Back Rolling Sweeps

[tallgeese]

Hey all, I wanted to share the last couple of weeks of work that we've been putting in. The last couple of week's have focused on different aspects of the open guard, specifically, the X and De La Riva guards. Lot's of people really get worked on these being "sport" guards and I don't necessarily disagree with them. However, there are a lot of good lessons about base manipulation, balance, and weight control.

Check out the similarity and differences in these two recaps:

What do you see that drives both techniques? What advantages do these similarities give you? Disadvantages?

Lastly, what open guard do you all use? What are your stances on the uses of De La Riva and X?

[sensei8]

Very nice tutorials, both; thank you, Alex for sharing them.