What's your favorite Marcelotine setup?

Thread: What's your favorite Marcelotine setup?

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  1. Will Thaxton said: 07-01-2014 02:58 PM

    What's your favorite Marcelotine setup?

    This has quickly become my favorite choke.
     

  2. sean applegate's Avatar

    sean applegate said: 07-01-2014 03:58 PM
    Knee kick, or failed back take from turtle. Love em
     

  3. Sam Davis said: 07-01-2014 04:00 PM
    Capoeira pass
     

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    RobertGarza said: 07-01-2014 10:22 PM
    failed can crusher from the top
     

  5. Will Thaxton said: 07-02-2014 12:36 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Sam Davis View Post
    Capoeira pass
    Very interesting..hmm...
     

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    Chad Clark said: 07-02-2014 04:24 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Sam Davis View Post
    Capoeira pass
    Sam, just yesterday I was reviewing the options from capoeira that you showed me. Pure gold.
     

  7. Apperz said: 07-02-2014 04:41 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Chad Clark View Post
    Sam, just yesterday I was reviewing the options from capoeira that you showed me. Pure gold.
    Got MG In Action? Saw it on there somewhere. Not pulled it off myself yet, but I've got close.

    My favourite is the classic one that is in the warmup: sprawl as opponent shoots.

    Another good one is from open guard from half guard: get the neck, kick away the legs and lock it up and the push back into you. Again, think that is on MGiA.
     

  8. Sam Davis said: 07-02-2014 08:41 AM
    I've never had MGinAction, but I do study Marcelo a lot.

    Hey Chad, if you start making the capoeira pass your go to, then respect the berimbolo. Sean taught me that lesson the hard way haha.
     

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    Chad Clark said: 07-02-2014 08:48 AM
    Oh yeah? I think I can see how the 'bolo could work from there, but if you have any video links of it being used in action that would be awesome. I could always use some more answers to the capoeira pass.
     

  10. Sam Davis said: 07-02-2014 08:51 AM
    Also, when it comes to the Marcelotine I don't think about set ups as much as I just snatch it up whenever I can. Most of the time it's when something else is going on. People tend to leave their necks wide open when they are taking you down, sweeping you, passing your guard, or defending a pass. He may have changed his mind since then, but Denny said at the first Midwest training camp that it's impossible to do a shooting takedown without being exposed for a choke for a split second. I feel it's the same for when I'm being swept. I've been wrong before of course the nice thing about the marcelotine is even with better grapplers who pass with their sweeps (instead of sweeping, and trying to pass from scratch) you can still choke them because of the high elbow stopping them from pressing in. If I tap guys that are a higher rank than me, most of the time it's with a marcelotine and ending with me in bottom side with the choke still in.