Michael Liera Jr. De La Riva Guard 8 - Berimbolo to Omoplata

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In the De La Riva guard, Michael grips his opponent's pants and lassos his arm. With his lasso foot on the hip, he bridges onto his shoulder and stretches his hook to the deep De La Riva. Michael crunches his body and kicks his legs to knock his opponent down. Now he rolls like a berimbolo, but he lets go of the pants grip to release the leg and goes right to the omoplata.

Michael Liera Jr. De La Riva Guard 7 - Toe Hold

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With the far sleeve and pants grip, Michael kicks his opponent's leg out and swings his hook leg around to the hip, the same as the last position. Now he pinches his knees together to trap the leg, and grabs the foot and locks up the toe hold grip. Michael pushes the leg against his thigh and rotates his body to finish the toe hold.

Michael Liera Jr. De La Riva Guard 1 - Omoplata

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Michael Liera Jr. is one of the great young competitors of the new generation. He has won the World Championship and Pan Ams at blue, purple and brown belt, and the European Championship at black belt. He has trained at the University with Saulo and Xande, and is currently training at ATOS, under Andre Galvao. Michael will be showing us some of his favorite techniques from the De La Riva guard. The first is an omoplata. Michael begins by setting up the De La Riva with the ankle and collar grip, and his foot in the biceps. When his opponent tries to push his De La Riva hook, Michael opens his leg, causing his opponent's arm to follow. He switches his hand from the ankle to the triceps, and kicks his leg while pulling the arm to his hip. He now places his foot on the hip, pinches his knees and locks the omoplata, where can either finish or sweep his opponent.

Daisuke Nakamura Series 9 - Knee Bar from De La Riva Guard

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Starting with the pants and collar grip from the De La Riva guard, Daisuke kicks the leg and sits up. His opponent tries to step over his leg, so he kicks him forward. Next, he circles his hook leg around his opponent's leg, planting his foot on the hip. His other leg crosses over and he raises his hips to finish the knee bar.

Luiz Panza Foot Locks and 50/50 Guard 4 - Foot Lock from De La Riva and 50/50 Guard

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Using the same principles he showed in the anatomy of the foot lock, Luiz shows how he likes to attack the foot lock from the De La Riva guard and from the 50/50 guard.

Luiz Panza Foot Locks and 50/50 Guard 3 - Anatomy of the Foot Lock

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Luiz explains the details needed to finish a foot lock. The key is to put the blade of your forearm on underneath your opponent's calf, right where it meets his achillies tendon. Luiz grabs his near side lapel and closes his elbow, squeezing the toes. Now he crosses his leg over and pinches his feet together, leans on his elbow, and turns belly down to finish the foot lock.

Xande's Collar Guard Series 10 - Loop Choke

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Xande shows another effective choke he uses from the collar guard, the loop choke. Already with his collar grip, Xande grabs the back of his opponent's head and shoves it under his armpit, making sure he drops the weight of his shoulder down. Blocking the far side arm, Xande rolls to his back, placing his head in the hole between their bodies. From here, he grabs the other arm for leverage and finishes the choke. If his opponent rolls, he can roll with him and finish the choke.

Xande's Collar Guard Series 8 - Cross Collar Choke

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Xande shows his favorite attack from the collar guard, which is the cross collar choke. While playing the collar guard, Xande's opponent goes to smash him, so he immediately closing his fingers tighter, causing the fabric on the other side to create a ridge he can grab hold of with his other hand. From here he pulls his opponent down and finishes the choke.

Xande's Competition Year In Review 3 - Cross Collar Choke After Being Swept from the Belt Lasso Guard (Keenan Cornelius)

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Xande analyzes his fight with Keenan Cornelius at Metamoris, and talks about how he tried to setup a cross collar choke when Keenan came to the top using a lasso hook on Xande's belt.

Luiza Monteiro Series 12 - Reverse Armbar from 50/50 Guard

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Luiza shows how she likes to setup a reverse armbar from the 50/50 guard when her opponent comes to the top position. First she grabs the elbow and the collar and pushes her opponent away as she to the comes up. The she brings her leg on top of the arm and squeezes to finish the reverse armbar.

AJ Sousa Series 8 - Flying Triangle / Armbar

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AJ shows the flying triangle/armbar setup he used to finish Brian Mingia and Dennis Hallman in the BJJ LIbrary Challenge. AJ typically jumps and goes for the triangle lock, but finishes with the armbar. The triangle choke, however, is also an option.

AJ Sousa Series 7 - Finishing a Choke from the Omoplata

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AJ starts with the omoplata, reaches over his opponent's back to grab his lapel, and also grabs the triceps of the locked arm. Next he pushes off the mat to roll over his opponent, and controls the other arm in an omoplata crucifix type position. From here, he can either scoot his hips away to finish the omoplata, or feed the lapel to his hand and finish the choke.