This week Gracie Barra Techniques brings you some videos on how to perform the omoplata shoulder lock. This submission works with the kimono and in no-gi and also works as a powerful sweep to come to the top.

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Omoplata From Spider Guard
Let’s see how Prof. Draculino teaches an Omoplata that starts in spider guard.
This is the first way you should learn the basic omoplata.
Omoplata Sweep – Variação do Omoplata para Raspagem
A great adavanced variation of a reverse sweep from a stalled omoplata attack

Defend the Omoplata shoulder lock / Defesa de Omoplata
What is the best way to defend when your opponent is attacking you with the omoplata? Try this escape.

How to Apply a Shoulder Lock – Advanced Technique
Professor Nao Takigawa from Gracie Barra Japan will teach you an advanced shoulder lock submission
You might call this a reverse omoplata – this lock is applied with your legs and affects the opponent’s shoulder..but with legs entangled from the opposite direction of the basic omoplata.

Barra Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: Black Belts Working On A Nice Flow Drill
Observe how one attack flows into another as the opponent attempts to escape your armlock attack right into omoplata!

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Credits: Mark Mullen
Gracie Barra Black belt based in Saigon, Vietnam
Twitter: @MarkMullenBJJ