De La Riva Guard

Joao Crus shows one basic move in how to get the back of one opponent from the amazing De La Riva Guard

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[Kylenator]

At 0:34 can't the guy just push his right leg down and move to half guard? Just asking.

[joca40]

@Kylenator Maybe. Everything is possible, but the person on the ground i s aware of that as well. You don't pull this kind of guard without being aware of the risks

[aaabrown]

There are so many sweeps from the DLR guard that this technique is when you're down on points and the match is about over.

[alther89]

@Kylenator nah, he would do a reverse de la riva guard. or even deep half...

[Howyamossy]

@Kylenator If he does that, the counter to it is to pivot your body under his and under hook the leg that you were bracing. He'll want to step towards you to attempt half guard. When you've underhooked his leg you switch both of your legs to his other standing leg like an x guard. From here you can unsettle his balance with scissors pressure and force his hands to the mat. Then start coming up on your elbow with your arm and keeping the underhook on his leg, thus lifting him up and gaining top.

[davidlouis9]

renzo did this to sakuraba and took his back, but in return, saku threw him with a standing kimura and ended the fight.

[fokk]

@Kylenator his foot is on his upper thigh/hip, not happening lol

[fatjapman]

@Kylenator I think one of the key points on this is that the right leg is pushing the opponent away. The right foot is pushing against/on top of your partners thigh. This, and the fact that the leg is many times stronger than the arm makes it difficult to simply push the leg down. Ive seen most people simultaneously push down and step backwards, then forwards into half with the left leg to try and pass, but from there the bottom player can usually move to take the back as shown

[ProphetTheory]

that gi is ballin! where can i get one?!

[OffspringFTW65]

@blazethesecond Well then ur probably in fucking mexico, honestly....and ur fucked anyways cuz they are probably carrying around a gun too. And yes, I agree it had gotten out of hand with the gi, however the point of the gi is to provide more attacks to make up for the fact that you can't punch in jiujitsu matches. Thats why being in mount in a no-gi match is pretty useless....because if they just tuck their arms in, you can't do much...but in gi you can grab the collar and work for chokes

[Kylenator]

@blazethesecond That's why there's no gi grappling.

[SepticX]

@Kylenator At first, yes...or he could do a million other things. Gradually, you'll figure out what you need to do, what you can't do, what he can't b allowed to do...etc.

Bottom line, it takes a lot of practice to get good at any open guard

[blazethesecond]

You know the weird thing is that brazilian jiu jitsu is widely accepted as the most effective real-life fighting situation. But most of traditional bjj moves are gi-based. what if your fighting some gang thug who walks around shirtless