Mount (Top)

Question 1

[MOUNT - TOP]
[SUBMISSION]
Arm bar from mount (straight arm)

Answer 1

1. From mount shimmy legs up until under the arm pit of your opponent and keep your shins pressed together to not give them any space.
2. Grab one of your opponent’s sleeves with your same-side hand and extend their arm straight up across your chest. Ensure your grip on this arm is tight and their arm is pressed to your chest.
3. Lean slightly to the same side as the trapped arm and shift your opposite leg into S-mount so your heel is up under their opposite shoulder/arm pit.
4. Lean slightly to the same side as your S-mount and in the same motion swing your other leg over your opponent’s face and sit back to the same side as their trapped arm.
5. Keep their thumb facing the ceiling and your legs tight together with your feet on the floor if possible. Note their elbow should be level with or above your groin. Squeeze your thighs together and raise your hips to put pressure on their elbow joint.

Option: If they try to spin away to escape, grab their pant leg around the knee area with your closest hand.

Question 2

[MOUNT - TOP]
[SUBMISSION]
Americana from mount

Answer 2

1. From mount shimmy legs up until under the arm pit of your opponent and keep your shins pressed together to not give them any space.
2. Grab one of your opponent’s wrists with both hands and press it into the ground next to their head so they have a little ‘chicken wing’ sticking out.
3. Slide your elbow down between their head and hand until your elbow is on the ground too.
4. With your hand that is not on the ground, let go of their wrist and thread it underneath their bicep to grab your own wrist.
5. Slowly slide their arm down their torso while raising your outer elbow upward to the sky, putting pressure on their shoulder until they tap or something pops.

Question 3

[MOUNT - TOP]
[SUBMISSION]
Cross collar choke from mount

Answer 3

1. From mount shimmy legs up until under the arm pit of your opponent and keep your shins pressed together to not give them any space.
2. Open their lapel and shoot one hand as deeply as possible (attempt to grab the label on the back of their collar) so as much of your forearm is pressed up against their neck as you can.
3. To avoid having your opponent bump you off, plant your head or hand on the ground on the same side to stabilise yourself.
4. Walk your free hand over the top of their head to the opposite side and grab a deep grip of their collar on that side.
5. Bring your elbow up over their face so you end up with your forearms in an X position between your chests. Twist your wrists inward so you deepen the grip.
6. Extend your back and push your chest forward while pulling your arms down and back to tighten the choke.

Question 4

[MOUNT - TOP]
[SUBMISSION]
Arm bar from mount (arm tucked into belly)

Answer 4

1. From mount with your chest still on opponent’s face, sweep both their arms up over their head and force them to attempt to defend so their arms are criss-crossed or folded in front of their face. Remember to keep your shins pressed together to not give them any space.
2. Slide one hand under their opposite side forearm to grab their shoulder.
3. With your free hand, force that same arm into position so their elbow is tucked up under your belly and lean forward to post your hand on the ground and trap that arm with your body weight.
4. Twist your body to face their opposite arm and make sure your leg is tucked right up next to their head.
5. Lean forward and grab their other elbow to move it up and make space to shift your other leg into S-mount.
6. Once in S-mount, let go of that other elbow and use that arm to hook under the arm you intend to attack. If they are trying to grab/defend, use the blade of your forearm to scrape their hand free and scoop that arm up in yours and grab your own opposite-side collar to trap their arm.
7. Lean slightly to the same side as your S-mount and in the same motion swing your other leg over your opponent’s face and sit back to the same side as their trapped arm.
8. With your free hand grab their pant leg around the knee area of the nearest leg to prevent them from spinning away.
9. Keep their thumb facing the ceiling and your legs tight together with your feet on the floor if possible. Note their elbow should be level with or above your groin. Squeeze your thighs together and raise your hips to put pressure on their elbow joint.

Question 5

[MOUNT - TOP]
[SUBMISSION]
Quick arm bar from mount

Answer 5

1. If you are in mount and your opponent defends by straightening their arms and pressing up against your chest, pick an arm to attack. Use your same-side arm to loop OVER their arm and plant your hand back down on their chest. Your fingers should be facing in the opposite direction (i.e. facing their arm pit of the opposite side arm). Keep your other hand planted on their chest (fingers can be facing up towards their head).
2. Lean forward and press all your weight onto your hands, and use that to swing your leg (on the same side as the arm you’re attacking) over your opponent’s head. You should get a little air and land with your butt RIGHT up against your opponent so they cannot shimmy away. Keeping both legs over your opponent’s body, lean back and complete the arm bar.

Question 6

[MOUNT - TOP]
[SUBMISSION]
From high mount fake a wrist lock and transition to the ‘breadcutter’ choke (nasty)

Answer 6

1. If you are in high mount and your opponent is defending by crossing their arms across their neck, attack the top arm by placing your palm (using your opposite side hand) over the back of your opponent’s head and twisting it into a wrist lock.
2. With your other hand reach between the gap in your opponent’s chicken-winged arm to grab your own wrist to tighten the wrist lock.
3. As your opponent is worrying about the wrist lock, step forward with the leg on your opponent’s wrist locked side, then drop your elbow (on the same side as your first hand) into your opponent’s neck. Drop your hips as well and drag your elbow upward into the soft part of their throat for a VERY nasty choke.