So I watched the Shin In Biceps Open Guard Omoplata (No-Gi) video recently, and it occurred to me how little I'd seen of this shin in biceps position. Despite watching a lot of instructionals, the only other place I've seen it is in Rener Gracie's videos when he covers the "punch block series". It seems a good transitional position which is fairly easy to get to.
Given that it's apparently useful for self defence, you can Omoplata from there, and Rener uses a triangle setup from there, it seems odd that it isn't more widely discussed for No-Gi.
Am I missing something as to why that is?
Personally I feel there is just so much out there that things just get overlooked in general. I won’t take full credit for this.
I saw BJ Penn use this in MMA and in training clips so I embraced it.
I injured my shoulder pretty seriously a few years back. At the time, I continue to train by pretending to be a T-Rex. Kept my arms tight to my sides (so not to hurt my shoulders more) and my shins or feet in tori's biceps. This allowed me to set up for triangle, sweeps and of course omoplata. It also allows to changing the pace of the game.
@@Jason_Scully has another one here:
https://grapplersguide.com/second-portal/lms/lessons/de-la-riva-shin-in-bicep-sweep.23037/
I think of this as an old school self-defense/MMA position. I suspect you don't see more on it simply because it is not new and "innovative." It is, however, effective. I both use and teach it. I was yelling at the TV during the last UFC fights that I watched that they guy on bottom needed to play it. LOL
My guess is because BJJ has largely branched off from MMA/self-defense for quite some time now. Nowadays most BJJ guys are training almost exclusively to get better at sport BJJ. A comparison I would give is the side control crucifix. Arguably the most dominant position in MMA but its rarely used or taught in no-gi BJJ.
Right, I rarely get it.
Shin in biceps is great when there are mma gloves to secure grips on the wrists a little bit tighter.