Tuesday, June 21, 2011

De la Riva Sit-Up Sweep Sequence

Taken from a JT Torres seminar I attended a few days ago. All moves written with left foot hooking.

General DLR Notes:
-far leg on thigh is the most important part of DLR
-to get a deep hook, bridge hips and look over left shoulder and drive the hook deep, then recenter and buckle his knee inwards as you square up with a deep hook. It was incredible what a difference this made

A,. Sit-up sweep, double sleeve control


1. Start with double sleeve control and a deep hook (as detailed above)
2. To sit up, release the DLR hook entirely and swing the leg out and then chop forward to give you the momentum to sit up quickly; also works well when opponent pulls on sleeves
3. As you come up, punch the opponent's far sleeve deep between his legs and then transfer the grip to the other hand; this makes it much harder for him to break free
4.After getting the grip, release your right hand and base out behind you, then scoot your hips a few inches towards his back to increase the angle of the sweep. Next reach up and grab the collar with the now free hand.
5. To sweep, kick the far leg and then pull opponent down by twisting your body, driving the elbow of the hand gripping the collar towards your back. More of a twisting motion then a pull
**not a JT move, but if he posts with his hand to prevent the sweep, option to switch the hook in front of his shin and kick to spin towards the back. Rafa Mendes has a youtube video up about this.

B. Sit-up sweep, opponent frees grip
(Start after #3 above, except opponent rips far arm free)
1. Make sure you are gripping tightly around his leg with your left (hooking side) arm
2. Base your right (now empty) hand out behind you
3. Drop the right leg down and immediately pop into a stand and base motion, trapping his near leg with your right leg and sucking it far behind you as you come up
4. Continue to drag his leg back and drive forward into a takedown.
**Not a JT sweep, but if lose the far grip but can get the near sleeve gripped between his legs, you can also do some cool rolling sweeps between opponent's legs.

C. Sit-up sweep, opponent frees grip and doesn't fall
(Starting after B3)
1. As you drive his leg back hop onto your other (left) foot, keeping his front leg trapped with your right leg which should now be hooked behind your knee. Your head should also be towards the inside of his body. You are secure here as long as you can keep your balance
2. You will most likely now have to switch the gable grip so your right hand is on top
3. After switching grip, now you can step down with your right leg as you step out with your left leg
4. Switch your head to the outside of opponent's body as you slam your shoulder into his hip, rotating (not driving forward) for the take-down
5. Do NOT follow him to the ground, knock him over with the shoulder then move to pass.

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