I was a member of MGinaction for years up until about 2 years ago. I haven't seen nearly as much detail as some of things covered in Danaher's set. An example is addressing the chin when going for RNCs. Marcelo really only covers using the "bottle opener" motion on the chin. Danaher has a whole detailed system for addressing it. While I really like marcelo's techniques, I haven't found his techniques to have much detail in his explanation. And i haven't found his instruction to key on concepts of the "why" either. Personally, I've found Marcelo's instruction to be the opposite of Danaher's.
I agree and disagree with this. Marcelo is the opposite of Danaher in terms of instruction. It's more like, "watch me do this, and then do this. This is why I do that. Now your turn." His explanations pale in comparison to Danaher but many of what Danaher has shown has also been shown or mentioned at least a few times on mginaction. However, it is completely random and spread out on many different videos and Marcelo does not really emphasize the details s much as John did. He seems to just casually mention them in passing whereas John has them in an organized system.
marcelo doesnt teach as many details as jhon does, also the back attacks, both like to fall to the weak side and trap the arm, jhon systems goes into more detailes and his trapping hands from the straght jacket system is not something that has been shown by marcelo.
Marcelo has shown the straight jacket before, but hasn't emphasized it nearly as much. He has taught it before as a way to combat hand fighting and does not spend prolonged time there nor did he have a name for it from what I remember. I'm sorry, I can't link it or anything as I'm currently not a member
I feel the same, the language barrier is also one thing to be considered.
Marcelo is super hard to learn stuff from. He shows the moves he uses but they always seem sort of okish and I always feel the way he sets them up and how he controls space (plus his ability to scramble out) is what makes him so good.
Much of what is he does is very intuitive and I feel he is a great instructor for advanced students. He is hard to learn stuff from as in he won't hand it to you in an organized system and curriculum on a silver platter. The reason he is good for advanced students is he can show you something complex really quickly and you need to have an idea of it, then he will guide you through it more. His experience and timing with many of his techniques is so sharp and world class that sometime when he teaches, he will demonstrate the technique "technically wrong" (I just committed BJJ sacrilege saying that!) when compared to standard fundamentals but he gets away with it because again, his timing is so on point that he could knock someone over by pushing them with his finger. Example, his butterfly sweeps, he will fully kick and extend the butterfly hook and not post with his non-butterfly hook leg but instead it just lays there limp. This works because his timing so world class and intuitive for him
I think it is because Marcelo is a very intuitive grappler and a really good athlete. His stocky build with powerful legs gives him distinct physical advantages for his techniques and he hasn't really thought about the intricate details because they are so intuitive for him. Gifted scramblers are built just like Marcelo. I don't think it is coincidence that his top student that plays a game most similar to his is Satava who has a similar build. I do think Marcelo is an innovator, has great technique ,built a great culture at his school,likeable, and he is one of my favorite Grapplers ever,but his explanation of technique is inferior to Danaher,Mendes Bros,Caio Terra, or Braulio Estima.
I agree with much of this, his teaching is much less detailed than everyone you named. His teaching is more of watch this and this, now go try it out and I'll help you. On the other hand, having watched him compete and teach on mginaction and in person, I will say his insight is amazing. Even if you exclusively see his teaching on mginaction, some of what he addresses is such high level stuff. He goes over situations and solutions for many BJJ problems that not many people in the world can address. Yes, he mainly teaches his style, but he can give elite level insight into problem solving even if it does not involve using his style/system. This is one thing about him I was most impressed about
Having said this, I have trained at Marcelo's and John's, and even though John (the only reason I ended up there) was very accommodating to me, I enjoyed the atmosphere at Marcelo's much more by far.