The Best Guard For No Gi: Comprehensive Breakdown of the Reverse De La Riva Guard

The reverse De La Riva is most versatile no gi guard in my opinion. Its easy to use to establish your guard game and offers a lot of sweeps and entries into other guards. Which is arguably it's strongest asset.

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Alec Baulding is a 2019 ADCC qualifier and trials champion, purple belt Adult World champion, Adult Silver medalists At Europeans, and Alliance black belt

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[LordTreyHowdy]

This is great stuff. I would just ask that you make the video a little louder because I have the volume turned all the way up and can barely hear it

[rollinOnCode]

I love the mantis guard. It is a super awesome variant of the de la riva and reverse de la riva as it gives you super secure control of an ankle and can off balance the opponent so easily

[lucboileau]

Great Video! I havent formally started BJJ but im gonna go train and spar with neighbour whos a blue belt so hopefully this makes it a little harder for him to kick my ass.

[angelikarowinska]

Man! get sb back from RDLR is sometimes really hard. Unbelievable it can be done so easily... Great stuff!

[deanlewis]

Awesome Alec, I love this guard as well. So versatile!

[elmundir]

I didnt know about this simple sweep simple means powerful in my eyes thanks for this good technique

[shaunb]

Thanks for the vid man. Sick of people knee cutting me so hopefuly this can help me be more offensive when that haplens.

[rollinOnCode]

I like working spider guard even no gi. You can not create as much tension but if you have a decent grip on the wrist, you can get just enough to work around. No gi is definitely a lot more dynamic than gi

[danielmagee]

This video is a massive help. thank you!

[hinnheilagi]

Good stuff! Hope you are good bro! Best regards, Benni from Iceland 🇮🇸👍💪

[etimezz]

Just watched your guard recomposition instructional and loved it. Any advice on getting into RDLR guard off guard recomposition? Seems a little trickier than the standard DLR. Thanks Alec, hope you put out another BJJ fanatics instructional soon.

[SergioTorres-xzcw]

Thanks, helps a lot to understand the basics

[thestarspodcast]

Love the tutorials - may wanna grab a RODE lapel Mic setup for mobile. Hard to hear you.

[TheRealDutchV]

Hey Alec. Do you also hide your left leg in the gi or do you like to go crab ride/ belt grip? Thanks!

[brandonthaitran]

Hi great video! I was drilling this and I understand to block the left leg so your partner doesn't backstep (7:55), but my partner was dropping his right hip to the ground so that he was on his butt and able to face me. How do I deal with this?