Wednesday, 18 September 2013

De La Riva Guard Grip Strip


Following on from the previous post about the ankle grip, this short clip covers removing the grip.

Make sure that you lower your weight by squatting and not leaning over. 

Reach down outside the leg and grip the lower edge of the hand, right by the little finger.

Curl the hand upwards, don't pull. It is a manipulation of the hand not a strength move.

Don't release the hand until you have started the pass and broken the structure of the guard otherwise they will just re-grip.

Remember, think 'curl' not 'pull'.

Let me know if it works for you.

Friday, 13 September 2013

De La Riva Guard Details



The guard player is playing guard with a shallow De La Riva hook, the guard passer is looking to pressure the guard position.

At 0.12 notice that the hand is cupping the calf and the guard player’s butt is inside the foot making it easy for the guard passer to point the toes outside which allows the knee to turn out, effectively killing the hook. The guard passer can then collapse the guard structure and step over to pass.

At 0.18 the guard player cups the heel keeping the elbow close to their body and low to the floor.

At 0.19 the guard player lifts their hips and sits on the foot. This action coupled with pulling the heel in a slight circular motion towards them makes it almost impossible to turn the toes outward therefore unable to turn the knee outwards so the guard structure remains strong.

Wednesday, 4 September 2013

Combat Base Uk Official Black Belts


Helen Currie 2nd degree (05/13)
Darren Currie 1st degree (07/12)
Ryan Hunter - (11/2010)
Steve Muckle - (09/2011)
Ed Drysdale - (02/2013)
Graeme Allsopp - (02/2013)
Danny Mitchell - (06/2013)

Combat Base Uk Official Brown Belts


Mark Spencer - (10/2008)
Rob Lawlor - (02/2008)
Adam Adshead - (09/2010)
Ian Jones – (05/2011)
Carl Fisher – (09/2011)
James Nardone - (09/2011)
Antony Griffiths - (09/2011)
Chris McIntyre - (09/2011)
Pete Guest - (10/2011)

Combat Base Uk Official Purple Belts


I have only specifically included grades from Combat Base. Members of CB UK who have transferred from other teams will not have their grades listed here as they weren't promoted by us.


Andy Pyle - (02/2006)
Ben Mallows - (12/2007)
Chris Campbell – (12/2007)
Ian ‘Doug’ Mochen - (10/2008)
Luke Young - (05/2008)
Brendan Chaplin - (?/2008)
Tomasz Winconek - (02/2010)
John Sherwood - (03/2010)
Kam Patel - (03/2010)
Dave Hirst - (03/2010)
Steve Paynter – (10/2010)
Drew Christie – (10/2010)
Kris Brotherton – (10/2010)
John Goodliffe – (05/2011)
Nick Goodliffe - (05/2011)
Jay Furness - (05/2011)
Mark Richards - (05/2011)
Leroy Holcroft - (08/2011)
Simon Ball – (09/2011)
Dan Boyle - (09/2011)
Dave Vincent – (09/2011)
Laurie Major – (10/2011)
Chris Eastwood - (10/2011)
Roberto Barbieiro – (11/2011)
Karl MacLean - (01/2012)
Phil Ounsley – (03/2012)
John Allen - (03/2012)
Lloyd Cooper – (04/2012)
Adam Simpson – (04/2012)
Nam Hoang - (08/2012)
Brett Smart – (08/2012)
Rogan Tonks - (03/2013)
Aldo Di Giorgi - (04/2013)
Tony Riley - (06/2013)
Dave Kari - (08/2013)

Combat Base Uk Official Blue Belts

I have only specifically included grades from Combat Base and not included any of the grades from SBG. Members of CB UK who have transferred from other teams will not have their grades listed here as they weren't promoted by us.


Vince Moran - (01/2005)
Will Harrison - (01/2005)
Kaeshi Maeda - (11/2005)
Allan Butler - (01/2006)
James Carrington - (01/2006)
Anthony Doyle - (01/2006
Ian 'Pud' Barnfather - (date?)
Drew Hopkinson - (date?)
Pete Forster - (date?)
Jim Burman - (02/2006)
Saif Khan - (02/2006)
Adrian Quinn - (2006)
Neil Hall – (02/2006)
Ian Lorentz - ( 02/2006)
Pete Hill – (2006)
James Orr - (03/2007)
Andy Krlic - (06/2007)
James Canavan - (10/2008)
James Parker - ( 10/2008)
Shane Cartwright - (05/2008) 
James Hoye - (05/2009)
Paul Keegans - (09/2009)
Gaz Vause -(09/2009)    
Craig Lawrence - (03/2010)
Richard Lander - (01/2010)   
Joe Borek - (03/2010)
Gareth Price - (03/2010)               
Gary Hoyle - (03/2010)
Nate Simpson - (03/2010)            
John Harrison - (05/2010)
Max Ramsden - (03/2010)           
Dane Mitchell – (07/2010)
Adam ‘GSP’ Ross - (06/2010)      
Romin Partovnia – (10/2010)
Shaun Killelea – (10/2010)           
Mike Ng – (01/2011)
Lee Whitehead – (10/2010)        
Beau Maclean - (03/2011) 
Steve Handford – (10/2010)       
Mick Hardaker - (03/2011)
Russ Gates – (01/2011) 
Graham Ponsonby - (05/2011)
Jack Waldron - (03/2011)             
Catriona Barkley - (09/2011)
Craig Burke - (05/2011) 
Ty Harrison - (09/2011)
Michael Holling - (05/2011)         
Andrew Whitelam - (09/2011)
Josh Dilcock - (09/2011)
Andrew Morris - (09/2011)
Jody Clark - (09/2011)    
Will Aston - (09/2011)
Lee Gilmore - (09/2011)               
Adam Lowes - (09/2011)
Steve Murgatroyd – (10/2011)  
Barry Blackburn – (10/2011)
Linden Clark – (10/2011)              
Lee James – (11/2011)
Chris Lewis – (11/2011) 
Jamie Lester - (12/2011)
Gaz Firm – (12/2011)     
Danny Mason – (01/2012)
Paul Roberts – (02/2012)             
Ben Royle – (02/2012)
Jake Mallalieu – (02/2012)           
Marc Chesworth - (02/2012)
Caz Grayson – (02/2012)              
Wajad ‘Wax’ Sadiq – (02/2012)
Lee Carr - (02/2012)       
Andy Ferris – (04/2012)
Matt Greenwood - (04/2012)    
Gary Tasker – (04/2012)
Paul Iredale – (04/2012)               
Neil Audsley – (05/2012)
Alex Cannon - (05/2012)              
Amir Sajid - (05/2012)
Kevin Mullen - (05/2012)             
Anthony Smith - (05/2012)
Harry Lockwood - (05/2012)       
Neil Blanshard - (06/2012)
Daniel Cocker - (05/2012)            
Will Cleary – (07/2012)
Guy Farrow – (08/2012)               
Adam Russell – (09/2012)
Danny Missin – (08/2012)            
Kristof Golec – (11/2012)
Dan Hall – (11/2012)       
Neil Gee – (12/2012)
Lee Wallace – (12/2012)               
Jordan Uddin – (12/2012)
Jack England – (12/2012)              
Ryan Broomhall – (12/2012)
Diana Gonzalez – (12/2012)        
Gareth Yates  – (12/2012)
Isaac Shaw  – (12/2012)
Norman Campbell - (12/2012)
Andrew Mulvey  – (12/2012)     
Paul Genge - (12/2012)
Aggie Drozdzik (03/2013)             
Andy Shields (03/2013)
Liam Holt (03/2013)        
Steve Holt (03/2013)
Lee Jones (03/2013)       
Tim Wilson (03/2013)
Brendan Gallagher (03/2013)     
Reece Potts - (04/2013)
Vitor Ferreira - (04/2013)             
Simon Barritt - (04/2013)
Pardeep Singh - (04/2013)           
Josh Moorby - (06/2013)
Rich Cadden - (06/2013)               
Hannah Young - (08/2013)
Sam Archer - (08/2013) 
Serguis Pawlowski - (08/2013)
Jonathan Krylczuk - (08/2013)    
Joe Katterfield - (08/2013)
Josh Collins - (09/2013)