Marcelo Garcia’s Side Control to Mounted Guillotine
Mar 27, 2022BJJEE
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...
Marcelo Garcia Teaches A Diving Guillotine Choke Setup
Mar 26, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Some techniques in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu look spectacular… When, in reality, they’re reasonably easy to set up. You just need to learn a couple of basic pointers that will both make your...
Marcelo Garcia Shows An Easy Guillotine Setup From Butterfly Guard
Mar 25, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Hey… Can we share a small piece of advice with you? Yes? Well, here it is: simplify your BJJ game. You’re making it way too complicated, and that’s the reason why you’re not...
Marcelo Garcia Inducted Into ADCC Hall of Fame
Nov 30, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Marcelo Garcia is one of the most beloved athletes in the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu community. A black belt under Fabio Gurgel, Garcia has been a World Champion 5 times, as well as a 4x ADCC champion. Now,...
Marcelo Garcia Teaches Armbar Setup vs. Kneeling Opponent
Nov 27, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
You might be in favor of starting on your feet (if so, kudos to you). Or you might feel more comfortable pulling guard and forcing your opponent to pass it – why not. But whatever your...
Marcelo Garcia Shares His Formula For Getting More Submissions From Side Control
Nov 03, 2021BJJEE
The side control position is undoubtedly one of the best attack and submission positions in Jiu Jitsu. When you reach this position, you have certainly managed to gain a huge advantage because, most...
Pass Any No Gi Guard with Marcelo Garcia
Oct 28, 2021BJJEE
Passing the guard No Gi is a different ball game than with the Gi. The lack of grips, the slipperiness, the speed and different attacks available means that if you have to adapt your Gi passing game...
Marcelo Garcia Shares His Formula For Getting More Submissions from the Mount
Oct 25, 2021BJJEE
Getting into the Mount position in BJJ is hard enough… But maintaining it and attacking from it can be even tougher, especially if your training partner/opponent knows what they’re doing. Heck,...
Marcelo Garcia Shows The Best Way To Control & Attack The Back
Oct 19, 2021BJJEE
Here are some of the key details to make your seat belt from the back a whole lot more dangerous and start finishing more chokes just like Marcelo Garcia. These no-gi techniques were perfected by...
Marcelo Garcia Shows How To Set Up The Perfect Guillotine
Oct 18, 2021BJJEE
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...
Marcelo Garcia’s Simple & Easy Closed Guard System That Will Get You More Wins
Sep 22, 2021BJJEE
Let’s remind ourselves of the most important thing you need to do when you have someone in your closed guard: attack at all times. Many jiujiteiros make a mistake of holding a closed guard for a...
Rare Footage: Marcelo Garcia vs Romulo Barral
Sep 13, 2021BJJEE
These two legends faced each other a few years back in Brazil. These are 2 of the major competitors of their generation. Marcelo Garcia in New York and Team Alliance vs Romulo Barral de Gracie Barra...
Marcelo Garcia on How To Benefit from Rolling w/ Lower Belts & Developing Conditioning for BJJ by Rolling
Sep 01, 2021BJJEE
BJJ legend Marcelo Garcia talks about his philosophy regarding developing your BJJ game when you are around lower belts. For Marcelo, instead of waiting for your partner to make a mistake, you should...
This is How Robert Drysdale Submitted Marcelo Garcia in ADCC
Apr 27, 2021BJJEE
From David Avellan: Marcelo Garcia was no doubt one of the best grapplers to grace Jiu Jitsu. His smooth transitions, focus on submissions, and humble personality has endeared him to all. That was...
“Be One With The Floor” – The Secret To Marcelo Garcia’s Butterfly Guard
Apr 23, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
The game of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is all about constantly improving yourself. You should always be on the hunt to make better, faster, more efficient progress… So that you’re always one...
What To Do Against A Very Defensive Opponent? Attack Like Marcelo Garcia
Apr 23, 2021BJJEE
When looking at the Roberto Cyborg vs Brendan Schaub fight at Metamoris 2, you can think two things: 1. Schaub was running away and disengaging. 2. Roberto Cyborg Abreu should have brought the fight...
Marcelo Garcia Has the Perfect Rubber Guard Passing Formula
Dec 17, 2020BJJEE
The Rubber guard sometimes referred to as Mission Control is a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu technique, which involves the practitioner ‘breaking down’ the opponent into the rubber guard, while maintaining...
From The vault: Remembering Marcelo Garcia x Ronaldo Jacaré in Jiu-Jitsu
Dec 11, 2020BJJEE
Marcelo Garcia and Ronaldo Jacaré had memorable matches throughout their careers in Jiu-Jitsu. One of the first meetings in 2002, still a brown belt, had Jacaré winning. But the change would not be...
Marcelo Garcia is the Exception: Why 99% Of Top BJJ Athletes Strength Train
Nov 13, 2020BJJEE
Guest post by Will Safford, a Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach who trains under Andre Galvao in San Diego, CA. He received is purple belt in December of 2013 and competes occasionally in...
Marcelo Garcia Shows His Grappling Routine with his Grappling Dummy
Oct 17, 2020BJJEE
The beautiful thing about having a grappling dummy is it allows you to train at any time of the day! If you just got back from the gym and maybe you still have a lot on your mind, bust out the...
Best way To Escape a Tight Side Control with Marcelo Garcia
Sep 06, 2020BJJEE
Side Control is one of those positions you might not feel too afraid of. „Sure, I’m in a defensive position, but it isn’t so bad“, you rationalize to yourself… As your opponent isolates...
Marcelo Garcia Explains in Detail Why He Doesn’t Do Any Strength & Conditioning
Jul 24, 2020BJJEE
BJJ Legend Marcelo Garcia talks in detail to Stuart Cooper about the reasons why he never did strength and conditioning for more than a period of 8 months. Marcelo doesn’t lift, doesn’t run. He...
Marcelo Garcia Teaches His Signature Shoulder Clamp Sweep
Jul 23, 2020BJJEE
The butterfly guard and all the various sweeps coming from this guard, is probably the best guard to play against a much heavier opponent in No Gi . By sitting up like that you are not allowing your...
Dramatically Improve Your Ability To Finish From The Back with Marcelo Garcia
Jul 22, 2020BJJEE
Here are some of the key details to make your seat belt from the back a whole lot more dangerous and start finishing more chokes just like Marcelo Garcia. These no-gi techniques were perfected by...
