Omoplata: Hold Control Five Seconds vs Roll, Posture, or Step Around
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Tell the roomKeep the position before you finish or come up. Escape the control.
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SETUP
Begin in an omoplata-style position with the arm already trapped. The guard player's score is the five-second hold before they try a finish or take top. Switch when either side hits their win.
BOTTOM PLAYER (OMOPLATA)
POSITION
In an omoplata-style position with your partner's arm trapped.
OBJECTIVE
Keep the position before you finish or come up.
CONSTRAINTS
Ours, not the source's: tap early, and let go the moment your partner taps. Control first. The source's lesson is to sit up, connect chest to their back or shoulder line, and control the waist rather than fall flat and rush the finish.
WIN CONDITION
Keep control for five seconds (then you may attempt a finish or take top position).
TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Caught in an omoplata-style position, arm trapped.
OBJECTIVE
Escape the control.
CONSTRAINTS
Ours, not the source's: tap early, and let go the moment your partner taps.
WIN CONDITION
Roll, posture up, or step around out of the omoplata control.
Jamie Clubb, Clubb Chimera, Sixth Submission Grappling Lesson Report Guard Shoulder Locks (free lesson report, 16 Oct 2026; "The control before finish game").
Problem
In an omoplata-style position with your partner's arm trapped.
Setup
In an omoplata-style position with your partner's arm trapped. Caught in an omoplata-style position, arm trapped.
Score
Keep control for five seconds (then you may attempt a finish or take top position). Roll, posture up, or step around out of the omoplata control.
Rules
- Ours, not the source's: tap early, and let go the moment your partner taps.
- Control first.
- The source's lesson is to sit up, connect chest to their back or shoulder line, and control the waist rather than fall flat and rush the finish.
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Omoplata: Hold Control Five Seconds vs Roll, Posture, or Step Around
Developing
BOTTOM PLAYER (OMOPLATA)
Position
In an omoplata-style position with your partner's arm trapped.
Win condition
Keep control for five seconds (then you may attempt a finish or take top position).
Constraints
Ours, not the source's: tap early, and let go the moment your partner taps. Control first. The source's lesson is to sit up, connect chest to their back or shoulder line, and control the waist rather than fall flat and rush the finish.
TOP PLAYER
Position
Caught in an omoplata-style position, arm trapped.
Win condition
Roll, posture up, or step around out of the omoplata control.
Constraints
Ours, not the source's: tap early, and let go the moment your partner taps.
Elevated safety. Confirm tap-and-release before the first rep. Stop at the tap. Do not run this if the room is not already serious about it.