De La Riva Sweep 5

1: Boca decides to try and pass the guard by cross-sliding his right knee over De La Riva’s right leg



2: De la Riva places his hooking foot on the ground, grabs his other leg by the knee to support his leg and pivots the foot under Boca’s far thigh.



3: He kicks his right leg up and lifts his hips to raise Boca’s leg…



4: … and now switches legs, placing his left foot under Boca’s thigh, grabbing the leg and sleeve, and sweeps Boca to his right



5: He follows Boca and gains cross side.

De La Riva Sweep 4

1: Boca attempts to escape De la Riva’s guard by standing up



2: De la Riva counters by sitting up using his hooking leg and …



3: …traps Boca’s right arm and leg.



4: He places his left hand on the ground and sit up into Boca causing him to fall backwards.



5: He now comes to the top, clears the guard and achieves cross side position.

De La Riva Sweep 3

1: Boca is back in de la Riva’s open guard.



2: Boca removes de la Riva’s hook by pointing his knee to the outside.



3: De La Riva reacts by swinging his other leg over Boca’s arm and hooking his foot under Boca’s thigh.



4: De la Riva places his other foot on the ground and shifts his hip away from Boca and kicks his hook straight up to sweep him.



5: De la Riva pulls his sweeping leg free and comes to the top position

De La Riva Sweep 2

Part two in the sweep series continues below;



1: De la Riva starts the sweep by controlling Boca’s sleeves and inserting his hook behind Boca’s knee.



2: He proceeds by shifting his hip away from the hooking leg and switching his right hand from the sleeve to the lapel



3: He starts the sweep by pulling Boca towards him…



4: …and then rolling him to his left, immediately working to pass Boca’s guard.



Alternate Finish, Photo 1: if Boca resists by backing out, de la Riva will place his left hand behind him on the ground and sit up…



Alternate Finish, Photo 2: …sweeping Boca backwards, passing his legs as before

De La Riva Sweep 1

I have decided I want to continue to work on my deep half guard, as if I can get it to a competitive level in a school where deep half guard is the speciality, then it will be pretty hard to beat against people who have only come across it a couple times. So thats what I 'should' do. But I am going to do what I want to do and also work on the de la riva! These two positions seem to go hand in hand quite well and I think I should be able to drill them together quite nicely. Here are a few cool sweeps I found courtisy of www.grapplearts.com:

TECHNIQUE 1: BASIC DE LA RIVA SWEEP



1: De la Riva has Boca in the open guard with both feet on his hips controlling both his sleeves with his hands.



2: De la Riva shifts his hips over to one side to hook his foot behind Boca’s knee on the inside of the thigh.



3: He places his other foot on Boca’s knee and grabs his far sleeve with both hands…



4: …straightens his hooking leg, pushes on Boca’s knee with the other foot and pulls on his sleeve to get the sweep.



5: De la Riva swims under Boca’s armpit with his far arm and switches his hip to disengage his legs…



6: …and slides his hip out to gain cross side