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GuardIntermediateGiNo-Gi

De La Riva guard

Also called DLR

An open guard where your leg wraps around the outside of their lead leg, with your foot hooked inside their thigh. Grips on the ankle and a sleeve or collar keep them off balance.

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Key steps

  1. Snake your leg around their lead leg from outside to in, ending with your foot inside their thigh.
  2. Grip the ankle of that same leg with your hand on the same side.
  3. Take a sleeve or collar grip with your other hand, or a wrist in No-Gi.
  4. Use your other foot against their far hip or biceps to hold the distance.
  5. Pull their weight onto the hooked leg to set up sweeps and back takes.

Key details

  • Without the ankle grip, they can step back and clear your hook.
  • A loose hook leaves a gap for them to cut their knee through and pass.
  • Pulling their weight toward the hooked leg is what opens the sweeps.