Marcelo Garcia is one of the bjj greats. His weapon of choice was often the Guillotine with which he submitted quite a few big names. Among them are: Victor Estima, Josh Hinger, Kron Gracie, Mike Fowler, George Sotiropoulos, Keita Nakamura, Jake Shields, Rodney Ellis, Davis Heart and others.
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But how does someone like Marcelo escape the Guillotine?
As shown on the pictures above, to escape you’d need to move to the side opposite of where your head is trapped. His personal touch to this escape involves knee slide he utilizes to transition to the safe side – after all he’s also world famous for impeccable transition skills.
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