Lasso Guard from Reverse De La Riva

Lasso Guard from Reverse De La Riva is a passing sequence that clears the legs built around a handful of repeatable controls. Top player is engaged with the bottom player's open guard with at least one of the bottom player's legs framing or hooking on the top player. Another common starting shape: bottom player has reverse DLR with a lasso and sleeve grip. It is worth attempting once comfortable with: Maintain reverse DLR with invisible lasso and comfortable with: DLR to reverse DLR transition. The ideas that hold it together are cross the body line rather than settling parallel, tripod weight on the far shoulder, not on the partner's hips, and lasso plus reverse hook locks down one entire side of the opponent.

The lasso guard chain is a sequence of small controls, not one athletic burst. Pin the bottom player's far leg or knee down with a hand or shoulder so it cannot retract. Step the lead leg deep across the partner's body toward the far hip rather than alongside the body. Drive the head and chest forward over the far shoulder to create a finishing angle. Extend the lasso leg upward to load the standing player's shoulder. Extend the RDLR hook to lift the far hip. Pull the sleeve down across the body for the topple. Maintain the sleeve grip and extend the leg out to create space. Thread the foot up under the same-side arm to feed the lasso hook. Top player has cleared the far leg and stepped through, with the trailing knee posting and chest pressure beginning to land on the far side of the partner.

Later in the lasso guard, active leg tension keeps the lasso position viable, grip stripping, and weight distribution tend to decide whether the position stays on track. Watch for these mistakes: Stopping the step too early so the hips stay square next to the partner instead of past them. Failing to control the bottom player's far leg, allowing it to recover an inside position. Uncoordinated extension between the lasso and the hook. Letting the leg go lazy and straight, allowing the lasso to slide off. The high-percentage version of lasso guard from reverse de la riva is the one you can still chain when the bottom player recovers a hook.