DVD Review: Marcelo Garcia - Series 3 - Submission Grappling
For the last four years, Marcelo Garcia has mesmerized the grappling community with his unique attacking style, winning three ADCC championships in a row. Marcelo is always moving forward in his fights, looking to attack with unexpected speed and power - but it is also the creativity in his techniques that also intrigue submission grappling and brazilian jiu-jitsu fans. Of course, Marcelo's fearlessness and natural charisma easily show through, making him perhaps the crowd favorite whenever he steps on the mat.
In this six dvd set, which is Marcelo's third instructional series (the second series was with the gi), Marcelo expands his teaching beyond the fundamentals of his arm drag and taking the back game. He shows takedowns, guard passes, other aspects of his open guard game (including more X-Guard techniques), and very interesting submissions. In addition, the set finishes with a crescendo with a double disc of Marcelo's escapes, both from positions and submissions.
Similar to Series 1 [CLICK HERE for our review of Series 1], the content is arranged closely in a linked form, with Marcelo explain an initial position or move, and then showing additional options depending on how the opponent defends the previous attacks. The production of the instructional set is as solid as ever, with World Martial Arts showing their typical quality filming and English translation.
Once again, we attempt to make the use of this set even better by mapping out a chapter-by-chapter look at each DVD. Check out the pdfs below - we guarantee that you will find them valuable:
Chapter-by-Chapter Maps (Click on the Titles for the PDFs)
- Disc 1 - Submission Takedowns
- Disc 2 - Passing the Guard
- Disc 3 - Sweeps & Turnovers
- Disc 4 - Taking the Back
- Disc 5 - Submissions
- Disc 6 - Escapes 1
- Disc 6 - Escapes 2
Overall, we will highly recommend Marcelo's third DVD set for those wanting to advance their submission grappling game with additional interesting techniques - perhaps even just based on the Escapes disc, we could easily endorse this set. For further information on purchasing this dvd instructional series, check out the product page on World Martial Art's website [click here for the link]
Enjoy it.
