Tarik Hopstock is one of the most successful BJJ competitors to ever come out of Norway and is famous for creating the Tarikoplata. He is the reigning under 80kg champion at Ocean BJJ Pro Championship and is currently preparing to defend his title.

Jits Magazine’s Alex Lindsey spoke to Tarik about his experience as an elite competitor from a smaller Jiu-Jitsu scene, and he shared how he was able to excel. Tarik also explained how he was able to develop and refine the Tarikoplata, along with how he improves his skills on the mat. Lastly, he looked back at how he won the Ocean BJJ Pro Championship 2024 and how he plans to win it again in 2025.

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0:00 How Tarik got into BJJ
2:25 Norwegian Jiu-Jitsu
5:38 How to improve
8:15 Creating the Tarikoplata
11:44 Tarik’s ankle-lock game
13:14 Being a good coach
16:17 Ocean BJJ Pro Championship 2024
22:23 Defending the Ocean BJJ title
24:44 ADCC Trials and other plans for 2025
28:42 Why Tarik isn’t cutting weight for Trials
29:45 Thanks & Signing off

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Options from the seated Kimura position when the Kimura isn’t quite happening:

– The Genie Kimura is a powerful alternative that can get the finish vs a strong and stubborn opponent

– The Tarikoplata is even more powerful and a great option if available

– The Japanese Leg Scissor Choke is a timeless classic that is underutilized these days

These and more were featured in this seminar I taught at Balance Point BJJ in New Hampshire recently. The full seminar on Kimura Trap Strategies, as well as a secondary session on Leg Entanglements and Attacks will be on Patreon.com/KnightJiuJitsu

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The knee shield is a structurally powerful position, not only for pass prevention and defense, but also for attacking with sweeps, submissions & back takes. This video focuses on submission setups from knee shield, arm saddle details and routes to upgrade the position.

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Still doing the same old basic omoplata setup from closed guard? Well, join the 21st century – and modern jiu jitsu – where there are tons of different and awesome variations of your standard shoulder lock… like the Tarikoplata! Check out the video below to see Atos black belt Andris Brunovskis show a standard Tarikoplata setup, then a response when your opponent rolls you, and finally a Tarikoplata setup from double under!

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Excerpt from BJJ Scandinavia

Perhaps the name Cemîl Karahan does not ring a bell yet since he has not been competing for very long, but Cemîl has been reaching the top of the purple belt podium in recent European competitions including the Swedish open (Biggest tournament in Scandinavia) and the IBJJF Europeans (biggest competition in Europe and the world). Cemil is another of the many talents coming from the Swedish BJJ scene and in particular from Prana Jiu Jitsu academy headed by Kenta Hammarström. This BJJ competitor has a busy schedule with studies and job, as well as leading a social project for troubled kids is one of Stockholm’s neighborhood called Ur Dimman. We are sure you will hear more from Cemil has he sets to compete in major international tournaments this year!

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