The History of the De la Riva Guard || BJJ Hacks TV Episode 8.2

www.getBJJsponsorship.com - Upgrade your passion from a pastime to a profession. || Ricardo de la Riva gave jiu-jitsu one of it’s most popular positions. The de la Riva guard is an effective if somewhat advanced form of open guard that offers a wide variety of sweeps and submissions.
While many positions and techniques in jiu-jitsu can be found in other grappling arts, the de la Riva guard was an original creation of jiu-jitsu.
In this video De la Riva describes the origins of the guard that now bears his name, and he shows us how to make the position even more effective by avoiding common mistakes.
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[@spacetonic]

He is so mature, balanced and professional person. Despite being the opposite of a muscular/athletic fighter, he deserves to stay in BJJ history thanks to his technique and dedication. I doubt any other physical sport would had given Mr. De la Riva this privilege.

[@zoelundy6121]

Its origin is actually Kosen Judo. You're welcome.

[@terciojj]

Humildade em pessoa!!! Simples assim..Osss Mestre!!!

[@Sis0BJJ]

He is very good explaining, taking care of details.. 5* to De la riva

[@carlossantos3450]

Parabéns mestrão por seguir a sua INTUIÇÃO no passado para impedir a passagem de guarda,criando,usando o Gancho De La Riva. Também te parabenizo por continuar empenhado em descobrir novas maneiras de melhorar essa guarda maravilhosa que no Jiu-Jitsu, leva o seu nome. O Professor Galdino,de Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais ama essa guarda.

[@josephdelarosa7032]

Great video , thank you for sharing

[@jacobday271]

I'm a fairly big 16 year old and I always had that mindset that this technique was always the "little man's technique", it wasn't until month or so ago that I really started using it and developing my own style and now I can drop other blue belts or even the higher belts like purple or brown. :)

[@aslanospanov7956]

Thank you very much

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[@felipesantos621]

Que educação cara... Simplicidade e humildade! Oss

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[@abrahamdelgado3507]

De la Riva is legendary af

[@nataliamendes9116]

Muito top

[@dobermann64]

Like gordo, he developped it and made it known, but de la riva and half guard were already used in japan by kosens judo guys. U can fight footage before that de la riva started, in black and white where japanese guys were doing 20min rounds starting on the ground and playing half or de la riva, but with less options.

[@NiK11612]

dobermann64 The Gracies stole everything from Kosen Judo and claimed it theirs. If I were Japanese I would be furious.

[@profd65]

dobermann64 That's stupid. I'm sure you can find black and white footage of a Japanese guy in a kimono throwing a crappy left jab; this doesn't mean that the Japanese invented and perfected Western Boxing.

[@profd65]

John Kim No, idiot. The Gracies claim that Carlos Gracie was taught jiu-jitsu by Maeda, and that Carlos's brother Helio modified jiu-jitsu so that it would work for a small, weak person.

[@NiK11612]

profd65 So why dont they use the correct names for the moves instead of changing it. The Japanese guy in a kimono throwing a crappy left jab still calls it a jab he doesnt make up a name and claim it theirs.

[@NiK11612]

Yea but the same japanese guy didnt change the word jab. Jab is a jab in japan.

[@wanderer9569]

do you need your left hand to hold your opponents foot while on dlr ?

[@jacobday271]

It helps a lot. :)

[@Mr1seanmacfadyen]

niju garami is at least 100 years old! Mr. De la Riva did Not invent this guard, this was a very popular technique in old fashioned judo before it became an Olympic sport. Respectfully to Mr.De la Riva he may have "discovered" it on his own independently because his sensei did not know the technique but Maeda would have shown this to his students well before De la Riva was born. This is still very common in kozen judo of course.

[@andys.6024]

Oh cool, we're doing this now.

[@jmont747]

ASHI-GARAMI

[@hurneeta]

Maeda trained in Kosen Judo and lived through the time when this DLR, spider guard, bermibolo all used in kosen judo and shared it.

[@ramon1930]

Strange the fact that no one of those kosen guys got a single title in international gi grappling competitions.

[@hurneeta]

ramon 19 kosen rules are different....it’s team sport played in colleges.

[@juntjoonunya9216]

What a coincidence his move is a metaphor of his name

[@theazza]

S’good

[@jt8527]

Ashi garami técnica base, quizá desarrolló buenas técnicas a partir de ella pero no la inventó, con todo respeto al sensei.

[@walksilva7905]

Ashi garami parte da ideia do gancho em cima do joelho pra criar desequilíbrio e derrubar, A de la riva o ganho é por baixo e tem o posicionamento do corpo diferente, fazendo n só o desequilíbrio como também a finalização.

[@Aktenverwalter]

Look, 40 years BJJ and no coliflower. It's possible.

[@abysmal]

Why no mention of the fact that Carlson Gracie taught him this technique?

[@FelipeCostaBJJ]

because he didnt

[@abysmal]

Felipe Costa Carlson was De La Riva's instructor and has been quoted as saying that he taught him this technique many times. So unless he's a huge liar, which he has never been known to be, it's a fact.

[@jacobday271]

He helped him to develop the technique further however originally it was his own technique. Gracie was just someone to clean up the technique if you must, he helped it become what it is today. :)

[@mongolchiuud8931]

neither of them invented the technique.

[@MeroGrumble]

My comment keeps being taken down for obscure reasons... DLR should be given credit but, unlike what it said at 0:20 , it is not" *an original creation which has never been seen before in other grappling arts* ": kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJnZg5-Pf5xln5o No hate. Just highlighting history.

[@ramonr.dossantos5136]

It is simple, it is not true and is not the same movement. all the De la Riva guards in bjj competitiosns came directly from his classes. Stop with that non sense bulllshit

[@MeroGrumble]

@@ramonr.dossantos5136 No need to be rude Sir. I can show you judo books from the early 80's with a sweep from the DLR position. I am not saying that he "copied" it, he might have rediscovered it by himself. But there is simply rarely anything truly new in grappling.

[@ramonr.dossantos5136]

@@MeroGrumble First of all, are you able to do De la riva guard? or dou you think you can? Important question.

[@NickyG_vz]

It bothers me so much when non-native portuguese speakers say De la Hiva. With that being said can't wait to go train on monday

[@BJJHacks]

Yeah it really bothers me when non-native English speakers use correct pronunciation too... not!

[@NickyG_vz]

it's just how the r is pronounced in Portuguese. Why stop with the la Riva should we try and pronounce everything like they do in Portuguese? The only Brazilian that trains with us here says de la Riva. Also when I trained in Spain the brazilians there made an effort to say Riva, because they were speaking Spanish not Portuguese.

[@BJJHacks]

Well I am a Portuguese speaker who lives in Brazil, so do I get a pass on using the correct pronunciation?

[@NickyG_vz]

You can say it however you want my man. I was just sharing my opinion. To me it sounded like you wanted to make fun of Brazilians that say it that way.

[@jacobday271]

I'm sorry I'm not any good with your language and I say it as my instructor and training parents say it. Jeez I'm a horrible person for incorrectly pronouncing a word from a foreign language.

[@ykaruss]

Pena que ele nao inventou nada... jah existia desde 1964!!!

[@Henriquepaz189]

Icaro José Bilinski ele aperfeiçoou, assim como os gracies fizeram com o então "ju Jitsu ".

[@ramon1930]

Quero ver esses caras fazendo a "de la riva" deles em competições atuais pra ver se iam colar.