Omoplata
Day 1, we played with an overhook guard to get to an omoplata. I don’t have an exact replica of my approach, but it’s something like a combination of these next two videos. Lachlan has better details than I shared on getting to a triangle position from an overhook closed guard:
I don’t finish a ton of triangles. They always feel like more of a fight for me compared to omoplatas. People seem much more willing to let me have the shoulder. Even if I only get a sweep out of it, the exchange feels worth it. Stephan Kesting understands my struggle. It’s around 3:08 where he does the move that matches my departure from Lachlan’s triangle sequence above:
On NoGi Wednesday, we got to the omoplata from rubber guard. The first video below ends with a gogoplata rather than an omoplata, which is nice if you can get it. I find it hard to stop opponents from turning away very hard and again offering the shoulder rather than the choke.
Denny shows essentially the same rubber guard progression, but skips the gogoplata and goes right to the omoplata:
Day 3 added a couple of different ways to initiate omoplata attacks. First, my butterfly guard guru attached the omoplata to the hip bump sweep:
We also talked about going to an omoplata when someone attempts to stand up to pass your closed guard: