Ostap is an outstanding instructor. I began training BJJ under his tutelage until I got my blue belt. Unfortunately I moved out of Toronto and couldn't continue to train with him anymore. His attention to detail and overall intelligence on the mats is impressive.

Stephen always such a good breakdown of not just the move but the reason for the move and plan B

Such a great (i.e. clear) tutorial of the reverse de la riva. One of my favourites...most of your videos are! Thanks, Stephan!

Easily the best tutorial on Kiss of the dragon in general and no gi especially, thank you Ostap oss

Very informative! I love browsing through your videos just prior to practice at my school. I hope to reach your level some day. Keep up the fantastic videos Stephan!

This is just great. I always go back to this video, really explains the basic ideas behind RDLR in the best way possible.

Seriously, I love watching all of your videos. Very very informative. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!

That was really helpful. I get passed all the time with that cut pass and I have such a hard time stopping the guys who are better than I am. I knew of the reverse de la riva but did not know how to use it, so I would find myself going there when they do that pass, but without knowing how to use it I would just get passed anyway. I can't wait to try this out tmrw. I hope you guys have more of this position in the future. Thanks for this!

Excellent explanation! Very good video from both of you! OSS!🤙🏻🥋

Wow, I’m enjoying this offensive component to the reverse dela riva!

love the live speed at the end. thanks for sharing!

VERY WELL EXPLAINED! Great technique, Awesome instruction.

great video. I have had great success with this sweep and guard in practice.

Amazing video! Ostap is a great teacher!

Thanks for the great videos. I really enjoy your subjects

Ostap is the coolest!

I was able to do this in practice for the first time thanks to this video. Great tips.

Very nice video and very detailed explanation good job Ostap and ofcourse you Stephan

Amazing Video!!! Surprendente video!!! THANKS!!!! GRACIAS!!!!

excellent instruction. thank you

This is a fantastic video.

Awesome details thanks !

Nice video, thanks! Greetings from brazil!

Such a good video

You guys rule great videos great explaination

Ostap..that's a good name.. good techniques too.

Thnx sensie. It is real good job what u are doing

Awesome. Thank you.

Good instruction, similar motion to cyborg's tornado, as a half guard player can always use knee slide counters

This is great, thx!

hes awesome ive seen him at alliance some times

GOLD video

Kesting, love your instructionals! Always so easy to understand. I'm a new purple belt and one of my goals is to have a complete game from every position. Not to be an expert from every position but having at least a working gameplan from every position with a few combos/options. So my question is for someone at Kesting's level or even brown belt level and above: If Kesting is saying he's not an expert on RDLR what does he do (or what do you do) when someone pushes the leg through when you're doing DLR? It seems to me like RDLR is a great option when that happens and a good position to cultivate as part of my game. What is your go-to move when they push the leg through? Dive under the far leg and go for an X-guard style sweep with the knees pinched? Break their grip and just try to recover DLR? Use RDLR just long enough to recover back to DLR but not try to "play" from RDLR? Or like so much of Jiu-Jitsu "Depends on what my opponent gives me"?

great video

Great moves

awesome!

I like it! Although it's pretty advance for me right now, and a bit sport orientated.

won a competition with that ty

What a great video! Thanks Stephan and Ostap! Any other attacks from the RDLR Guard? That's most definitely the primary attack, what is the follow-up attack if the spin-under is defended?

I have been playing with Reverse DLR for a bit now and I keep getting caught in toe holds on the spin under ( shown at 8:00 ) ... Any tips or suggestions on how to prevent this?

Hi Ostap So I use the Reverses dela riva a lot but I have trouble with short stockier guys doing the knee cut. Since their legs are so short their knee just goes through my hooks and pass. I usually have trouble with guys with shorter legs.

is this suitable for street where groin shots are possible?

Ostap's flexibility is amazing, anybody have any tips on how to make your knees more flexible?

to me the position at 2:50 is more of what I would call spiral guard. Reverse dlr is more putting your right shin into the inside of stephen's right knee as far as I think of the terminology these days. Reverse dlr is really easy to turn into x-guard or 1/2 guard.

Lol five years later and I have to agree, this is a great video!!

I was so surprised I hit this go behind as a white belt I forgot everything and just stuck both feet in his butt, pushed him forward then went for a wrestling ride which I soon lost.

Whatever happened to Ostap?

so this is basically an advanced half guard :D?

oh you mean spiral guard?

Would DLR or reverse DLR be considered knee reaping? I've seen some weird calls on that so its best to be clear

DJ Quals Reverse de la riva's good boom!

at 3:26 what if the opponent is ... about 2m big and 300pounds of muscles?

Fucking awesome :)

Toe hold?

6:34

@incardia then you are in the wrong weight class.

It's kinda dangerous, I know a guy who got sit on when spinning like that and cracked his skull open

Such a basic move I would prefer Stephan to give the class

So the Rdlr is inferior to the Dlr? He's saying you always want to transition to Dlr from Rdlr...

Lol ostap is small... But dangerous i bet.

Im here because of Luke Thomas