De La Riva to Back Take (Advanced)

Professor Lucas Lepri teaches how to take the opponent’s back, starting with the de la riva. Lucas starts with the de la riva controlling the pants and the collar. Before the opponent is able to attempt to break Lucas’s collar grip, Lucas pushes the opponent to the side to unbalance. He now shifts his hips to the side so he can under hook the near side leg with his arm. Lucas now releases the grip on the collar and uses that hand to reach behind the opponent to grab at the top part of the pants near the waist. He now uses the grip on the pants to pull the opponent back as he extends both of his legs.This makes the opponent fall back on Lucas. From here, Lucas adjusts and is able to take the back control.