Rafael Mendes is one of the finest examples of how high you can get in life, on and off the mat, when you apply focus, discipline and hard work to your natural talent. The only five-time featherweight world champion as a black belt shares his views on the ideal mindset for a successful career and a fruitful life. Other than that, you will also learn all the secrets of one of Rafa’s favorite techniques, the leg drag. We also have Demian Maia, the return of MMA to Japan, 10 years without Carlson Gracie, 10 reasons why you should stick to training and much more. Subscribe now or secure your copy!

We land in London, England, where we meet 10X world champion Roger Gracie.

He teaches a guard pass using the leg drag.

Pay close attention to the details and add it to your top game.

A técnica é simples, basta ficar atento aos detalhes como, por exemplo, pesar bem o quadril e abraçar a cintura do guardeiro.

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Seven-time no-gi world champion, Caio Terra is our Professor for this week’s video of the HOW-TO series.

Learn how to use the leg drag to get to the opponent’s back.

Watch closely and add it to your no-gi game.

Mikey Musumeci is now a black belt and his debut was in great style when he defeated João Miyao at the American Nationals, at the beginning of July.

We searched our video vault and came up with this leg drag pass he taught exclusively for our followers in 2014.

Musumeci has a answer for that moment you break the opponent’s spider guard and goes for the leg drag, but the adversary defends it by opening the knee.

Just watch the video and learn how to get the leg drag anyway.

In this move that he shows below, the dangerous hook that leads to getting your back taken is secured. He shows how to counter this attack and end up in the leg drag position. Even cooler, he shows how to flow the drill with a partner for the most effective way to learn the move:

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Check out this lapel guard sweep that leads you straight into a leg drag pass:

Four-time world champion Guilherme Mendes guides you through the warm up drill and teaches a guard pass that has all the technical elements that made him and his brother Rafael household names in the competition scene.

Join the class and add this technique to your game.

Caio Terra won 9 world championships as a black belt, 7 no-gi and 2 gi events.

In this video, he gives you a taste of how his technique transfers from one modality to the other.

Mikey works his passing against Hiago Gama. Photo: Erin Herle

Mikey Musumeci, one half of the Musumeci sibling duo, received his brown belt from the Mendes brothers after winning the purple belt light-featherweight division at Worlds in June. His run at Worlds included back-takes, berimbolos and leg drags.

Here Mikey teaches how to get to the leg drag when an opponent puts you in the lasso and spider guard. He also goes over how to counter the defense when someone opens their knee to try to prevent the leg drag.

Check it out:

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Na aula de hoje, Guilherme Mendes e seu irmão Rafael Mendes ensinam um atalho para passar a De La Riva e chegar nas costas do guardeiro.

Repare no detalhe em que Guilherme faz as pegadas e espera o oponente esticar o braço dele. A tensão na esticada auxilia na hora de estourar a pegada, com uma batida de quadril. Após estourada, Guilherme faz o leg-drag para passar já com a mão na gola por trás, esperando o adversário se defender para abraçar e girar para as costas.

Confira o passo a passo, em inglês, no vídeo abaixo!