Also known as: Full Mount · Tate Shiho Gatame · Montada
Sitting astride the opponent’s torso. The oldest dominant position in fighting: the top player attacks collars, arms, and the ezekiel while the bottom player has exactly two good answers — the upa bridge-and-roll and the elbow-knee escape — and needs to pick early, before the top player climbs to high mount.
Gi & No-gi · Category: Top Control & Pins
What can you do from Mount?
Mounted player (top) (positional score +9/10)
Submissions
Armbar from Mount — The classical top finish: isolate an arm from mount, climb to S-mount, swing your leg over the head, and sit back with their elbow lined up over your hips.
Ezekiel Choke — The choke that punishes defensive turtling under mount: one arm cradles the head, the other hand grips inside your own sleeve, and the free forearm slides across the throat like a lever.
Baratoplata — A shoulder lock from the omoplata family where your ARM substitutes for the omoplata leg: trap their bent arm against your thigh and rotate the shoulder — hittable from mount when they defend the armbar.
Back Takes
Gift Wrap to Back — From mount, feed their wrist behind their own neck ("gift wrap") — one of your arms now controls both of theirs — then step over into back control with a hand already on the choke.
Transitions
Climb to S-Mount — Walk your knees up under their armpits and curl one leg into the "S" — trading a stable mount for the best armbar launchpad in the sport.
Follow to Technical Mount — When the mounted opponent turns to their side to escape, don’t fight it — follow: post one foot by their hips, keep the other shin across their back, and ride the turn instead of losing it.
Bottom player (positional score -9/10)
Escapes
Upa Escape (Bridge & Roll) — The first mount escape ever taught: trap an arm and the same-side foot, bridge over your shoulder, and roll them into your world — you come up on top inside their guard.
Elbow-Knee Escape from Mount — The technical mount escape: frames at the hip, a shrimp to one side, and a knee sliding through the gap — trading mount for half guard, then half guard for guard.