Mount
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Mount is the top position where you sit on the opponent's torso with your knees on the mat. It is the most dominant top pin in BJJ, worth the most points after the back, and a launch pad for armbars and chokes.
High mount, low mount, and control
Low mount with your feet hooked keeps you heavy and hard to buck off; high mount up under the armpits sets up the arm attacks. Sliding between the two as the opponent defends is how you keep the position while you build a finish.
Finishing from mount
The armbar, the collar and arm-triangle chokes, and the americana are the core finishes, and they feed the back take when the opponent turns away to escape. That fork, submit or take the back, is the spine of a good mount flowchart.
Free printable Mount flowchart
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S-mount control and finishes
A system for establishing S-mount control and applying submission pressure through vibration and positional adjustments.
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- Roger Gracie Mastering the Mount: Full System Map — How Roger Gracie's Mastering the Mount chapters connect: high mount links transitions, control, and submissions, and Vol 4 feeds the Vol 3 finishes. The Vol 4…
- Roger Gracie Mastering the Mount, Vol 4: New York Seminar — Roger Gracie's seminar run of his mount system: low-mount lockdown, the half-choke, the cross-arm gap, and the body lock to high-mount armlock chain. The low…
- Roger Gracie Mastering the Mount, Vol 2: Side to Mount — Roger Gracie's six side control to mount paths: clear the near elbow, take the leg path his defense gives you, and the Kimura trap when he blocks the knee…
- Roger Gracie Mastering the Mount, Vol 1: Concepts & Control — Roger Gracie on holding mount: two escapes that matter, the soles-glued rule, the cross-feet rest, and the foot-push climb to high mount for the finish. The…
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Frequently asked questions
How do I stop getting bucked off the mount?
Stay in low mount with your feet hooked and your weight forward through a crossface or grips, rather than sitting tall. Posting wide and grapevining the legs kills the bridge-and-roll escape.
What are the best submissions from mount?
The armbar and the arm-triangle or collar choke are the staples. The americana and the back take round it out, since defending one tends to open another.
What is the difference between high and low mount?
Low mount sits over the hips with hooks for control and is harder to escape; high mount climbs up toward the armpits to isolate the arms and neck for submissions.
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