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Ricardo de la Riva
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Belt
Black
Nationality
Brazilian
(South America)
Born
1965
Team
De La Riva
Generation
4
Biography
Ricardo de la Riva revolutionized BJJ by creating the De La Riva guard. A Carlson Gracie black belt (1986), he famously defeated Royler Gracie in 1985 using this technique and produced notable black belts including Rodrigo and Rogerio Nogueira.
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Trained under
Carlson Gracie
Students
(22)
AV
Alexis Velazquez
AC
Alexy Cruz
AF
Alexy Felipao
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AL
Andre Linhares
AN
Antonio Nogueira
AN
Antonio Nogueira (delaRiva)
CL
Carlos Lima
CF
Claudia Fernanda Onofre V. do Val
DC
Dinno Cherem
DW
Don Whitefield
EB
Eduardo Brigadeiro
EV
Eduardo Venâncio
FC
Francisco Cuneo
GT
Guilherme Teixeira
HN
Helvecio Neto
JL
João Luís
LV
Luiz Vicente da Silva
MG
Marcello Grosso
MM
Marcello Monteiro
MV
Marcelo Vanusa
MO
Moacir Oliveira
RM
Roberto Matsumoto