Example Video - Marcelo's Advanced No Gi Class - 06/04/25

Marcelo Garcia Jiu-Jitsu
Kailua, Hawaii
Advanced No Gi Class
06/04/2025

- Awesome details for body positioning and recovery from butterfly guard

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/bjj/comments/1l5ql11/for_the_no_gi_people_marcelos_advanced_no_gi/

chregi Jun 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM English 505s Public
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Advanced No-Gi BJJ: Establishing Side Control and Butterfly Sweep

Step-by-Step Instructions:
  1. Establish side control by positioning head and hip on the same side as the overhook.
  2. Maintain control and positioning when sitting up, anticipating the opponent's push.
  3. Execute a butterfly sweep by using the underhook and positioning head on the same side.
  4. Establish side control by positioning head and hip on the same side as the underhook.
  5. Transition to side control by positioning feet and body.
  6. Finish the technique by putting the opponent's back on the mat.
Techniques:
  • Overhook
  • Butterfly Sweep
  • Slide Guard
  • Side Control
Key Concepts:
  • Control
  • Positioning
  • Body positioning
  • Transitions
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Video Transcript
00:00 I have underhook and I overhook. My head is towards the overhook. My head is on the same side of the overhook.
00:07 And I'm looking towards the side that I want to put his back on the mat. You know what I mean?
00:11 So I'm looking towards the edge, but that's why I want to put his back on the mat.
00:13 So I want to go to the back just like a don't fall. I want to go to the back of the slide guard and just want to try to keep going to the other side.
00:19 Right. So everything is like a... So everything is like a towards the side.
00:27 I'm looking towards the side. I have the overhook towards the side.
00:31 Have my hip towards the side.
00:34 You know what I mean? I'm not keeping my hip towards the other side.
00:36 Everything like I'm facing towards the side.
00:40 And then to one point,
00:42 when I try like a, when I try to sit up,
00:45 the other person maybe try to push me towards the other side.
00:48 No over hook.
00:51 Maybe one point he try to push me towards the other side.
00:53 That's when I'm fighting against you.
00:55 If I'm looking towards the ceiling, it means like I fell, I didn't have like a,
00:58 The control that I was looking for. I want to keep looking towards the ground because that's what I want to put his back and
01:04 Once you have side control usually you're looking towards the ground
01:08 You're not gonna look into the ceiling, you look towards the ceiling because things went extremely wrong, right?
01:12 So as soon as I sit up, I want the other person to try to push you back and I want you guys just force
01:20 To come back. So whoever
01:23 whatever is on top is gonna try to push me back and
01:25 I have to try to make sure I come back to the other side.
01:28 And as soon as I come back, I come back to the other side like that.
01:33 I butterfly sweep.
01:35 I have the underhook guys, my head goes towards the side of the underhook.
01:40 Now, to establish the side control, my head goes on the same side of the underhook.
01:44 So even if you're swiping over here, my head goes on the side of the underhook, right?
01:49 In the end.
01:50 So, see my back?
01:53 And you can put both feet inside.
01:57 So as soon as I sit up,
02:00 I'm sorry, put his back over there.
02:03 Alright, go back.
02:04 As soon as he fess it up, I'm gonna put his back over there. He has to go.
02:08 He meant back over there.
02:10 So as soon as he sit up, I'm sorry, put him to the side.
02:14 He has to go.
02:15 So just when you guys act like they're like a body.
02:19 Controlled, you want to put toes on one side, you want to face towards the other side.
02:24 He wants to make you keep looking towards the ceiling, you want to make him feel like that.
02:27 You put his back on the mat. Alright, let's go targets.
02:30 Those you need to get to elevator, it's not even like how far this hook goes,
02:38 where you push his arm, I just want you guys to have a body position.
02:42 Body position, and that is almost more important than the palm, you know what I mean? If you have a good palm,
02:48 But then you don't have a guard position, I was on the weak side like that.
02:51 Doesn't help.
02:52 And that goes first.
02:54 That goes first.
02:54 Like somebody sit up, that's the first like a, the first engage with your opponent.
03:02 The first engage.
03:02 So I'm resisting.
03:09 As soon as I engage I'm like a, it's almost like he took a shot at you and you're like
03:13 you're hip, you need to sprawl on him.
03:15 As soon as I come to him I'm like I'm managing the position of my body.
03:20 and then I continue to go, and I continue to go on my side.
03:25 This is right from the beginning, right from the first like counter with your opponent.
