Berimbolo

[Mike Nall]

I really enjoy a lot of the techniques and innovations that have come in nogi from the De La Riva and Reverse De La Riva positions. I think there are a lot of promising inversion/sweep/backtake options, as shown by Mendes/Cocco/Terra; however, I've never seen anyone hit that particular sweep Mendes is using nogi. I've seen him invert and come back on the single-leg, or invert and take the back going around the outside or up the middle (between the legs).

But, if anyone has video of that sweep being used successfully nogi, I'd love to see it.

Closest I have found

[Jared Gammel]

Yea, That's the example of coming back up onto a single from de la riva, that I was talking about.

It just seems like without the belt grip getting the person to sit back on the ground from de la riva would be difficult, even with a good leg extension through the middle. I'm going to mess with it today though.

[Mike Nall]

Yea, That's the example of coming back up onto a single from de la riva, that I was talking about.

It just seems like without the belt grip getting the person to sit back on the ground from de la riva would be difficult, even with a good leg extension through the middle. I'm going to mess with it today though.

It's hard as shit. Try gripping hard into the well of their hip to replace the belt grip. Very tough to force them to sit/fall for the back-take or sweep. I still think DLR and RDLR/Spiral are great without a gi anyways.

[Brent Smith]

Just saw this sweep for the first time today. Has anybody played with it enough to decide if its any good nogi?

[Slick Rick]

def not, check the vid they just released, you really need the belt grip or some type of grip to spin around properly/sweep the guy

The berimbolo works w/o the gi as well. Kiss of death to berimbolo.

[Sam Sales]

Been drilling these in the gi in training for the last week or so and naturally I figured I would try hit one in no-gi. Haven't even got close yet, but then that might be because my training partners know its coming, as they been drilling it too. Either way, it feels so much more effective in the gi IMO. :-)

[Slick Rick]

remember, with the gi you got handles.. with nogi you got hooks.

[Sam Sales]

Cool video. Rafa is amazing! :-)

[La'akea Sanborn]

I love how techniques such as this have really influenced the competition scene and create a movement of sorts in how it should be implemented and defended. I watched an old match of keenan cornelius vs one of the miyao bros where it was a real chess match between the two. I personally am not a competition grappler, so my unfamiliarity with the technique makes it interesting to watch, but hard to follow in terms of points, and the fine details of the position. The vid above was very educational.

[Kurzy]

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