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; ...

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 (...

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...

3-Part Advanced Lesson -- Braulio and Bernardo show a clever Half-Cradle variation into Full-Mount: Defeating opponents at the highest level is often a matter of making your opponent uncomfortable; not necessarily the discomfort from p...

2 Part Lesson -- Marcelo recalls a loss and a lesson learned: Oftentimes, a successful guard recovery made by your opponent will motivate them to try harder against you; therefore it is of importance to prevent your opponent from escap...

3 Part Lesson -- Marcelo shows 3 submission options framing his opponent away from bottom Half-Guard: Marcelo demonstrates his unique entry into Omoplata; most practitioners maneuver into the Omoplata (Sankakugarami, Coil-Lock, et al.)...

3 Part Lesson - Hugging the opponent's knees together can immobilize their legs, but the hips are still free to turn and rotate with power.

2 Part Lesson -- Marcelo advances to the Mount after folding his opponent's guard: When your opponent begins framing and placing a knee shield inside after you kill the Butterfly Hooks, smack the leg aside and wiggle your shoulders and...

2 Part Lesson -- Marcelo hits a Folding Pass: Smack the side of the opponent's knee and land across the thighs folded together with a Sprawl. Hold the opponent tightly around the waist as you clear the hooks with your foot before runni...

3 Part Lesson - Choose your favorite side to hold Half Guard. Tuck and pin the opponent's leg - slowly climb upwards from the knee, hips, and en route to a strong upper body control in Half Guard.

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo thwarts the Spider-Guard: [I] If your opponent assumes Double Sleeve Control (two mirrored, ipsilateral grips) and tightly secures both Spider-Hooks (e.g. Stirrup & Lasso, i.e. Foot-On-Biceps and Shin-On-Biceps,...

3 Part Lesson — Marcelo teaches the importance behind the concept of off-balancing the opponent: [I] Physically shake your opponent to disrupt his timing, comfort, and sense of direction, whenever you wish to advance in position and pr...