Single Leg from Reverse De La Riva

Single Leg from Reverse De La Riva is a sweep that puts the bottom player on top built around a handful of repeatable controls. The bottom player is in RDLR and the opponent steps in or backs away in a way that exposes the near leg to a single-leg attack. Another common starting shape: bottom player has a Reverse De La Riva hook on the lead leg with the top player standing in base; the top player steps the far leg forward to deny hip recovery. The ideas that hold it together are single leg is the natural answer when the inversion is stuffed, drive with the legs, finish with the head and grip, and leg capture.

The single leg chain is a sequence of small controls, not one athletic burst. Hook the near leg deep with the inside arm. Come up to the knees by driving with the bottom leg and bracing on the floor. Drive the head into the opponent's hip while finishing the single. Take the back or come up on top depending on the opponent's reaction. Force the partner to step forward by threatening to bring their hands to the mat. Frame on the far shoulder before reaching to prevent a crossface. Reach under the calf, not the knee, to deny a knee drop. Switch from one hip to the other using a back-heel scoot. The bottom player has come up onto the opponent's near leg in a single-leg position and is finishing the takedown to top.

Later in the single leg, crossface prevention, hip switch, and weight reading tend to decide whether the position stays on track. Watch for these mistakes: Coming up without a deep grip on the leg. Reaching with the arm before the hips have come up. Reaching for the leg without first blocking the crossface. Gripping at the knee level which lets the partner drop the knee and pass. The high-percentage version of single leg from reverse de la riva is the one you can still chain when the top player posts or re-bases.