How and When to Use de la Riva Guard

How to do the de la Riva Guard correctly, including when to use it, what kind of opponent to use it against, where to grip, etc. From www.grapplearts.com/non-stop-d...
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Created by Stephan Kesting, Brandon Mullins, and Grapplearts.com

[@Azntanker]

Thank you for making and posting this video. There are hundreds of videos how to do a de la riva sweep, submission, or sweep into submission. However, there are very few, if any, on how to properly set up and the little details (grips, proper positioning, how to readjust) out there. Please make more of these kind of videos.

[@jptothetree]

I always enjoy these videos. Simple, clear, and effective teaching!

[@tibopesk3109]

These videos are always so clear and each move is broken down to perfection. Thank you!!!!!

[@Brynjar101]

love your videos Stephan! Also credits to Brandon he is really good at explaining techniques!

[@PBrrtrn]

Excelent insight! I love these type of video series to really dig deep into several concepts of a guard and related sweeps/attacks. Brandon Mullins is also super eloquent and does a great job of putting into words when and why these concepts are most useful.

[@SundarBJJ]

LOL

[@iamcarpetpython]

Very simplified and comprehensive. Thanks for uploading!

[@nextlevelguydotcom]

Brilliant video, more like these please. on guards and especially how to transition and why you do what and where. I can do each thing but haven’t learnt why certain things are done , how to counter them and how to attack from them really yet, in a game plan rather than a fluke

[@SevenRiderAirForce]

"True ankles"

[@davidholt8074]

Trankles

[@RgMetalLegend]

Very detailed video, thanks a lot

[@joaquindegirolamo1885]

great videos, great channel, thanks.

[@TheLochs]

There is SO much to learn in BJJ. I love it, you'll never learn everything and always keep expanding you knowledge. When I started (1995), there was no open guard. Now there's at least 5.

[@feedyourspeakers]

Really love the explanation of this, thank you

[@professor_peculiar619]

Been doing de la Riva lately think it good

[@kylebjj8471]

Nice details

[@asian5sensation]

Loved the video! Was just wondering what stops them, or how can I stop them from using a knee slide pass (in this scenario on your right leg), if you don't have the grip with the right hand secure yet?

[@StephanKesting]

+steve lee In part it's because in order to do a knee slide pass he needs to get past your right leg (which is on his hip or on his knee). And when he tries to clear that leg it gives you a shot to secure his left hand/wrist with your right hand. And that then sets up Brandon's signature Ball and Chain position, which puts his opponent into a world of hurt!

[@PTS.MT.Goalie.BJJ.Andrew]

important details: closed guard to standing 4:40 and Spider guard 7:00

[@teb8230]

Really good video. Thanks! (Don't know if anyone else thought along this line, at 6:00 when he's got the "traditional grip". Instead of switching the collar grip to the sleeve, then dropping the left hand from the sleeve grip to the ankle, just take the De La Riva on the right hand side..? Negates having to change grips twice. ...or is there something I'm not seeing?)

[@m1cklife168]

Depends on what ankle you grab. I do see the right side being plausible only from keeping the elbow grip to sleeve. Although in this case, the left side seems to be the most vulnerable/open. Good eye

[@donnieyiu7139]

6:00 Setup from Guard 8:03 Entry from Spider

[@VinnyDoesLife]

I'm getting stuck when my opponent stuffs me one leg between his legs. Is there a counter for that?

[@KageShi]

I love to grapple, It is my preferred method to defend and own persons that think I have a desire to stay standing and throw punches. Get someone on their back that has never been there and they don't know what to do.

[@danielpena6576]

thanks for teaching us

[@StephanKesting]

+Daniel Pena You are very welcome. I hope you are finding it useful!

[@Fender0nfire]

+Stephan Kesting how has jiu jitsu changed your life?

[@xamsandwich]

+Jitsu! Judo! Sorry. It was a must.

[@danielpena6576]

I broke my arm in teakwondo

[@MetalGamer666]

+Daniel Pena How?

[@foonigan3571]

you could catapult right in sparring would you catapult or de la riva

[@guedesricsfca]

Where can I find the second part of the video? Thanks

[@StephanKesting]

+guedesricsfca On the Non-Stop de la Riva app for iOS, Android and Kindle phones and tablets. This is a preview of that instructional app that we just released today! Follow the links in the description box of the video to find out where you can get that app. Thanks

[@Mus4shi15]

Why not take a pistol grip on the pant? Is it too weak for de la riva?

[@JDP000109]

If you ended up in the position at 5:14 is there a reason why you’d choose to play de la riva instead of just going for the sweep there?

[@davidholt8074]

If they have a grip and won't fall if you try to trip them

[@hhernandez100]

I'm a heavyweight with stocky legs, would de la riva still be effective?

[@nonono9406]

Easier I guess move power

[@Dagnar1478]

I am a 5'9" guy with short legs and long arms, BJJ has been tough for me to learn these guards because shorter legs have smaller windows of opportunities, but on the plus side we have more leverage, so once you get a hook set in we can keep it in easier.

[@bundy4prez462]

I love de la hiva guard. Ankle locks and toe holds are easy pickings.

[@GriffinAmongOceans]

being 6'1 and 130 pounds. I love this guard. my length generally really messes with people's balance especially guys my weight

[@danieldunn4769]

how tf do u exist at 6'1 130 lbs lmao

[@jacobsoto7228]

you're a giraffe!

[@ronin6158]

eat a sandwich bro.

[@jayluis189]

Wtf.

