Invest One Minute and Avoid De La Riva The De La Riva Guard is one of the most frustrating versions of the open guard that one can find themselves mired in.  This version of open guard pioneered by the legendary competitor Ricardo De...

De La Riva or DLR guard has exploded with popularity in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu over recent years.  Why is so common now?  There several reasons that contribute to its popularity, obviously, it is extremely effective, versatile and efficient.  We are not going to...

While there are many great open guards in Jiu Jitsu, one of the most popular seems to be the De La Riva guard. The DLR guard offers some awesome guard sweeps. If you’re a person that loves to play the top game, but find yourself having trouble taking people down, the De La Riva guard […]

Do you constantly get beat by people using the De La Riva guard? Are you being swept over and over, while trying to pass? Well, you might be over-looking one of the best options to beat the DLR guard. That option is to submit. The majority of the time, people spend a lot of energy […]

The De La Riva guard can be such a fantastic guard if you know how to work it. The bread and butter techniques of De La Riva guard are the sweeps. It is a guard where if you know how to control your opponent with it, that you’ll be easily able to complete any of […]

The move of going from solely playing closed guard, to then playing open guard is a big one. Many people find it difficult to make that jump. The fear of once they open their guard is that their guard will be passed and put in a bad position. While that is a threat, the good […]