Marcelo talks about how he chooses to pass his time during quarantine, how he secures the N/S Choke, the importance of learning the fundamentals, and other interesting topics about jiu-jitsu. Recorded on Thursday, March 19th, 2020.

5:38(-33:39) Duraid Jwayyed: Hi Marcelo, I have a question. What can we do to maintain conditioning for when we get back to training.

9:42(-29:35) Juan E. Lopez: Professor- one question that I have here: Which would be key or fundamental techniques that a lower belt / beginner student should focus on while they progress and learn more advanced moves? (Apologies if this was asked already on a previous session)

12:02(-27:15) Rudy Leonce: Marcelo, are you willing to finally change your stance on Weightlifting for conditioning now that training jiujitsu isn't possible?????

13:47(-25:30) Hana Fisher Tinoco: What are some tips on securing north south choke in the gi and readjusting without losing the position and keeping control of the person so they can’t get out while you readjusting to make the choke tighter? I find in NOGI all can readjust a little easier (maybe because the gi fabric can get in the way a little more?)

16:54(-22:23) Paul Schreiner: Do you think people have become better at defending the north south choke or do you feel it’s still just as easy / hard to catch people with the north south choke?

18:57(-20:20) Eddie Gomez: How has teaching JiuJitsu changed your JiuJitsu? What advice would you give young black belts interested in opening their own academy?

21:47(-7:30) Kon Ying: Opinion on all black belt matches being shorter? like 6 minutes?

23:05(-16:12) Bryce Little: Do you ever deliberately practice making surprising decisions for your opponents, or does most of it come from intuition and reflex?

29:17(-10:00) Rudy Leonce: The bow and arrow has been giving me problems lately.. Could you give some ideas for the best ways to defend or escape??