Rico Vieira Competition Techniques 5 - Brown Belt Champ Techniques, Classic Open Guard to Triangle, Omoplata, or Tripod Sweep Combo

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Rico recalls the techniques that helped him win his 2 brown belt world titles. He explains that as your opponent gets more advanced, they will often break a grip and not let you control both sleeves to play a traditional spider guard. In this case, use the cross lapel and work a modified classic open guard to attack with the triangle, omoplata, or the tripod sweep.

Rico Vieira Competition Techniques 4 - Purple Belt Champ Techniques, Spider Guard Scissor Sweep or Omoplata Combo

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Rico teaches his favorite combinations that he used to win many of his matches to become the purple belt world champ. Rico began to encounter people who would sit back on their knees to keep their hips low to the ground. As it is very difficult to get underneath your opponent when they are on their knees, he began using the scissor sweep and omoplata combination to attack his opponents from the spider guard. The strength of this combination comes from the action reaction principle of jiu jitsu. If your opponent leans back, sweep them with the scissor guard. As they push forward to defend against the sweep, transition into the omoplata, using your opponent's momentum against them to strengthen your next attack.

Rico Vieira Competition Techniques 3 - Blue Belt Champ Techniques, De la Riva to Helicopter Sweep and Spider Guard to Triangle or Reverse Tripod Sweep Combo

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Rico recalls his favorite sweeps and submission that he used as a blue belt to win the world championships. He explains that he used a lot of de la riva and spider guard at the blue belt level because a lot of blue belts haven't developed the base to neutralize these guards. He used the de la riva helicopter sweep and the spider guard to triangle or reverse tripod sweep a lot of his opponents and used the triangle technique shown here to win his first world title at blue belt.

Clark Gracie's Omoplata - Ridiculously Photogenic Omoplata, Finishing the Omoplata when Opponent Stands (Part 5/10)

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Clark re-tells his story behind the "photogenic jiu jitsu guy" meme. He gives us a breakdown of how he was able to maintain the omoplata completely airborn for over a minute and finish the fight even though his opponent had stood up to escape the submission.

Clark Gracie's Omoplata - Spider Lasso Control to Inverted Spinning Omoplata or Triangle (Part 4/10)

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In this lesson, we learn the spinning inverted omoplata or spinning inverted triangle from the spider guard lasso control. After securing the lasso control on your opponent, be sure to get the correct cross-sleeve grips before going inverted to control your opponent and increase your chances of a successful submission.