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 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 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 5 - Switching the Side of Your De La Riva Hook
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Michael shows a drill similar to the last drill transitioning between De La Riva and reverse De La Riva, but instead of going back to where he started, this time he switches the side he plays De La Riva on. When his opponent steps to reverse De La Riva, Michael gets a cross collar and pants grip. He uses his foot on the hip to stretch his opponent away, then readjusts the foot to the inside of the hip and swings his other leg out and makes a De La Riva hook on the other leg. Now he repeats the drill from side to side.
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 19 - North South Escape
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Xande's opponent is controlling him from the north south position underneath his armpits. Xande makes a frame by grabbing his own wrist and pushes himself away off his opponent's hips. Next he swings his hips side to side until he has the leverage to swing all the way to face his opponent. From here, he shows a couple options to replace his guard.
Xande's Defensive Series 18 - Escaping Side Control with the Sprint Escape
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Xande begins by discussing the classic run escape shown in previous videos, and shows his adaptation to it, the sprint escape. From side control, Xande makes sure to keep his forearm between himself and his opponent, with his elbow below the chin. He places his outside arm out from his body and jumps his hips over on top of his arm, keeping his inside arm close to his body. Now he has the space to turn belly down to finish the escape.
Xande's Defensive Series 17 - Escaping Side Control by Turning Belly Down
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Xande's opponent passes his guard and is controlling him at the elbow. Xande keeps his frames in place as he showed before, but he is not able to use any of the previous escapes, so he opens his elbow and places his head on his forearm. As his opponent tries to maintain control, Xande turns to his belly and grabs the leg.