
Offence is all well and good, but in order to have an effective offence, you need great defence. If you're confident that you can get out of bad positions, then that will make your attacks all the more dynamic: solid defensive skills enable you to take more risks.
Generally Machado spends around three minutes on each technique, starting by briefly showing the submission itself, then walking you through the escape from two angles, and finally showing it full speed. Though most of the demonstrations are around the three minute mark, it does vary, and on top of that, with some submissions Machado splits each escape into a different section.
For example, Machado shows four different options for getting out of the triangle choke, each one in a separate segment of between two to four minutes. By contrast, he tackles the armbar from mount in one five minute chunk, covering three variations. Normally Machado will also cover a submission escape from several positions, like the kimura from top and bottom half guard, along with closed guard and side control. That obviously depends on the versatility of the submission: escaping the rear naked choke is only shown from the back mount, as you'd expect.
The explanations are reasonably clear: Machado speaks good English and is obviously a competent teacher with an eye for detail. This is further helped by the camerawork, which zooms in and out to pick up on fine points. Importantly (though this might seem trivial), Machado's training partner Tinguinha (who has his own range of DVDs out on the same label) is wearing a blue gi. There are a lot of instructional which are definitely hindered by both people wearing the same colour gi. Having one with a white and one with a blue (or just anything that isn't white) gi is a small point, but it greatly helps to reduce confusion when limbs are getting all bundled together.

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