I now know what de la Riva Guard is (from first hand experience): the de la Riva guard (named after Ricardo de la Riva Goded - pictured right) is an open guard characterized by one leg being wrapped around your opponents leg from the outside, his ankle held with one hand and the other hand gripping one of his sleeves.
As you will see with the technique we learned tonight that there are variations even on the general description offered above (plagiarized from wikipedia: Guard).
Tonight Gustavo taught us the following sweep using the de la Riva Guard:
1) you have your opponent in an open guard - get a cross grip on his lapel with your left hand
2) get a grip on his left sleeve with your right hand
3) first put your right foot and then your left on his hips
4) with both feet/legs push him away from you
5) take your right foot off his hips and wrap it around his left leg - holding it with pressure from the top of your foot against his inside thigh
6) to reduce risk of attack your opponent will likely sit/kneel down in your guard on his right knee, and if he does:
7) with the grip you have on his left sleeve - sweep his own arm underneath him (and underneath your own leg wrapped around his leg de la Riva style); then pull him to the right with your right leg while simultaneously pushing with your left leg to sweep him to your right - if you let his momentum carry you - you may well end up in mounted position
8) an alternate if you find you are having trouble sweeping with your left foot on his hip you can move it to his bicep or shoulder for more leverage.
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