Class 183...

An early-morning class and some work on the omaplata from full guard. 

The detail emphasised here was to secure sleeve control on the opponent in your guard, then put a foot on the hip and knee to trap the arm, so the opponent can't base out when you attack with the omaplata. Keeping control of the opponent by grabbing the belt or the waist was also emphasised to stop the opponent from rolling out. The other details emphasised was to pull away from the opponent to flatten him out and further restrict his mobility.

There were a couple of variations added to this attack. The first to apply an armlock from the position by figure 4 crossing the legs and putting the furthest away leg through so it goes under the opponent's neck and out under his armpit. Then stretch the through leg out and drop the curled leg down.

The other variation was a counter to when the opponent rolls out. To counter this, base on you knee and spin out to secure mount. 

Sparring was pretty good and I did OK against a very tall blue belt with long legs, then I moved well and threatened much against two fellow white belts. A fab class. 

Things to remember: Use the omaplata as a base to launch other attacks.