Reverse De La Riva Formula Made Easy by Dante Leon

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What Will You Learn?

Revolutionize Your Bottom Game With This New 4-Volume Instructional Focused On Giving You The Secrets To A Killer Reverse De La Riva – A Guard You Should Be Using But Probably Aren’t

Dante Leon is a world-class black belt and he approaches his ground game like a true veteran. He’s always evolving, always learning, and always perfecting, and that approach led him to his signature guard: the reverse de la riva.

Reverse De La Riva is a simple position that has caught on in recent years, especially with those who like to invert and roll under for the back. But this position can be so much more than that! It’s a dynamic place to be, with a lot of options to keep you safe and offensive, even against a much larger opponent. With a lot of people trying to take this guard and make it more complicated, with variations and new inventions and wild flashy attacks, Dante took things the other way and developed his reverse de la riva into a straightforward and effective system that he can use on anyone, even the elite fighters in his divisions.

Now that he has a full-service system, with techniques he can rely on even when things aren’t going his way, Dante Leon is here with BJJ Fanatics to share that knowledge with you. Over four volumes, you will see how Dante approaches the guard strategically, what his go-to attacks are, and how he responds when someone starts working themselves into better positions. After this, you will have no stone unturned when it comes to playing a dynamic and exciting reverse half guard, no matter your age or skill level! Don’t let the look of it fool you, these are not just techniques that work for certain fighters, or on certain fighters. This is serious control that anyone can use to move easier on bottom, and anyone from a white belt to a black belt, rooster weight to ultra heavyweight can benefit.

So who is Dante Leon?

For anyone who hasn’t been following the competition scene that closely, to put it simply he is one of the new generations of black belts that have been lighting up the scene with impressive performances across the globe. The GFT representative, under Vitor Oliveira, lit up the competition scene as a colored belt before he received his black belt, and he hasn’t turned back since, picking up IBJJF tournament golds, and wins over black belts like Nick Calvanese, Rustam Chsiev, Josh Hayden, and Alexandre Vieira. His game flows equally well between the gi and no-gi competition, and Dante has been a consistently tough match for even the best in the world, who always end up frustrated by his reverse de la riva game.

Learn How To Set Yourself Apart In One Of The World’s Most Popular Guards - The reverse de la riva is one of only a few positions where you always have an attack ready, you can always roll under to the famed kiss of the dragon and try to take the back. A lot of people want to hit this move, but there is a lot of misinformation floating around out there.

Thankfully, Dante is here to lend you his perspective as an experienced fighter, and tell you the details and progressions he goes through to hit his sweep, every time. Once you have created a little space, this attack can end in a sweep after a sweep, or submission after submission, and you’ll get all of that in explicit, thoughtful instruction. What really sets Dante’s reverse de la riva apart is how he is able to use other guards to enforce and redouble his attacks. Whenever you establish that hook on the leg, your opponent still has his arms and other leg to try to reposition and pass, so while you are isolating and dominating one part of the body, you are having to defend elsewhere. Not Dante, though! Instead, he is able to keep his guard evolving by adding in lasso hooks, lapel controls, and other variations that are a ready-made headache for anyone who wants to play top against you.

Learn How Anyone Can Make The Closed Guard Their Home! Come along with one of Canada’s premier black belts as Dante Leon shows you the reverse de la riva guard that he has made into the most effective tool in his arsenal.

So, What's On The Series?

Part 1
Reverse de la riva intro
Kiss of the dragon reverse de la riva
Kiss of the dragon into x guard
X guard variation into straight ankle lock
Reverse de la riva into calf slicer
Kiss of the dragon into straight knee bar
Reverse de la riva into modified x sweep
Reverse de la riva sweep when opponent has knees on ground
Kiss of the dragon on standing opponent

Part 2
Reverse de la riva with lasso sweep
De la riva lasso lockdown
Retake lasso hook into x guard opposite side
Lasso into single leg x
Lasso transition into toe hold
Lasso to armbar
Spider guard reverse de la riva somersault sweep

Part 3
Intro to the lapel la riva
De la riva sit up sweep both pants
De la riva sit up sweet counter to knee slice
Lapel la riva into shin on shin
Shin on shin counter
Shin on shin to x guard with overhead sweep
Lasso guard rotating sweep
Short lasso into arm drag

Part 4
Deep de la riva X sweep 1 rear
Deep de la riva x sweep 2 front
Reverse de la riva to single leg
Reverse de la riva to single leg 2 (run the pipe)
Reverse de la riva Single leg sweep 3
Sit under sweep defense to sprawl
Mermaid sweep/ pass defense
Mermaid sweep 2
Outro