03:30 You have like a quick reaction, you have more resistance, okay?
03:35 We have a better timing to reaction.
03:37 That's why I tell you guys it's so important to us like when you practice like rounds,
03:43 When the time's ring, you don't tell your partner, ok, ready? Ready? Go.
03:47 You know what I mean? Like you don't tell each other, you know what I mean?
03:49 You tell each other, it's like a...
03:50 No one tell each other when you, oh, ready to go? Ok, ready to go? Let's go.
03:53 The time's ring, we both go.
03:55 And whoever has a quick reaction, takes an advantage of that.
03:59 So that's why I want you guys always use the time on your, on your time to practicing, ok?
04:05 But, sometimes doesn't always go the way you would hope.
04:10 So as soon as I can sit up,
04:12 I try to go and then I start losing. I try to stay over here and I know like it's just I'm losing and I'm not going on my back.
04:21 I'm not going on my good side. I'm not going on my good side.
04:26 As soon as I start chaining, I'm like, guys sometimes it goes very slow, sometimes it goes really fast, really fast, but I'm just like I just don't want to go on my back.
04:35 I just don't want to go on my back. The first thing that I do is take my overhook. I'm sorry, take my underhook. My underhook doesn't work anymore.
04:44 So I'm on this side. So as soon as I start losing, I pull this underhook.
04:52 As soon as I pull this underhook, I pull this underhook so I can start pushing him away.
04:58 And the underhook that he has, I start working again to pull him back.
05:05 And now I can sit up. And I can sit up with an opposite underhook, and I can go to another position.
05:18 As soon as he put me over there, I can sit up and go to the other side.
05:24 So, he push me back over there, I pull me this, I got this on the hook so he doesn't pin my back on the mat.
05:34 Now he has no more on the hook, he has no more overhook, he basically he doesn't have anything.
05:39 He can sit up.
05:42 If I like just one side, I go back to that side.
05:46 But if you can sweep on both sides, you're already dead.
05:49 So as soon as they realize, oh I can't, my feet is already like I come out of the ground, you free your arm.
05:55 Because you don't want to land with your arm like a pin on the ground with his weight on top of his arm and he's holding your head.
06:02 As soon as they start, we want to win the first account with your opponent.
06:11 You didn't win, you start losing, you realize this quick and free your arm, free your arm that was underneath, underneath.
06:18 Free your arm and then you start pounding the other side and then you speed up again.
06:21 Once you sit up, you can stay on this side or you can try putting him back on the other side if that's your favorite side, if you feel bad on that side.
06:30 Very few moves I feel like I can do both sides.
06:32 To verify that, I can do both sides.
06:34 So that helps me. I was able to just kind of coordinate to go on both sides.
06:38 But, you choose which side is more comfortable for you after you recover.
06:43 Especially if you feel strong towards one side and you're like, something went wrong, try bringing him back to your stronger side if you can.
06:49 If you can do it on both sides, you're right there. Get on the hook back and go back to the position.
06:54 So now guys, who's on top is gonna win the first connection.
06:59 As soon as you win, you free your arm, push him back, get on the game, and sit up on it.
07:05 That's what's up guys.
07:06 The first engage...
07:10 Guys, this arm is stuck, you know what I mean? This arm is stuck and this arm is underneath. That's the hardest one to move.
07:15 This arm is gonna start fighting but this arm like a...
07:18 That's the first one that I wanna try free because that's the most like deep control.
07:22 So I wanna like, even if you win the body position, I wanna win like to have my arm free.
07:29 And doesn't matter how long it take to me get away of this underhook.
07:33 Doesn't matter how long it take to get away of this underhook, as long as it doesn't hold my head.
07:39 As long as he doesn't connect his hand, I'll come out.
07:44 So most important, I free this hand because I want to block the arm.
07:48 I don't want the arm like a... he has his underhook, he already won the underhook, this is like the most important for him.
07:54 But he still needs to connect the other hand.
07:57 So even if he has a very strong underhook over here guys, as long as I don't let the arm try to go under, I have to always try to avoid that.
08:04 I cannot let him win this.
08:05 And why I'm fighting for this?
08:08 Try to get down the hook over there.
08:10 So we have to make sure we free this arm first because that's the arm that's going to prevent him to wrap around my face.
08:17 So remember Leca to wrap this arm out quick before he wraps his arm around your face.
08:22 Make sure this arm come out. Let's go try guys.