[@UserName-ii1ce]

X guard is especially good at sweeping unsuspecting people looking for notes in the woods

[@Nix6p]

As a judoka, this seems like it could be a good option to control them on the way down if they get you with a waza-ari.

[@mongolchiuud8931]

Well, it is technically a Judo techniques so..

[@josenildo6558]

You cant, look for ashi garami. Its banned for competitions.

[@mongolchiuud8931]

Leg locks are banned but in Nanatei rules in Japan they use leg wrapping and entanglements to stall and set up sweeps. You can leg reap all day as well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fouYommDnreEgJI

[@guiubarbalho8]

gui barbalho olha ai top

[@carguy3460]

Have literally had about 3 220+ pound dudes sit their asses right down on my foot when I hook with the left foot. Once I was out for 2.5 weeks because my big and 2nd toe were sprained and swollen as heck. Is there a way to avoid that? They're white belts (as am I) but still, I would like to work more on this without fear of getting a broken foot each time.

[@xTearsForTraumax]

Car Guy are you also 220 pounds? I'd recommend trying to roll with someone closer to your size. Also believe it or not, when I was a white belt, I felt like I learned more rolling with higher belts. Even though I sat in my guard and just held on for dear life most times, I learned a lot better from seeing how they passed and set up submissions than rolling with another white and both just using sloppy techniques. Late reply. Best of luck at your next roll?

[@aplus1080]

Holy shit. Thanks for warning about the possibility.

[@deltagang]

1. if dlr is a long-range guard, what is a guard beyond long-range when opponent backs up his legs and dlr is not available? what is beyond long-range called then? 2. to scoot in, you really need a grip first on upper body if your opponent is any good. 3. there is no opinion on posture control? the masters of dlr all apply posture control. 4. there is nothing on hip angles? 5. there is nothing on opponent's gripping and how that affects the scenarios? not breaking the grip in that spider guard situation would not be a great idea and a good passer would put you on a blast from there.

[@josephsiko6731]

deltagang well it's a ten minute video, how much do you want in there

[@brucecharlie8613]

Like all BJJ: Well that's not confusing at all lol, bash it out in 2 seconds in a roll haha

[@bradleykroegel6393]

This wouldn't work much in real life situation would it? But still cool move

[@Slashoom]

Inverted Butt Scoot into berimbolo, I win EVERY street fight. OSS!

[@outplaydu9]

we were just joking about this in class the other day..what if we got into a streeet fight some dudes pounding on us and we pull DE LA RIVA...hahahaha

[@smitywerbenmanjensen5265]

It would. You'd be able to sweep quickly and get on top before taking any damage.

[@aplus1080]

I'm pretty sure it would work in a fight. If spin kicks can work why can't DLR?

[@mongolchiuud8931]

Carlson Gracie jr showing us how ineffective Dela Riva is when strikes are involved. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqrCgHR7f7ONaLM

[@TXRoeJogan]

Love that Texas flag on your back!!

[@MrZer000]

Dela Hiwa

[@josedeanchieta1574]

4:54

[@Marinealver]

Hacked and HIJACKED

[@zikai7199]

10 fist hammer guys dont like it

[@anderson19929]

more time to explain only a movement

[@danielpena6576]

I Am im a black belt

[@carolineportugal4803]

A pull guard Bjj sport move. Never will be useful in a street fight. I would grab that ankle given to me and ankle lock it

[@evolve749]

De la Riva Guard AKA Punch-Me-In-The-Face Guard.

[@profd65]

+evolve749 You don't use it in a street fight, idiot.

[@evolve749]

Yeah, that was meant as a tongue-in-cheek comment. However, there have been many stories of "sport" BJJ practitioners getting beaten up badly in real fights. This is because many schools do not teach punch protection. Of course I know de la Riva guard is best suited to tournaments, not street fights. BTW, the idiot remark was kind of uncalled for. :)

[@prodigypenn]

+evolve749 well in order to even use de la riva, the guy has to be standing, and you are on your back, which is already a bad spot, so de la riva could be a good way to control a bad situation, until you can either get up, or get him back into your guard, or whatever.

[@mongolchiuud8931]

Look up Carlson Gracie Jr vs John Lewis, he uses the Dela Riva Guard the whole time, and got beaten up bad. lol

[@geraldsaintonge9760]

Mr. Nobody 2 things. 1st, Gracie didn't get beaten up bad, the match was a draw, there wasn't even any blood on either of them. 2nd, that wasn't a true De La Hiva guard. Gracie had his right foot on Lewis' thigh, hip or it was in Lewis' left hand. If the De La Hiva guard was used properly, Gracie's right foot should have remained on the mat. In later years De La Hiva developed a new twist to his guard that was kind of a hybrid between the De La Hiva guard and the spider guard. Gracie was not really using either, it was more of a 1/2 De La Hiva 1/2 flying by the seat of my pants guard, lol.

[@peterpaul9375]

that's sport jiu jitsu. sucks. give me self defense or vale tudo de la riva

[@townsendbjj644]

jiu jitsu is a sport. if you want something else you can leave buddy.

[@peterpaul9375]

Townsend BJJ jiu jtsu is no sport. It's SELF DEFENSE WHEN YOU ARE IN A REAL STREET FIGHT. thats what hello Gracie designed it for.

[@peterpaul9375]

Townsend BJJ I meant Brazilian jiu jitsu. My bad

[@townsendbjj644]

all martial arts were created for self defence. that doesnt stop tkd from being an olympic "sport"

[@fuzzyassassin1390]

It's mostly for gi. Look at the 10th planet system.

[@amirkazemi2517]

too much talking, not enugh doing

[@tazito1972]

you talk way too much