When do I berimbolo instead of standing up?

When they post the lead leg heavy and you already have a belt or pants grip worth inverting on. That is a purple-belt problem on this site. At blue, the technical stand-up is the finish. If the stand-up is there, take the points.

Sleeve is required. The second hand is collar if you want their posture; belt or pants if you want to invert later. For this sweep, collar or belt both work. No-gi: keep the hook and the ankle or wrist — same stand-up line.

They keep knee-cutting my DLR. What now?

Your far hip is empty or the hook is dead. Frame the far hip, recircle the hook, or abandon DLR for a collar drag if they drop a knee. The knee-cut page is the other side of this exchange — read it so you know what they want.

Is De La Riva outdated?

The Instagram version (hook on, no plan) is. A DLR that loads a leg and stands you up still scores at every belt. Fashionable guards fail when they become places to sit. This one fails when you forget it is a takedown.

Where does this sit on the blue-belt list?

It is the open-guard piece of the game cluster — with the knee cut, the collar drag, and the triangle. One email a morning on the Blue list rotates those, then the rest of the rank.

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De La Riva to Technical Stand-Up Sweep

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Part of the blue belt hub.

Hook the lead leg, off-balance the passer, and stand up on top of their base.

De La Riva is an off-balancing hook, not a place to hang out. With a sleeve and a collar (or belt), you load their lead leg, force a post, and use a technical stand-up to come up on the single or sit them down. Blues and purples both leak this when they play DLR passively.

Most blue belts treat De La Riva like a place to live. Hook on, sit, wait. The passer circles, kills the hook, and knee-cuts the empty hip. DLR is an off-balance. The hook loads their lead leg; the sleeve stops them from posting that hand; the technical stand-up is how you cash it. If you cannot name the finish before you put the hook on, you are stalling.

The sweep dies when you lose the sleeve or stand up into their chest. Keep the sleeve. Stand on a line past their lead toes so you arrive on the single they already donated — not in a hug they can sprawl. If they smash the hook, that is information: invert, switch to reverse DLR, or abandon it. Do not die on a dead hook.

This is the open-guard piece of the blue-belt game cluster. The knee cut is what they will do to you if the hook is lazy. The collar drag is what you do when they kneel instead of standing. Learn the three as a conversation, not as isolated tricks.

The steps

01From open guard, wrap your outside hook behind their lead thigh (DLR hook) and control that same-side sleeve.
02Second hand on the collar or belt. Other foot on the far hip or biceps.
03Pull the sleeve and extend the DLR hook to make them light on that lead foot.
04Sit up, post your free hand, and technical stand-up into their loaded leg.
05Finish as a single-leg or run the pipe if they hop to defend.

Details that matter

If they smash the DLR hook, invert or switch to reverse DLR. Do not die on a dead hook.
Keep the sleeve. The sweep is a sleeve fight first.
Stand up on a line past their lead toes, not straight into their chest.
The far foot on the hip is a frame, not a kick. If it slips off, they walk into the pass.

Common mistakes

Hanging out on the hook
A static DLR is a pass waiting to happen. Load the lead leg as soon as the sleeve is honest. If you cannot extend the hook, you do not have DLR — you have a shin they can walk around.
Losing the sleeve to “set up” the stand-up
The sweep is a sleeve fight first. If you let go to post two hands, they post the freed arm and the load disappears. Keep the sleeve; post the other hand.
Standing straight into their chest
That is a hug they can sprawl. Stand on a line past their lead toes so you arrive beside the loaded leg, already on the single.
Dying on a smashed hook
When they pin the DLR to the mat, the sweep is gone. Invert, switch to reverse DLR, or sit up and collar-drag. Resetting to a dead hook is how knee cuts get easy.
Releasing the single to reset guard
You did the hard part. Finish the takedown or run the pipe. Sitting back down because the scramble got ugly is how you donate the pass you just escaped.

60 seconds drill

Load, stand, keep the single

Partner stands in your open guard and offers a lead leg. You start with a DLR hook, same-side sleeve, and a collar or belt.

01On go: pull the sleeve, extend the hook until they are light on that lead foot, post, technical stand-up onto the single.
02Freeze standing on the single — do not finish the dump. That is one rep.
03Sit back to the starting DLR. Repeat.
04Count stand-ups that still have the sleeve and the leg in 60 seconds. Last ten seconds they may smash the hook once; practice the exit instead of ripping.

Phone walkthroughs will land on the BJJ Everyday YouTube when they are filmed. The written steps above are the complete drill.

FAQ

When do I berimbolo instead of standing up?: When they post the lead leg heavy and you already have a belt or pants grip worth inverting on. That is a purple-belt problem on this site. At blue, the technical stand-up is the finish. If the stand-up is there, take the points.
Gi collar or belt?: Sleeve is required. The second hand is collar if you want their posture; belt or pants if you want to invert later. For this sweep, collar or belt both work. No-gi: keep the hook and the ankle or wrist — same stand-up line.
They keep knee-cutting my DLR. What now?: Your far hip is empty or the hook is dead. Frame the far hip, recircle the hook, or abandon DLR for a collar drag if they drop a knee. The knee-cut page is the other side of this exchange — read it so you know what they want.
Is De La Riva outdated?: The Instagram version (hook on, no plan) is. A DLR that loads a leg and stands you up still scores at every belt. Fashionable guards fail when they become places to sit. This one fails when you forget it is a takedown.
Where does this sit on the blue-belt list?: It is the open-guard piece of the game cluster — with the knee cut, the collar drag, and the triangle. One email a morning on the Blue list rotates those, then the rest of the rank.

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Related moves

Knee Cut Pass
Split the guard, pin the far hip, and walk your knee through to side control.
Collar Drag to the Back
Yank the collar past you, take the angle, and climb onto the back in one beat.
Berimbolo Entry from De La Riva
Spin under the lead leg, take the back, and keep your hooks honest.

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