Reverse De La Riva
Reverse De La Riva puts the shin across the opponent's thigh from the inside, with the foot hooking behind their knee. It is the most reliable counter to the knee cut and the standard bridge into K-guard and leg entanglements in modern no-gi, while remaining a strong gi guard.
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Also called rdlr, reverse dlr, spiral guard, guarda de la riva invertida.
Reverse De La Riva Bottom
You have the RDLR hook. Stop the knee cut, off-balance and go under to the legs or the back.
- Hook and Frames Where the hook, knee and hands go so the knee cut is dead on arrival. 5
- Sweeps Kiss of the dragon, the rolling sweep and simple tilts when the opponent postures up. 5
- Back Takes Going under the opponent to the back with the kiss of the dragon and crab ride. 5
- K-Guard and Leg Lock Entries The bridge from RDLR into K-guard, single-leg X, X-guard and the saddle. 5
Reverse De La Riva Top
The opponent has an RDLR hook on your lead leg. Control the shin, kill the hook and pass without giving up your legs.
- Neutralising the Hook Shin-on-shin control, knee direction and hip pressure that take the hook out of play. 3
- Passes Backstep, knee cut with shin control, leg weave and long step passes against RDLR. 7
- Leg Lock Entry Defence Recognising the underhook of your leg and shutting down K-guard and saddle entries. 1