The Lasso attacks from the spider guard are some of the most used attacks from the spider guard. Here I show 2 variations, one sweeping and one when my opponent defends the sweep and instead I will go to the back. This back take… Continue reading
Attacks
FLOWER SWEEP AND ARMLOCKS (BASIC)
Back in the days, the flower sweep was one of the very first sweeps that a student would learn. Knowing that, people started creating antidotes, or at least their body started learning how to balance itself against it to resist the sweep. Overtime the… Continue reading
REVERSE DLR WITH THE REVERSE LASSO – SWEEP AND TAKE THE BACK
The Reverse Lasso is one of the most effective ways of controlling your opponent in the Reverse Dela Riva. I started developing this a couple years ago and today is one of my favorite positions to be at. In the future I will be… Continue reading
RDLR KNEE TWIST ATTACKS
The knee twist is one of the most important technique/concepts when playing reverse dela riva against a bigger opponent. When they are smaller they normally get swept on it. But when they are bigger and harder to control in the RDLR Position, the knee… Continue reading
RDLR POSITION AND SPIRAL BACK ATTACK
In this lesson plan I start covering one of my favorite guards, the reverse dela riva. When I first made my 111 Half Guard DVD with Budovideos, I told Budo to name every technique and the reverse dela riva came out as “the terra… Continue reading
OVERHOOK CHOKE AND TRIANGLE
In this lesson plan I show an easy way to choke someone from the overhook position and a triangle from the same position in case your opponent tries defending the choke. At the higher levels every one defends the choke so I use it… Continue reading





