Smush People from Mount

June 20, 2023

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Partner Warmup Drills

(15 minutes)

  1. Handfight - headfight - leg taps
  2. Whatever takedown you want
  3. Arm drags

Live Positional

(10 minutes)

The Big Cheese; switch out after 3 wins. The cheese has top mount. Win by scoring / submitting or escaping from mount (back control does not count as an escape).

Modern Mount Control

  1. Start sitting up in mount with uke's elbows in
  2. Get an underhook - e.g. underhand wrist grip, elbow low, drive across with your body (lead with your head)
  3. Other arm crossfaces with a lat grip (expose the lat by cupping the shoulder and lifting with the underhook)
  4. Walk up the underhook and cup the head
  5. Lift uke's head with the crossface and cup your own elbow with the underhook hand
  6. Shrug to clear uke's arm
  7. Move to high mount and lean your forehead forward, toward the mat, smothering uke

Related: Attacks from Modern Mount Control

References

Live Positional

(15 minutes)

Get a partner. Start from mount. Continue until submission. Alternate top-bottom with each reset.

Live Rounds

(30 minutes)

5 minute rounds.