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The Darkside of Jiu Jitsu: MMA Grappling Mastery by Rafael Lovato

Name: The Darkside of Jiu Jitsu: MMA Grappling Mastery by Rafael Lovato
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Designed For All Levels - Whether you’re a beginner or an advanced fighter, this course will change your game.

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Learn all the safest ways to attack from top and bottom in the cage, with lessons from Rafael on effectively using grappling and striking together

Rafael Lovato Jr. is one of Brazilian jiu-jitsu’s most decorated competitors, with world championships in the gi, no-gi, and MMA
Use fight-ending submissions like the kimura, triangle, guillotine, and more to create a threatening guard, and learn stand-ups and safe sweeps for a total MMA bottom game
Attack from top with pressure, chokes, arm traps that set up punches, and more - including how to really use the gift wrap in MMA!
These lessons will help MMA students practice the best ways to attack and blend their skills on the ground, with careful coaching from an undefeated champion

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Volume 1

CHAPTER TITLE

START TIME

Intro	0
Bottom - Overwrap Triangle	3:21
Overwrap Monoplata	13:01
Kimura	24:05
Hip Bump To Guillotine	31:24
Get Ups	43:20

Volume 2

CHAPTER TITLE

START TIME

High Guard With #1 Bellator Submission	0
Open Guard Shield And Scissor Sweep	10:58
Coyote Half Guard	19:32
Coyote Off Plan B With Single Leg Entry	32:43

Volume 3

CHAPTER TITLE

START TIME

Turtle - Turtle Strategy With Arm Triangle	0
Reverse Body Lock Steering Wheel	16:22
Ankle Wrap	23:10
Neck Tie	29:49
Hook In Breaking Them Down All The Way To Rear Naked Choke	37:48
Digging For The Neck	48:51
Wrist Lock	54:14
Trapping The Glove	58:46
Body Triangle TKO	1:07:46
Using The Kimura Grip To Stay On Top	1:12:59

Volume 4

CHAPTER TITLE

START TIME

Top - Ground And Pound Pass	0
Stand Shake And Bake	12:24
Forcing Half Guard From Butterfly	19:56
Half Guard To Mount	28:06
Monoplata	44:17
Ground And Pound From Mount	50:54
Hand Fighting	1:01:16

Specialize Your Grappling For MMA With Undefeated Fighter, Black Belt BJJ World Champion, &Bellator World Champion Rafael Lovato Jr.’s Guide To The Dark Side Of The Gentle Art

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What Will You Learn?

Level up on the ground and learn all the best practices for MMA grappling from undefeated Bellator world champion and BJJ black belt legend Rafael Lovato Jr. In this three-part series, Rafael teaches all the best ways to grapple in the cage from top &bottom, including techniques that he used throughout his own highly successful career.

Smash from the top with Rafael’s lessons on attacking the turtle position, showing ways to get to the neck, place hooks, control the position, and finish the fight with impact. Use gift wraps, wrist locks, glove traps, and more to huge effect with Rafael’s careful coaching on ways to make the turtle position a fight ender for you every time.

Work from bottom in an MMA fight and see how to grapple effectively without taking big damage. Get advice on using BJJ for getting up safely, setting up submissions using overhooks and hip bumps, and sweeping to top position using the half guard offensively.

Rafael Lovato, Jr. is one of BJJ’s most successful black belt competitors, with world championships in the gi, no-gi, and even in MMA. Now you can learn along with this legend of the sport as he explains some of the concepts that helped craft his “timeless” style, with techniques and body movements that anyone can use for success.

So, What Exactly Do You Get?

PART 1

INTRO

BOTTOM

OVERWRAP TRIANGLE

OVERWRAP MONOPLATA

KIMURA

HIP BUMP TO GUILLOTINE

GET UPS

PART 2

HIGH GUARD WITH #1 BELLATOR SUBMISSION

OPEN GUARD SHIELD AND SCISSOR SWEEP

COYOTE HALF GUARD

COYOTE OFF PLAN B WITH SINGLE LEG ENTRY

PART 3 TURTLE

TURTLE STRATEGY WITH ARM TRIANGLE

REVERSE BODY LOCK STEERING WHEEL

ANKLE WRAP

NECK TIE

HOOK IN BREAKING THEM DOWN ALL THE WAY TO REAR NAKED CHOKE

DIGGING FOR THE NECK

WRIST LOCK

TRAPPING THE GLOVE

BODY TRIANGLE TKO

USING THE KIMURA GRIP TO STAY ON TOP

PART 4 TOP

GROUND AND POUND PASS

STAND SHAKE AND BAKE

FORCING HALF GUARD FROM BUTTERFLY

HALF GUARD TO MOUNT

MONOPLATA

GROUND AND POUND FROM MOUNT

HAND FIGHTING

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