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Underhook De La Riva Masterclass
Daniel "The Manchild"
Playing De La Riva with an underhook
A masterclass on the underhook variation of the De La Riva guard.
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De La Riva guard
Your outside leg hooks around their lead leg from the outside, with a grip on their ankle and their sleeve or collar.
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Essentials
Your outside leg hooks around their lead leg from the outside while you control a sleeve or ankle. De La Riva is a standing-passer’s nightmare: it unbalances them and leads to sweeps and back takes.
Your goals
- Hook deep behind their knee from the outside
- Grip their ankle and a sleeve or collar
- Off-balance them backward or sideways
What they want
- Break the hook with their hand or knee
- Knee cut or backstep around your legs
Key principles
- Hook and ankle grip work together
- Keep your hips moving under them
Common mistakes
- A shallow hook around the ankle
- Letting their knee drop onto your hip
Techniques to learn
Each one opens its own page and video.
Where it leads
- Moves from here
- Back controlSingle leg XX-guardReverse De La RivaSide control (Yoko Shiho Gatame)Seated open guardWorm guardCrab ride
- In courses
- Open guard set
- Seminars
If this happens…
- they put weight on the hooked legPull the ankle and sweep backward
- they try to knee cutSwitch to reverse De La Riva or single leg X
Seminars
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Advanced detailsTransitions, threats, reactions, troubleshooting and a sparring drill
1. Overview
Your outside leg hooks around their lead leg from the outside, with a grip on their ankle and their sleeve or collar.
Key controls
- DLR hook behind their knee
- Same-side ankle grip
- Free foot on hip or bicep
In this position
9 transitions · 2 sweeps · 1 submissions · 3 reactions · 2 troubleshooting fixes · 1 sparring exercise · 3 techniques
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