Open Guard to Omoplata Attempt to Back Take Variation (Advanced)

Professor Lucas Lepri shows a variation of an Omoplata attempt to the back take. Lucas starts by playing the open guard and grips the opponent’s cross sleeve and under hooks the near side leg with his other arm. Lucas then raises his hips and tries to go for the Omoplata submission, but the opponent blocks him with his elbow. Lucas abandons the Omoplata attempt and immediately slides his knee into the near side opponent’s leg. He then brings his other leg around and over the opponent’s same leg and places his calf on the back of the opponent’s knee, making him bend his leg. He scissors his legs and makes the opponent turn. Lucas then reaches for the pants and cups the opponent’s hips. He comes up and seat belt grips the opponent's hips. The opponent then tries to defend by rolling forward and Lucas rolls with him trapping the opponent’s legs with his own. Lucas then has to bring the opponent up by gripping the cross collar from behind and also the collar behind the opponent’s head with his other hand. One he brings him up, Lucas establishes the back take.