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Short arm drag takedown into half guard and baiting the underhook
Matt Darcy demonstrates the double leg takedown using a short arm drag. After falling into the opponents half-guard He shows how to finish with an anaconda choke, guillotine, and mounted guillotine by baiting his opponent into getting the underhook.
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Stack Passing - fundamental and countering hand on the hip defense
Matt Darcy shows the fundamentals of a traditional stack pass. One of the common reactions from the bottom is to put the hand on the hip to stop the pass. Matt shows two options using your knee to shed the hand and complete the pass into side control.
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Side Control Escapes - Forcing Headlock with Under Hook Hand Position
Matt Darcy shows how to force your opponent to make a mistake when trying to hold you in side control. The under hook hand position sometimes forces a headlock to prevent you from taking their back. We all know the headlock is terrible technique and we should then capitalize on it.
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Escaping Side Control with Under Hook Hand Position - Butterfly Guard Back Take
Matt Darcy shows how to use the under hook hand position to make your opponent make mistakes. You then can capitalize with a butterfly guard back take.
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Escaping Side Control with Under Hook Hand Position Part 1
Matt Darcy shows an alternative hand position for bottom side control. He also goes into detail on how to get it before being locked down in side control.
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Fundamental Mount Domination Drill - The Top Tier Positions
Matt Darcy caps off a drill from the last two weeks of class that highlights the details of why mount and back positions are the most dominant fundamental positions in jiu-jitsu.
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50/50 footlock
Matt Darcy Shows how to do a 50/50 foot lock when your opponent is trying to keep a strong top base
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Closed Guard - Calasans Wrist Lock
Matt Darcy shows how he does one of his favorite wrist locks that Claudio Calasans made famous.
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Fundamental Escapes - Hip Escape from Mount
Matt Darcy goes in depth on how to use the hip escape to escape mount.
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Butterfly Guard Back Take from Mount Escape
Matt Darcy shows how to keep the momentum going after escaping mount by taking the back from butterfly guard.
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Q&A - How Does Matt Get Out of 50/50 Guard? 50/50 Crab Ride
Matt Darcy crab rides from 50/50 guard.
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Hidden Collar Tilt - Position Details. "Drown Them"
Matt Darcy shows how to drown your opponent with pressure. Use the Hidden Collar tilt when your opponent has a strong turtle.
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Hidden Collar Tilt - Hidden Collar Choke
Matt Darcy shows how to use the hidden collar choke when your opponent turns away from the pressure trying to get to their knees.
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Beginner Essentials - Simple Back Choke System Part 2
Matt Darcy shows part 2 of the simple choke system from the back. This is a great system to learn and should be the first thing you employ when attacking the back.
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Beginner Essentials - Simple Choke System Part 1
Matt Darcy shows a system that everyone should start out with when attacking the back.
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Back Recovery System
Matt Darcy shows a drill to train your back recoveries. He learned this from Marcelo Garcia and Paul Schreiner as a blue belt. It should be a staple in your game.
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Loop Choke from the Front Headlock
Matt Darcy shows how he sets up a nasty loop choke from the front headlock.
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Basic Seated Loop Choke
Matt Darcy shows the basics of the seated loop choke.
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Loop Choke From Turtle
Matt Darcy shows how to set up a loop choke when your opponent blocks the clock choke.
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Counter the Single Leg to Omoplata Part 3 - Omoplata to Monoplata Finish
Matt Darcy shows how to switch to a monoplata when you sweep even if your opponent locks your hip in place.
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Counter the Single Leg to Omoplata Part 2 - Countering the single in motion
Matt Darcy shows a drill starting from side control where his opponent hip escapes out to a single leg. He then counter with the omoplata. This is a great next step in learning this counter from the drill in part 1.
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Counter the Single Leg to Omoplata Part 1 - The Setup and Bait
Matt Darcy shows part one of how to counter the single leg with an omoplata. This drill not only works to help you learn the move but is a sneaky bait to try on your opponent when rolling.
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Closed Guard Leg Trap Sweep to Juji-Gatame Armlock
Matt Darcy shows how to get a nasty armlock when your opponent tries to stop your leg trap sweep by shoving you back down.
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Closed Guard Leg Trap Sweep to Triangle Choke
Matt Darcy shows how to shoot a triangle choke when your opponent tries to stop your leg trap sweep.