S-Mount

Also known as: Technical Mount (adjacent) · High Mount (adjacent) · S Mount

A mount variation with one knee behind the opponent’s head and the other leg curled under their far shoulder, the legs forming an "S". It exists for one main reason: it is the strongest armbar launching platform in jiu-jitsu, isolating an arm with the whole body already in position.

Gi & No-gi · Category: Top Control & Pins

What can you do from S-Mount?

S-mount player (positional score +9/10)

Submissions

• S-Mount Armbar — From the S-mount the armbar is already 80% finished: the arm is isolated, your knee is behind their head — swing the leg over and sit back onto a waiting elbow.

Bottom player

This side of the position is about defending and rebuilding — see the escapes and transitions from the other role.

How you get here

• Climb to S-Mount from Mount

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