Eddie: Icantbelieveitsnotaplata

I do not have a video of myself doing this so words will have to suffice

1. You are in the Cocoon with an overhook and underhook.

2. You sweep to the overhook side (JJ2 sweep in RG book)

3. Instead of going to mount, or judo side control, you stay flat on your back and throw your far leg over their torso.

4. Having maintained your overhook, crank up with it to apply shoulder lock.

This move was taught to me as 'the upa submission', but that did not sound cool enough. Furthermore I pondered that it would be a great addition to the 10th planet system. Renaming the move proved a challenge:

Butterflyplata does not sound good. For a few hours I was set on sweep-o-plata, but my creativity just would not let that fly. I moved on to Jemimaplata (aunt jemima, butter, butterfly), but that would not suffice. Then while on the mental subject of butter, and margarine, it hit me:

I can't believe it's not a plata

Butter isn't margarine though!

Damn I love butter on a baked potato.

if i am imagining it correctly, i believe you are describing the monoplata. check out marcelo garcia's teaching on it in his newest instructional series.

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Originally Posted by Brandon Mccaghren

if i am imagining it correctly, i believe you are describing the monoplata. check out marcelo garcia's teaching on it in his newest instructional series.

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A few months ago I attended a Carlson Gracie Jr. seminar. From a sprawl control position with his opponent still holding onto a single leg, he sat out twice and applied a shoulder lock with just one leg. He never said the name, but I assumed that was the monoplata since it was like a one-legged omoplata.

Butter....Margarine......Slippery Stuff Lol..:-) Sounds Cool would love to see a Vid of it...can you tape it so we can all take a look???

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Originally Posted by OmyPlata

A few months ago I attended a Carlson Gracie Jr. seminar. From a sprawl control position with his opponent still holding onto a single leg, he sat out twice and applied a shoulder lock with just one leg. He never said the name, but I assumed that was the monoplata since it was like a one-legged omoplata.

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the monoplata is done with the opponent's back on the ground.

Sounds like what I call the honey moon arm bar ... I do it off the mechanic and then stay on my back overhooking his arm and finish it that way ... if what Im visualizing is correct. I got video of it I ll try to find.

We do an inverted omaplata in my gym that you can take from turtle or TSC (or a few other spots). I'll do my best to explain, but it is a little complicated. Here we go...

Say you are in TSC on top, with your right side up, left side down. He gets his right arm past your hips, so it is closer to his legs than your hips. You grab his wrist with your right hand, and weave your left leg so that your knee is under his right shoulder and then your shin is over his right forearm, hooking back in towards your other leg (like a backward omaplata). Jam your left elbow high under his armpit, posture, and rotate forward so that your weight is on your left knee. It gets tight really fast, so we were warned to be careful practicing with it at first. Maybe there is another name for it?

get a videoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Is this the final position that you are talking about?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6aBD8Y9sho

I am imagining Frank Mir's shoulder lock on Pete Williams, but you are laying side by side,both belly up, with one leg over the torso?

Very similar stewart, i didnt see the mir match but the description sounds rights.

What's that called stewart

don't know if there is a technical name for it .. its off the mechanic ... I only filmed it to ask Eddie a question a while back ... ask Eddie, maybe someone at HQ is doing it ...

It looks like an inverted shoulder lock that's done from scarf position. I'm going to try it this week. Call it the torque wrench since its off of the mechanic????