Triangle/Armlock Connection Continued.

This week I'm including this excellent video by Roy Dean.
He goes over more details concerning the Triangle/Armlock connection and how to use them in your training and sparring.
Check it out!

Examining The Armlock to Triangle Connection.

Let's look at the connection between the Armlock and the Triangle.
Because of the close positioning of these two submissions, practicing linking them together is a practical strategy.
We can see through this video, one good set up is to make your opponent feel the release of pressure which brings him up, and sets him up for the triangle.
Obviously, if as you are applying the Armlock from the Mount, your opponent starts to rise up, you can switch to the Triangle as well.
This can also be applied from the guard.
When you go to apply an Armlock on your opponent inside your guard and he counters by firmly grabbing his own arm and coming forward to stack you.
You let go of the arm that you were trying to lock while grabbing his opposite arm just underneath the tricep area with a no thumb grip.
Depending on your opponent, who may pull his arm that you were attempting to lock out, which would inadvertently help you. If not you can still Triangle him with it in place.
Pull his arm across your body bringing him close, while wrapping your leg that's on his neck around his head.
Close the Triangle with your other leg to set him up off of his counter.
Another option is using the same arm you were going to lock.
From the guard again you are executing an Armlock.
As your opponent counters and stacks you, slip your foot in as in the video, bring it across the back of his head, close the Triangle with your other leg and again you've transitioned from Armlock to Triangle.

Omoplata Counter to Armlock Escape Part 2

Continuing from where we left off in the previous post. let's take a look at another Omoplata counter to an Armlock escape.
This time picture that the opponent being Armlocked (blue) has a split second of time and pushes Rodrigo's (white) lower leg, (the leg that's closer to Blue's abdomen) off and does a backward roll or scissors his legs and comes around the outside sideways to escape.
This is where white would keep the arm firmly held and bring his leg over the arm he's holding, in an Omoplata position while reaching over the lower back of blue to keep him from rolling.
As previously stated, to build a functional arsenal in Jiujitsu, it's always best to work combinations and counters off of related moves.

In the future we'll be looking at the Armbar to Triangle connection.

When training these submissions, see if you can find their correlation.