Spiral Guard help

[Mike Nall]

woops, didnt work, this should

One of my favorite no-gi matches from last year. Here's a great breakdown of the match and all the positions and moves involved.

http://thejiujitsulab.wordpress.com/...011-world-pro/

[Liquidrob]

Thanks for the link, good stuff

[Mike Seabrook]

Thanks for all the information guys. I've been working pretty hard on it for last 3 weeks now. I'm starting to be able to get into spiral much more consistently these days and I'm not getting subbed by the foot locks. I totally appreciate all the feedback!

[Shawn Arnold]

Spiral guard looks like reverse de la riva to me... what is the difference?

[Mike Dewitt Jr]

Spiral guard looks like reverse de la riva to me... what is the difference?

None

[Liquidrob]

There really is a lack of instruction on the spiral gaurd/RDLR on Youtube, no gi is barely covered

Someone needs to corner the market

[Harry Evans]

I'm trying to get my coach to make some DVDs on this. His DLR/SG (De la Riva / Spider Guard) is absolutely dominating, and I have seen him use it to demolish the highest caliber of high-end black belts at top competitions. His DLR/SG completely off-balances you, and sets up really fast, efficient transitions to whatever he wants ... deep half, x-guard, spider, the back, sweep, etc. If it ever happens, you guys will be the first to know

[Liquidrob]

Some more good action to watch, plus a breakdown



http://thejiujitsulab.wordpress.com/...i-worlds-2011/

[Mike Nall]

Spiral guard looks like reverse de la riva to me... what is the difference?

There is no difference. If you see "Caio Terra" guard same thing as well.

There really is a lack of instruction on the spiral gaurd/RDLR on Youtube, no gi is barely covered

Someone needs to corner the market

Honestly there isn't much to do with it in no-gi other than the 3 basics.
1. Beijo de dragao (kiss of the dragon) spin under to back/sweep. The one all the Atos guys, Cobrinha, and Terra do.
2. The arm-drag back flip sweep. Basically the Shaolin sweep but from RDLR. Gui Mendes is famous for it. He does it at 0:25


3. Using it to come up on a single leg takedown.
This is the best RDLR instructional on the web. Caio Terra's half guard dvd covers a lot.

[Liquidrob]

Great stuff mike, this forum is really solid when discussing technique