This particular combination moves through a lot of different attacks, so it lets you learn to deal with a variety of submission defenses and escapes. Start from knee on stomach, and set up a solid spinning armbar. Don't forget to hug your partner's arm tight, close to your body, and plant your foot as close to their shoulder as you can get it. As you begin to complete the turn, your partner begins to come up on top. During this transition, stay tight, but flow, allowing your body to turn over (tuck your chin here!), following to your next attack: the Kimura from the bottom. This can be used to flip your partner back over into the armbar position.

This time, as you straighten the arm, your partner turns their thumb up, performing a "hitchhiker" or "runaway" escape from your armbar. Since they are essentially running around in a circle during this escape, let them do this, but make the transition to the omoplata by changing your angle slightly and kicking your leg through. As your partner postures up and in to defend the omoplata, this is the ideal time to transition to the triangle. The big takeaway from this drill is that you feel yourself beginning to lose the submission you're attacking, and that is the exact moment when you make the switch to another submission. The only way to get any good at this is to feel your partner escaping your submissions, so be sure you are allowing some of your training partners small opportunities to escape (some of the time, mind you!). This will help you learn quickly what works and what doesn't.