Omoplata

The shoulder lock with a sweep's soul: trap the arm, sit through, own the shoulder.

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Two Omoplata Variations from Mount

Junior Guedes · Instagram Reel

"Learn these two omoplata variations — starting from the mount." Guedes (black belt, Instituto Mão Dupla) teaches the shoulder lock from the top position, not the guard it usually calls home: the mount supplies the trapped arm, and the omoplata's sit-through finish does the rest. The reel opens the omoplata's own shelf.

INTERMEDIATE · OMOPLATA · MOUNT · SHOULDER LOCK · VARIATIONS

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Baratoplata, Simplified

Ty McKay · Instagram Reel

"Share this with someone who overcomplicates the baratoplata." Ty McKay (brown belt, Corvus Grappling Collective) strips the baratoplata — the omoplata's cheap-and-cheerful sibling, a leg-over-the-shoulder lock — down to its simplest form. Filed on the Omoplata shelf with its family.

INTERMEDIATE · BARATOPLATA · OMOPLATA · SHOULDER LOCK · GUARD

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