Yes, newness and novelty DO count. I’d like to learn stuff before it’s made its way through every academy and finally ends up in a book somewhere. So your efforts are appreciated.

BTW, I don’t think this is a banned “advanced technique” for me. I have been working on arm triangle submissions starting from side control, but they call for a mount, then dismount off the other side. It will be fun to play with this and see if there are fewer steps (although snaking the arm “under” looks like it could be challenging). Anyway, for some reason I have been making more progress (in the relative sense of the term) with arm triangles and guillotines than with leg triangles…counter to the natural order of things.

I’ve emailed my instructor to ask if he could try this out and then drill with me on Sunday. He’s pretty openminded about drawing from “all available sources” if he can validate the move for himself with his advanced students, which is very cool.