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Marcelo exerts an assertive passing attack from standing against an Open-Guard: If your opponent is seated, sitting upright on the ground playing an empty Butterfly-Guard (a.k.a. Sitting-Guard, Seated-Guard, et al.), they may be poised...
Push to Open Guard, Knee Slide Pass vs Open Guard
     
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Marcelo deflects into an contingent pass against direct opposition: If you feel your opponent clamping down and crossing their feet behind your knee to block you from executing a full backswing retraction with the Standing-Step Pass, i...
Bridging Hip Escape vs Side Control, Armbar from Closed Guard
     
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Marcelo recovers from a throw and counterattacks with an Arm-Lock: If your are thrown to the ground and held down in Side-Control, keep your legs raised above the mat to block them from direct access into mat while you manevuer your ha...
Bridging Hip Escape vs Side Control, Pendulum Sweep from Closed Guard
     
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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...
Knee on Belly from Side Control, Far Side Armbar from Knee on Belly
     
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Marcelo elicits a response from a defensive and passed opponent: Advancing to the Knee-on-Belly Position from Side-Control will oftentimes provoke your opponent into reacting in a predictable manner that can then be taken advantage of ...
Far Side Armbar from Knee on Belly, Grip Break vs Armbar Defense
     
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Marcelo augments an arm-lock with his signature style: After utilizing the Knee-on-Belly to help fish out an Under-Hook against your opponent, you may feel a strong retracting pressure from their elbow as they look to bring their shoul...
Elbow Push Escape vs Side Control, Armbar from Closed Guard
     
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Marcelo prevents a pin and finds a finish: If your opponent is able to tackle your hips and bring you down to the mat, they still need to make a shift from your lower-body to your upper-body in order to establish pinning pressure. Befo...
Foot Wipe Escape vs Side Control, Armbar from Closed Guard
     
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Marcelo finds an alternative route towards guard recovery: Ideally, one should be prepared to block their opponent from connecting their hands together for Under-Hook & Head-Control as they arive into Side-Control; however, if you are ...
Over-Hook and Elbow-Control Hook-Sweep from Butterfly-Guard
     
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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...
Ghost Escape vs Side Control
     
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Advanced Lesson -- Master Fabio Gurgel adds some more enlightening details for escaping from Side-Control: Your far-arm cannot effectively break the posture of your opponent with just a bump aimed at their neck or shoulder; you must sp...
Hip Escape vs Side Control
     
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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 ...
Kimura Counter vs Under Hook from Side Control
     
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Marcelo switches to the far-side arm for a finish: If your opponent is able to retract their arm out of extension upon landing from your Ippon-Seoinage (or One-armed Shoulder-Throw), close the distance and make chest-on-chest contact; ...
Spiral Armbar Counter vs Under Hook from Side Control
     
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Marcelo uses his opponent's escape against themself: If your opponent manages to seize an Under-Hook from the bottom of Side-Control, you cannot always directly attack their far-arm with a Kimura; they may try to turn up onto their sid...
Over Under Pass vs Butterfly
     
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Marcelo implements one of his signature passes: The sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu offers a unique scenario of engagement wherein an opponent may remain in a downed position and is not obligated to stand back up onto their feet; one can ...
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Half Guard to Guard
     
3635 days ago
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Guillotine Choke from Side Control
     
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Marcelo briefly corrects a common mistake made when attempting the Guillotine Choke from Side C...
182 days ago
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1Leg X Guard Sweep from 1Leg X Guard
     
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Marcelo demonstrates an integral sweeping technique: Isolate your opponent's lead-leg by raisin...
56 days ago
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Sit Up Escape vs Side Control
     
3930 days ago
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Foot Wipe Escape vs Side Control, Armbar from Closed Guard
     
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Marcelo finds an alternative route towards guard recovery: Ideally, one should be prepared to b...
104 days ago
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