Since Renzo has both hands free, he is able to base forward if Marcelo were to try and send him over the top by letting go of Marcelo’s head. By driving his hips forward, it makes it much more difficult for Marcelo to keep his outside leg on the hip, the position has become a very uncomfortable stack for Marcelo. Renzo attempts to counter Marcelo’s SLX by grabbing the back of his head with both hands, keeping his hips forward, low and keeping his opposite leg out of reach. In our first GIF, (which is too small for text unfortunately) Marcelo is facing Renzo Gracie at the ADCC. He also usually starts with the overhook, I’d also attribute that to it being easier to get. I attribute this based on the fact that SLX is much easier to gain in the first place. He also usually starts in SLX to being with. So what are some the ques that let Marcelo know when to switch?įirstly, Marcelo tends to go SLX > X-Guard, not so much X-Guard > SLX. We’ve already shown how dominant the position can be on it’s own, so he has to have some clear reasons on why he switches to Full X-Guard, from the SLX. And because the reason he switches to X-Guard gives him a que for a specific set of sweeps, we’re going to cover those too. In this article though I’m going to cover when he switches out of it, or more importantly, the WHY. So in my first breakdown of Marcelo Garcia’s Single Leg X-Guard (SLX) I covered some of his basic sweeps, grips, counters and leg positions when in the position. Marcelo Garcia’s SLX to X-Guard Transitions, and a few X-Guard Sweeps to go with them.
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