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 ...

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...

3 Part Technique - If you can help it, don't let your opponent connect his hands together for Underhook & Head Control after he passes your guard. Try to block his cross-facing arm from wrapping too tightly around your head by warding ...

2 Part Technique - Use the Frame escape and try passing the opponent's arm over your head to escape with Elbow Push. As the opponent counters, he will create the angle and space for you to sit up instead. As you hip escape away, the op...

2 Part Technique - If your opponent gets past your legs, frame against his attempt to establish Underhook & Head Control and try to recover back your guard. If his legs are out of range of yours, duck your head underneath his body and ...

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 — 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...

2 Part Lesson — Marcelo recovers his Butterfly Guard from a Near-Pass: [I] If your opponent grabs your collar and leg to pass to either side, use your arms to frame against his weight and tuck your head, protecting your neck from a cro...

2 Part Lesson - Combine bridges and frames to create space between you and the opponent. That space is your opportunity to escape down towards the opponent's legs and snatch the Single Leg or Recover Guard.

3-Part Advanced Lesson -- Bernardo transmutes Side-Control (bottom) into a favorable set of Half-Guard sweeps: Frame against your opponent's upper-body and escape your hips to make room for an Under-Hook; quickly snag your opponent's n...

2 Part Lesson - Marcelo instructs a vigorous chain of fundamental techniques to escape and prevent an opponent from pinning him in Side Control.

2 Part Lesson - The opponent collapses your posts and lands into Side Control. Create a frame to distance yourself, slide your closer knee inside to sustain his weight, and swing your foot over and inside to push away. If the opponent ...