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Marcelo Garcia: The Marcelotine

Submission ChainIntermediate

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The Marcelotine

By Marcelo Garcia

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The Marcelotine concentrates on Marcelo Garcia’s guillotine attacks, including high-elbow variations against single- and double-leg attempts. Grounded material covers recovery during a pass and finishing after the opponent has passed the guard.

Other sections address guillotines from guard, against sit-up guard and from side control or mount. This is a focused submission course for grapplers who want the guillotine to connect their standing and ground attacks.

Is this for you?

• You want guillotine attacks from several positions, including answers to an opponent passing your guard.

Also consider

Ryan Hall: The Modern Triangle — Includes a guillotine-to-triangle connection within a broader triangle curriculum.

Coverage and limits

• Standing takedown counters, guard entries and high-elbow guillotine variations.
• Recovery against passing defenses and attacks while passing, from side control and from mount.

Limits

• The curriculum centers on guillotines, rather than the full range of front-headlock submissions.

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Related guides and principles

These related references are not a claim about what the course teaches or evidence of practical mastery.

Grips

Submission Chains

Pressure

Timing and Rhythm

Fork Attacks

Marcelo Garcia: Butterfly Guard

Marcelo Garcia: X-Guard Entries and Sweeps

John Danaher: Front Headlock Attacks

Ryan Hall: The Modern Triangle — The Modern Triangle names a guillotine-to-triangle lesson for a different study direction.

Review related technique cards

• Guillotine Control (Position)

• Front Headlock (Position)

• Closed Guard (Position)

• Butterfly Guard (Position)

• X-Guard (Position)

• Half Guard (Position)

• Turtle (Position)

• Standing Position (Position)

• Guillotine Setup (Transition)

• Front Headlock to Guillotine (Transition)

• Guillotine from Turtle (Transition)

• Guard Pull (Transition)

• Arm Drag to Back (Transition)

• Snap Down to Front Headlock (Transition)

• Guillotine Choke (Submission)

• High Elbow Guillotine (Submission)

• Arm in Guillotine (Submission)

• Chin Strap Guillotine from Front Headlock (Submission)

• Darce Choke (Submission)

• Anaconda Choke (Submission)

Sources Expand for evidence and notes

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The Marcelotine by Marcelo Garcia — official listing; checked 2026-09-19. Verified title, instructor and four-volume outline organized around standing, grounded, guard and passing positions, with recovery against passing defenses. On 2026-09-19 UTC, verified the introductory player in the product banner and the course cover image. Muted inline autoplay was verified on https://bjjgraph.org by observing advancing video time. The introduction content was not reviewed.

The Modern Triangle by Ryan Hall — official listing; checked 2026-09-16. Verified the published curriculum: triangle process, finishing, defensive components, arm attacks and scoring options. Lesson names and durations are listed; paid lesson content was not inspected.