Drill For Skill: Guillotines by Placido Santos

• Learn a complete 11-part guillotine system from one of the fastest-rising instructional minds in jiu jitsu, Placido Santos.
  
• Build a submission game around high-percentage guillotines, front headlocks, entries, finishes, counters, and chaining attacks together. mechanics that let you dominate the exchange once you capture the leg.
• Develop world-class mechanics through focused drills designed to create instinctive timing and effortless finishing ability.
  
• Understand how John Danaher's conceptual approach translates into one of the most dangerous submission systems in modern no-gi grappling.
• Taught by ADCC veteran, No-Gi World Champion, and one of BJJ Fanatics' newest best-selling instructors, Placido Santos.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

What Will You Learn? 

Few submissions have changed modern no-gi grappling more than the guillotine—and few instructors understand the position as deeply as Placido Santos.

A No-Gi World Champion and one of John Danaher's top students, Placido has quickly become one of the most sought-after instructors in the sport. Known for his incredible technical precision, conceptual teaching style, and ability to simplify complex systems, Placido represents the next generation of elite coaching. As they say, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

In Drill For Skill: Guillotines, Placido delivers an expansive 11-part, 8+ hour instructional dedicated to building a complete guillotine game from the ground up. Rather than teaching isolated techniques, he walks you through a systematic approach to controlling the front headlock, identifying the correct finishing mechanics, troubleshooting common defensive reactions, and flowing seamlessly between guillotines, front headlock attacks, scrambles, and complementary submissions.

What separates this series is the emphasis on purposeful drilling. Every lesson is designed to help you develop the timing, sensitivity, and muscle memory that make elite submission specialists feel effortless. You'll learn not only how to finish the guillotine consistently, but how to recognize opportunities earlier, force predictable reactions, and chain together attacks until your opponent has nowhere left to escape.

Whether you're building your submission game for competition or simply want one of the highest-percentage attacks in all of grappling, this series provides the roadmap. Placido combines world-class competitive experience with the conceptual influence of John Danaher to create a guillotine system that is both incredibly detailed and immediately applicable.

If you've ever wanted your guillotine to become a submission your training partners genuinely fear, Drill For Skill: Guillotines is the complete blueprint you've been waiting for.

What Exactly Do You Get?

Volume 1 – Foundations & Core Guillotine Mechanics

• How to Use This Instructional
• The Map & Compass Learning Framework
• The Power of Relaxation
• Mastering "The Bite" (Finishing Mechanics)
• Common Guillotine Learning Mistakes
• The Value of Uchikomi Training
• Uchikomi Drills
• High Wrist Guillotine
  • Relaxed Arm
  • Hollow Chest
  • Assist Hand



• Low Wrist Guillotine


• Over-Under Guillotine


• Hand Block Go-Behind


• Attack the Build


• Leg & Head Positioning

Volume 2 – Recovery Methods & Reactive Guillotines

• Recovery Methods


• Two Assumptions


• Roll Through Recovery


• Knee Hurdle Recovery


• Four Point Recovery


• The Importance of Reactive Guillotines

Volume 3 – Kneeling Guillotine Systems

• Layers of Movement


• Chaining Go-Behinds


• Doubling Up Attacks


• Knee Tap Entries


• Olympic Roll


• Chaining Anaconda Attacks


• Chaining D'Arce Attacks


• ¼ Nelson Breakdown


• Cow Catcher & Roll Through Dilemma

Volume 4 – Seated Guillotine Systems

• Seated Guillotine Strategy


• Offensive Goals


• High-Percentage Attacks


• Heisting Mechanics


• Simple Setups


• Reverse X Entries


• Sumi Gaeshi


• Yoko Sumi Gaeshi


• Thigh Whizzer


• Elbow Flanking

Volume 5 – Standing Guillotine Systems

• Standing Guillotine Strategy


• Creating the Ideal Conditions


• Snap Down Mechanics


• Straight Snaps


• Cross Snaps


• Football Snaps


• Pass-Off Snaps


• Double Pit Pass-Offs


• Underhook Snap


• Whizzer Shuck


• Uchi Mata Entries

Volume 6 – Flow Drills & Skill Development

• Why Flow Drills Matter


• Standing Flow Series


• Underhook Snap Flow


• Whizzer Flow


• Kneeling Flow Series


• Knee Tap to Roll Through Flow


• Anaconda Heist Combination


• Seated Flow Series


• Four Point to Arm Drag Combination


• Sumi Gaeshi Combination

Volume 7 – Skill Session 1

• Seated Guillotine Skill Session

Volume 8 – Skill Session 2

• Snap Down Skill Session

Volume 9 – Skill Session 3

• Kneeling Guillotine Skill Session

Volume 10 – Skill Session 4

• Standing Guillotine Skill Session

Volume 11 – Putting It All Together

• Integrated Guillotine Skill Session


• Developing Automatic Reactions Through Repetition


• Putting It All Together


• "You Must Be Born Again"