The lack of experience at whitebelt actually makes for some exciting matches. Newer competitors have more adrenaline, use more athleticsm, there seem to be more submissions and the matches are generally more unpedictable.
I've noticed more flying armbars and flying triangles at his level too.
This is where the funny sht happens too, like when my friend gassed and got choked by the guy that was mounted on. Recently a teammate got caught in an armlock when passing guard and just picked the guy up and spun him around, completing about 7 full revolutions before getting the guy dizzy and shooking him off. lol
I flying triangled someone at the Arnold's last year. Other whitebelts aren't expecting it and you can get it very cleanly, depending on their experience.
Personally, I'd never go for a flying armbar, hell, I don't even go for normal armbars, but I feel like I can land a flying triangle a lot of the time, and worst case, I pulled guard and didn't give up 2 points on a takedown. shrug
My old teammate is very good at flying triangles. He used to watch that Genki clip at Brennan's tourney over and over and picked up all the details of that move. As a whitebelt he nailed enough blue belts at tourneys with that move especially off a failed single leg. He's even got me doing it now!
I tried a flying armbar twice in a tournament as a whitebelt. Almost had it both times, but it ended up costing me the match. I would do the same thing today still.
in my HUMBLE opinion, if someone can pull off a flying armbar and/or flying triangle as a white belt, then their instructors have very high belt standards...JT