Mount Chokes

4/11

Got some really good stuff on the finer details for both mount chokes and arm-bars from side control. One roll with Scott at the end.

1. Cross Choke: Remember to get out waaaay to the side when you getting your hand in the collar. Use your forearm across their jawline to push their face away. This was the key detail here. Once you get the forearm across the chin and elbow across the midline of their body, it's very, very difficult to defend and/or escape.

2. Paper Cutter: Grapevine their legs, forearm across the jawline to turn their face away.

3. Choke to Arm-bar: Same set-up as #1. If it's not working for some reason, slide R knee up, then put your knee up with your foot firmly against their hip and slide L knee toward the top of their head. If they start moving around, just ride it out. You should be in a well-balanced position. You should be close to an S-mount, and as such should be able to take their R arm for an arm-bar.

4. Side-Control Arm-bar: Assuming you are on opponent's R side, with both of your arms over. Put your L forearm to their jawline, pushing their face to their L (away from you). Windshield wiper your legs, so that your L leg sticks out straight at about a 45 degree angle from their R to L. Lower R leg should sweep to snug up against their R side with your knee pointing toward their hip. As you move your L leg, it should expose their R arm, which you can snag as you lean back and put your L leg over their head and free your R knee from beside/under their R side and over their chest.

We also worked on being transitioned out of mount while you are applying a choke. Assuming they do start to roll you, don't just flop on your back into guard. Once you get to your side, clamp your legs together on either side of their torso and continue to apply the choke. We get so used to just giving up the position that it's almost comical.

One roll with Scott. Haven't rolled with him in at least a month or so. He got top side, then almost mount. I was able to regain guard, and used the tripod sweep at least once if not twice. Got to side control, and then somehow worked my way into a bow and arrow. It was fairly tight, but I couldn't get my far leg quite where it needed to be so he was able to stick it out and eventually reverse. We had some good scrambles. I'd like to focus on enduring through scrambles and not giving up positions so much.