Mount Top — Low Mount

Control & Stabilization · Forcing the Turn · Advancing to Middle Mount

What To Think About This Week

The Lesson

Mount is one of the most dominant positions in all of grappling. But most people who get there immediately start hunting for a submission and lose the position in the process.

This week resist that instinct. Your only job is to stay there. Feel what it takes to maintain mount against a resisting partner. Feel where the pressure needs to be. Feel when they are about to turn. Feel when the elbow separates from the rib.

The submissions come next month. This week — own the position.

Class Warm-Up

The Drills

Line Drills

Hip Escape
Hip Escape to Sprawl
Forward Shoulder Rolls
Break Fall Stand in Base
Back Shoulder Rolls

Guard Movement Drill

DLR → RDLR → Spider → RDLR → DLR → Repeat

▸ Video · The Drill

DLR → RDLR → Spider → RDLR → DLR → Repeat

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Escape Drill

Mount to Guard Recovery

▸ Video · The Drill

Mount to Guard Recovery

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Strike Defense

Standing — Long Range Defense

▸ Video · The Drill

This Week's Techniques

The Material

Positional Control · Low Mount

Low Mount — Control, Stabilization & Advancement

▸ Video · The Technique

Class Rolling & Takedown Rules

How We Roll

White vs White

Flow training by default unless the instructor specifies otherwise.

Upper vs Lower

Lower ranking student picks their top position. Blue through black vs white, or blue vs black — the lower rank decides where to start.

Purple / Brown / Black

Neutral start or request a specific position you want to work on.

Takedown Rounds

Same rules apply across all ranks.