What comes next from mount
Mount: the top player sits on the bottom player's chest or belly. The top player is winning and wants to attack the arms or neck. The bottom player wants to keep the elbows tight and escape to guard.
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Learn the position itself: Mount in the library ›
If you are the top player
Best The choice that works most often here.
- Climb to high mount, isolate an arm
Walk your knees up toward their armpits. Their elbows have nowhere to go, and you can trap one arm.
Leads to high mount, arm trapped ›
Good Works well with the right setup.
- Take the back when they turn
If they turn onto their side, put a hook in (a foot inside their thigh) and take their back. Back control scores 4 points.
Leads to back control › - Stay heavy and rest
Keep your hips low and your knees wide, or hook your feet under their legs. Let them get tired.
You stay in this position.
Risky Can work, but often goes wrong.
- Cross collar chokeGi
Grip deep in one side of the collar, then the other, and pull your elbows down. This needs a gi, and it uses both hands, so you have less balance.
Ends the match if it works: a submission. - Americana
When they push you, pin their wrist to the mat and bend the arm. If it fails, they can escape to half guard.
Ends the match if it works: a submission. - Arm triangle
Push their arm across their neck, put your head down and slide off to the side. Then squeeze their head and arm together.
Ends the match if it works: a submission.
If you are the bottom player
Best The choice that works most often here.
- Trap an arm and a leg, bridge and roll (upa)
Trap the arm and foot on the same side, then bridge over that shoulder. This is the upa: you roll them and land in their closed guard. It is the best choice here, because it takes you from the bottom to the top.
Leads to closed guard ›
Good Works well with the right setup.
- Elbow-knee escape to half guard
Frame on their hip, shrimp (move your hips out) and slide your knee in to catch a leg. This is the elbow escape, and you reach half guard.
Leads to half guard, smashed › - Elbows tight, hands up
Keep your elbows in, your chin down and your hands near your neck. This is your safe defensive shape.
You stay in this position.
Mistake Avoid this: it usually makes things worse.
- Push their chest with straight arms
Pushing with straight arms gives them an armbar. It also helps them climb higher.
Usually goes wrong. Choose a better option above. - Turn to your belly
Turning to your belly under mount gives them your back. It is the worst choice from here.
Usually goes wrong. Choose a better option above.
Train it on the Path
The Mount survival unit turns this into short lessons: you see a position and pick the best move.
The Path goes in order: start free from lesson one and you reach Mount survival on the way. With Rolla Plus you can jump straight here.