Sweeps

A scissor-style sweep run from the De La Riva hook, a simple entry point for people used to closed-guard scissor sweeps.

Mikey Musumeci on why your hips must stay behind their lead foot, where the DLR foot sits on the hip bone, and how shutting off their posting arm makes the side sweep almost automatic.

Chewjitsu's basic De La Riva sweep for white belts, with the hook and far-side grip that make it repeatable.

Three chained De La Riva sweep drills so the first failed sweep feeds the next.

A basics walkthrough of the De La Riva position with four straightforward options off it, aimed at people meeting the guard for the first time.

Jon Thomas explaining De La Riva as a system, not a single hook: grips, the far sleeve and the sweeps that follow.

The sweep to know when playing DLR with sleeve and collar grips: when the opponent stuffs your foot to knee cut, drop to the mat, kick them to the side and make them post before coming up.

Ffion Davies' De La Riva sweep: the hook, the far-side grip and tipping a standing passer.

A basic, high-percentage DLR sweep set up by breaking the pant grip and pulling the opponent to their far shoulder. Companion piece to the same channel's DLR triangle.

Five attacks from underhook DLR in gi and no-gi: a triangle and flash armbar against a standing opponent, a sweep to mount when they kneel, and the X-guard transition to a leg drag. Chaptered.