De La Riva to Knee Cut Pass Defense to Guard Recomposition to Tripod Sweep Attempt to X Guard Sweep (Intermediate)

Professor Lucas Lepri teaches how to defend and recompose the guard when the opponent tries to pass using the knee cut pass. Lucas has the de la riva and the opponent starts to use the knee cut to pass. Lucas immediately uses his outside leg to block the opponent and uses his foot to cup the waist while still maintaining the grips. As the opponent keeps pushing, Lucas takes advantage of it to push him away so he can escape his bottom leg. Lucas now recomposes the guard. In this variation, Lucas now traps the back of the opponent’s leg and pushes with his legs as he pulls the sleeves to sweep the opponent with the tripod sweep. The opponent attempts to come up and Lucas immediately switches to the x guard to sweep the opponent in the other direction.