BJJ Video Series: Top Mount

Top Mount in Jiu-Jitsu is the ultimate position of dominance where you sit on your opponent's chest with your knees while you are trying to setup submissions and/or pin their arms to the ground. You control them with your weight distribution and hip pressure while maintaining perfect balance. It is used to set up devastating submissions like armbars, chokes, and shoulder locks, and offers easy transitions to other dominant positions such as technical mount or back control. Being trapped under a skilled practitioner's mount is about as fun as a root canal - except the dentist at least uses anesthesia! This is the position every grappler dreams of achieving and every opponent dreads finding themselves in so we will also show many escape techniques.