Michael Liera Jr. De La Riva Guard 4 - Transitioning between De La Riva and Reverse De La Riva
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Michael shows a good drill to practice transitioning between the De La Riva and reverse De Le Riva guards. From the De La Riva, his opponent steps over his leg so Michael immediately spins to the reverse De La Riva. From here he can stretch his legs and create space to switch back to the De La Riva.
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
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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.
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.
Xande's Defensive Series 14 - Defending the Knee Cut Pass while Framing on the Hip
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Xande shows another common situation that happens when your opponent is passing with the knee cut. In this case, Xande is not able to block the biceps and his opponent gets his arm under his head, so Xande immediately blocks the hip with his hand. As soon as his opponent passes, Xande drops his elbow between himself and his opponent's hip, and now he can bring his knee to his elbow to work his way back to the guard.
Xande's Defensive Series 13 - Defending the Knee Cut Pass
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Xande continues his defensive series, and now starts covering how he deals with different situations when his opponent is passing his guard. Here he discusses the knee cut pass. Xande's first line of defense is his frames with his arms. He keeps his top arm between his opponent and himself, and his other arm blocks the biceps. The moment his opponent passes, Xande bumps his hips and escapes them so he can bring his knee in to frame. Now he can work to replace the guard.
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.
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.
Daisuke Nakamura Series 6 - Wrist Lock from Closed Guard
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From his closed guard, Daisuke reaches for his opponent's lapel, but his opponent blocks by grabbing his wrist. With his free hand, Daisuke grabs his opponent's elbow and pulls it tight to his body. Now his pulls his knees to his body and rolls his body up, using his abs. He turns his arm in to finish the wrist lock.
Inside The University 253 - Lapel Choke from Half Guard on Bottom
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Xande introduces Alex Taveira, a Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt born with a handicapped leg, to show that Jiu-Jitsu has no limits and can be practiced by anyone. Alex shows a favorite choke of his from the half guard. First he opens the lapel and feeds it to his other hand behind his opponent's back. He switches his grip and goes for the lapel choke but his opponent defends with his arm. Alex pulls the opponent's arm across his body, pulls his opponent down and sits up with his abs to finish the choke.
Inside The University 249 - Preventing the Guard Pass Part 3
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Saulo continues to correct mistakes and refine the details of defending yourself while your opponent is trying to pass, again emphasizing the importance of the initial bridge. He also gives his students an exercise to practice transitioning to each of the four counter attacks he previously taught.
Inside The University 248 - Preventing the Guard Pass Part 2
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After watching the students, Saulo points out some common mistakes being made from the defensive position on the side. He shows some more details on how important the bridge is, and how to transition to each of the counter attacks while your opponent is passing.