de La Riva Guard for No-Gi

[Mike Nall]

I never said otherwise. just telling him not to feel bad about not being able to berimbolo the world in no-gi as a blue belt

[WilliamGunter]

I never said otherwise. just telling him not to feel bad about not being able to berimbolo the world in no-gi as a blue belt

naw dude didn't mean to paint that picture, just puttin the never surrender vibe out there lol, plus not only a blue but a big ass blue belt, so yeah there are prob people who think a 6' 5" 250 lber shouldn't be able to play these open and inverted guards but screw perceptions i'm here to progress.

[Brent Smith]

I can really appreciate a big boy doing things "he's not suppose to". Cyborg Abreu isn't quite your size but I love watching his guard.

[Mike Nall]

I can really appreciate a big boy doing things "he's not suppose to". Cyborg Abreu isn't quite your size but I love watching his guard.

Man Cyborg is one of the most fun dudes to watch. His style is so awesome for a big dude. Him and Buchecha are my favorite big guys right now

[WilliamGunter]

Man Cyborg is one of the most fun dudes to watch. His style is so awesome for a big dude. Him and Buchecha are my favorite big guys right now

I have the Cyborg tornado guard dvds and thats gonna take a lil time to translate to no gi lol!!! but Buchecha is killin it right now,
I love to watch big dudes with great tech and hate excuses lol

[Brent Smith]

Buchecha is such a force. He's another guy I enjoy watching too. I never realized how big he was till his match with Galvao where he made Galvao look like a shorty. The No Gi Tornado DVD is a great DVD (the dvd in the gi is good too). That way you don't have to try to translate it.

Hate excuses too!



In case anyone hasnt seen this. I attempt the DLR to the back all the time

[bobby rivers]

Exactly why I don't need to make a video. I took details from Zog and Soneca to create my game. I was at Zog's training camp(gamechanger), but didn't know that video existed or I would have posted it.

I've been working it so long that I have adapted it to attack opponents who remain standing, and there are several things I do differently just to keep him from limpin out, which is hard to do on a standing based game opponent, and I have found success. But I owe it to playing with the principles I learned from instructors far greater teachers than I. I am still a student, who likes to share what Ive learned.

That Dlr works nogi. Most likely I won't pull it off on competitve bb, but I'll execute on purps and browns who I consider strong grapplers. Not bragging, just reinforcing the belief I have in the power of this guards nogi applications.

[Brent Smith]

Exactly why I don't need to make a video. I took details from Zog and Soneca to create my game. I was at Zog's training camp(gamechanger), but didn't know that video existed or I would have posted it.

I've been working it so long that I have adapted it to attack opponents who remain standing, and there are several things I do differently just to keep him from limpin out, which is hard to do on a standing based game opponent, and I have found success. But I owe it to playing with the principles I learned from instructors far greater teachers than I. I am still a student, who likes to share what Ive learned.

That Dlr works nogi. Most likely I won't pull it off on competitve bb, but I'll execute on purps and browns who I consider strong grapplers. Not bragging, just reinforcing the belief I have in the power of this guards nogi applications.

Are you able to DLR if youre going against someone that wont stand pass but pass on their knees instead? I look for it but it doesnt seem like its there. Like not even one knee up the middle just straight knees

[Kyle Spalla]

This is actually becoming my favorite technique thread has everything counters, set ups, philosophy, spiral, DLR spoken from people that have clearly applied it and done their homework. Everytime I come back to this thread I feel like I learn something new about spiral/DLR

[as'h]

Happy that this thread went well. Talked to one of my buddy whos a purple belt whos adding dlr and rdlr right now for his nogi game right now. The stress point for him right now is the leglocks that people get. Since he didn't train the defense for it when he was a white and maybe blue, other purple and higher belts been catching it ever since.