Getting into the Mount position in BJJ is hard enough… But maintaining it and attacking from it can be even tougher, especially if your training partner/opponent knows what they’re doing. Heck, sometimes you feel more on the defensive then the person on the bottom does – simply due to the constant threats of escape that they’re posing.
The great Marcelo Garcia shared some great concepts on how to trap the arms from the mount to either finish with an armbar or a monoplata submission.
An armbar is a submission focused on hyperextending the joints of the elbows to cause excruciating pain. While there may be many ways to finish the armbar, the usual way is performed by pulling down the opponent’s wrist as their thumb faces the ceiling while using our hips to bridge and our legs to block the opponent’s head to control the near shoulder.
The armbar is a great technique that requires a lot of repetition to get used to with the pivoting movement of the hips. As the famous John Danaher said, get comfortable using your legs as it will always be stronger than your opponent’s upper body.
Check out Marcelo’s details here:
Marcelo Garcia is one of the most accomplished grapplers in history, with many world titles in gi and no-gi and many successful students!
- Totally control the mount and break your opponent down for the submission with Marcelo Garcia’s guide to the mounted position.
- This 4-part series shows Marcelo’s entire mount series with never-before-seen footage, techniques, and strategy.
