Michael Liera Jr. De La Riva Guard 13 - Q&A with Saulo - Overhead Sweep

Michael Liera Jr. De La Riva Guard 13 - Q&A with Saulo - Overhead Sweep

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Saulo and Michael discuss the overhead sweep in more detail, and Saulo offers some tips to Michael on other ways to finish the sweep.


Michael Liera Jr. De La Riva Guard 12 - Q&A with Saulo - Collar Drag

Michael Liera Jr. De La Riva Guard 12 - Q&A with Saulo - Collar Drag

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Continuing the Q&A discussion, Saulo asks about some details on the collar drag Michael previously showed us.

Michael Liera Jr. De La Riva Guard 9 - De La Riva to Modified X-Guard Sweep on the Far Leg

Michael Liera Jr. De La Riva Guard 9 - De La Riva to Modified X-Guard Sweep on the Far Leg

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Michael shows another sweep starting with the pants grip, and his opponent breaks the collar grip, leaving Michael's other hand empty. He kicks his opponent's far leg away and turns his hips inside, bringing the near leg off the mat. Michael hooks his opponent's thigh with his other leg, and brings his knees to his chest so he can reach the far leg with his hand. Now he switches his hips around to the other side, where he can finish the sweep by standing up in base.

Michael Liera Jr. De La Riva Guard 6 - De La Riva to Modified X-Guard Sweep

Michael Liera Jr. De La Riva Guard 6 - De La Riva to Modified X-Guard Sweep

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Starting from the De La Riva guard with the pants and far sleeve grip, Michael kicks his opponent's leg out and uses his hook to lift his other leg at an angle. Next he swings his hook leg out and around to his opponent's hip, before swimming his arm under the leg and pinching it inside his elbow. Now he can load the weight on his body, extend his legs and sit up for the sweep.

Michael Liera Jr. De La Riva Guard 3 - Overhead Sweep

Michael Liera Jr. De La Riva Guard 3 - Overhead Sweep

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From the De La Riva guard, Michael's opponent grabs his collar, so Michael makes grips on the same side collar and triceps. Now he pushes his opponent away using his foot on the hip, and his opponent reacts by driving back into him. Michael pulls with both his arms and brings his knees to his chest, lifting his opponent off the mat. Now he closes his elbows, extends his legs and rolls over his shoulder on the side of the triceps grip. Michael lands in the mount and immediately attacks the armbar.

Michael Liera Jr. De La Riva Guard 2 - Collar Drag

Michael Liera Jr. De La Riva Guard 2 - Collar Drag

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Michael starts in the De La Riva with the same grips as before, on the ankle, the collar and the foot in the biceps. This time, when his opponent goes to push the hook off, Michael feels he can't get the omoplata, so he brings his foot on the biceps to the hip. Michael pushes at the hip and sits up, before moving his foot to the knee and grabbing the triceps. Now he pushes the leg away while dragging the arm and collar to the mat. Keeping a strong grip on the collar, Michael hugs the near leg and drives to finish the sweep.

Daisuke Nakamura Series 8 - De La Riva Guard Sweep

Daisuke Nakamura Series 8 - De La Riva Guard Sweep

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With the pants and collar grip in the De La Riva guard, Daisuke kicks out his opponent's leg and sits up. His opponent steps over his leg, so Daisuke kicks him forward, making him post his hands. Keeping the collar grip, Daisuke swings his leg to step over his opponent's near leg, hugs his hips from a top turtle position, establishing the sweep.

Inside The University 229 - De La Riva to Single Leg X-Guard Sweep

Inside The University 229 - De La Riva to Single Leg X-Guard Sweep

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Saulo shows another variation, starting again from the De La Riva guard. Using the same setup as the last position, Saulo lifts his opponent's leg off the ground, but this time when he brings his weight back, Saulo switches to the single leg X-guard. Here he shows two options to either sweep his opponent backwards, or stretch his legs and get on top.

Inside The University 228 - Rolling De La Riva Guard Sweep

Inside The University 228 - Rolling De La Riva Guard Sweep

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Saulo shows another sweep from the De La Riva guard, when his opponent is keeping a heavy base. He first removes his far foot from his opponent's thigh, and brings it under the front leg like a reverse De La Riva hook. Now he turns the wheel and spins his body, lifting his opponent's leg off the ground, opening up several options for him. In this case, his opponent sits back, so Saulo rolls similar to a berimbolo but brings his leg over the head and finishes on top.

Inside The University 227 - Two Quick De La Riva Guard Sweeps

Inside The University 227 - Two Quick De La Riva Guard Sweeps

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Saulo shows two sweeps he likes to hit right away on his opponent from the De La Riva guard. For the first sweep, he grips the pants and moves his De La Riva hook to the hip, and hooks behind the knee with his other foot. He pushes the hip and pulls the knee to sweep his opponent. For the second sweep, he keeps the pants grip and grabs the lapel, and uses his legs to take his opponent up and over, rolling backward to finish on top.

AJ Sousa Series 10 - De La Riva Leg Lasso Sweep

AJ Sousa Series 10 - De La Riva Leg Lasso Sweep

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AJ shows a sweep he uses when he has the leg lasso, and his opponent drives his knee down to put pressure on him. With both grips on his opponent's sleeves, AJ pushes his opponent away to make space for him to use his leg lasso as a De La Riva hook. Next he places his free foot on the mat, tips his opponent over to the leg lasso side, and comes up to establish side control.

JT Torres Series 3 - Reverse De la Riva with Inverted Transition to X Guard Variation Single Leg Sweep

JT Torres Series 3 - Reverse De la Riva with Inverted Transition to X Guard Variation Single Leg Sweep

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JT teaches a variation to the kiss of the dragon going to a variation of the x guard rather than the back. In this sweep we go from the reverse de la riva and invert to the x guard to sweep our opponents with a single leg.