Omoplata from De La Riva Guard

Omoplata from De La Riva Guard is a finishing attack built around a handful of repeatable controls. Bottom player is on their back in open guard with grips established on the opponent's collar and sleeve or comparable controls. Another common starting shape: the bottom player is in De La Riva X controlling collar and sleeve, and the opponent posts an arm to defend off-balance. The ideas that hold it together are connection between grips and hips drives the technique, timing the action with the opponent's reaction makes it efficient, and wrist-trap.

The omoplata chain is a sequence of small controls, not one athletic burst. Maintain posture, frames and grip connection appropriate to the position. Use small weight shifts and angle changes rather than brute strength to drive the action. Pull the knees in to elicit the post. Pin the posting wrist past the near hip. Throw the upper leg over the shoulder of the posting arm. Sit up and angle out to apply the shoulder lock. Use the DLR hook to off-balance the top player forward. Pull the sleeve between the legs as the body rotates. Attacker has isolated the target limb or neck and is finishing the submission with proper alignment and pressure.

Later in the omoplata, leg-over-shoulder, hook off-balance, and rotate under tend to decide whether the position stays on track. Watch for these mistakes: Letting the opponent break the primary grip or flatten the hips before the action is complete. Letting the wrist drift, allowing the arm to retract. Not sitting up after the leg goes over. Not following with the body. The high-percentage version of omoplata from de la riva guard is the one you can still chain when the first squeeze is defended.