Starting in the mounted position Matt Darcy explains the transition to the knee pillow position when the partner turns to their side. From here he blocks the elbow with his chest so they cannot turn back to their back. He then gains wrist control, pulling the arm around their head. Rotating fro...

From side control it is important to keep the near side arm’s elbow off the mat and on your hip. Matt Darcy demonstrates how to intercept the far side arm to be able to clear the way when kicking over. For the armbar post near your opponents legs, clamp your knees together to secure the arm. For...

After dragging the arm across, the opponent may attempt to correct the move and square up to avoid the back take. When this happens Matt Darcy uses his free hand to reach across the back, into the far armpit to lock them down, and use their momentum to sweep them into the other direction. From t...

Matt Darcy shows how to transition to mount from side control then goes over the cross choke with a fine tooth comb to make sure every attempt is a high percentage finish.

When trying to perform the foot scrape to escape the mounted position, an opponent may be able to glue the laces of their foot down to the mat making it difficult to perform the move. Instead of trying to force the scrape matt will opt to hook his foot under theirs to lift their leg and trapping...

From the mounted position Matt Darcy shows a few ways to disrupt the breathing of the opponent. If you place your hand over their nose and mouth it is illegal. However, grabbing your gi and placing it over the nose and mouth of the opponent is perfectly legal

In this part of his closed guard underhook clinch system, Matt Darcy shows how to instead sweep to mount when his opponent lifts their knee off the mat.

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.

Dave Camarillo shows the kimura finish from triangle mount with an option to transition to the arm bar.

Dave Camarillo shows various situations where one might want to dismount. He keeps in mind his ability to still implement a pin so that he maintains dominate control

Dave shows his favorite side control transition to the mount using the triangle mount. Straightening the legs and taking away the ability to bridge.

Matt Darcy teaches a beginner drill that hones your transitions from side control to mount and mount to side control

Date: 4/30/2018
Instructor: Matt Darcy
Class: Fundamentals
Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu San Jose

Matt Darcy teaches how to defend strikes and escape the mounted position to butterfly guard. He then uses the butterfly guard to get back to his feet. This is an essential technique in the Guerrilla Combatives Program.

Date: 5/30/2018
Instructor: Matt Darcy
Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu Sa...

Dave Camarillo gives his strategies and details on keeping an aggressive opponent down and flat during friday instructor training.

Date: 5/18/2018
Instructor: Dave Camarillo
Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu Pleasanton

Matt Darcy leads a Q&A class during fundamentals. A student asks where his weight should be when in S-Mount. Matt goes over the basics of S Mount and weight distribution.

Date: 5/14/2018
Instructor: Matt Darcy
Class: Fundamentals
Location: Guerrilla Jiu-JItsu San Jose

Matt Darcy teaches how he transitions to the barataplata finish from the S Mount.

Date: 4/30/2018
Instructor: Matt Darcy
Class: Advanced
Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu San Jose

Matt Darcy teaches how he switches to the opposite arm when in S Mount to fool his opponent..

Date: 4/30/2018
Instructor: Matt Darcy
Class: Advanced
Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu San Jose

Matt Darcy show how to counter the "answer the phone" defense for an arm triangle. He isolates the wrist by pulling the wrist away from the head and driving forward smashing the wrist to the ground.

Date: 5/13/19
Instructor: Matt Darcy
Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu San Jose

Matt Darcy shows how to defend and escape the arm triangle.

Date: 5/8/2019
Instructor: Matt Darcy
Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu San Jose

Matt Darcy shows how to use the Elbow Control Mount System to counter opponents who push hips to escape mount.

Date: 5/1/2019
Instructor: Matt Darcy
Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu San Jose

Matt Darcy shows how to use your chest to roll their hand and arm back in to place.

Date: 5/1/2019
Instructor: Matt Darcy
Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu San Jose

Matt Darcy shows how to completely dominate your opponent by gaining the elbow line using a vonFlue style head control. This will set up arm triangle and s mount. It also counters opponents who push your hips to escape.

Matt Darcy shows how to use your knee as a wedge to gain some leverage to gain the elbow line when your opponent is really strong and determined to keep their elbows tight.

Date: 5/1/2019
Instructor: Matt Darcy
Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu San Jose

Matt Dar teaches how to smash the head to set up a nasty arm triangle and mount armor combination.

Date: 4/18/2019
Instructor: Matt Darcy
Location: Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu San Jose