There are many ways of defending the reverse Dela Riva. This is one of my favorite ways because it requires no strength. The only issue is that requires a lot of balance, so for someone to use this technique during rolling against someone who… Continue reading
Defense
DEEP HALF ENTRY COUNTER – ATTACK THE KEYLOCK AND PASS THE GUARD
People say the best way to defend a submission is to not get caught on one. Same thing can apply to a guard. A lot of people when playing half guard on bottom end up searching to enter the deep half guard or even… Continue reading
COUNTERING THE HALF GUARD TRANSITION ATTEMPT
Nowadays, a lot of the top black belts have been using transitions from the Dela Riva to the half guard to try to knee slide pass from there or just switch away from the DLR attacks from your opponent. I have always done very… Continue reading
