Full Mount Position

How to Defend the Americana

[Click for Video] Americana Counters (Ryron and Rener Gracie): Get the elbow to the ground before your opponent to prevent the underhook. Use your opposite leg to push towards that side, pushing your elbow into the mat even harder. If your opponent has the hook on the opposite side (which they should if they have proper technique) you need to untangle the hook first. If your opponent can get the underhook for the Americana, you need to push with your arms to get their center of gravity over the armlock. This will greatly reduce their 'squeeze potential'.

How to Survive in Mount

[Click for Video] Mount Survival and Mount Elbow Escape (Jiu Jitsu Univ Ch 3 and 7-1) (Saulo Ribeiro): This video discusses techniques to survive when you are in the mount position. This is the same information that you can find in Chapter 3 of Jiu-Jitsu University.

[Click for Video] Mount Survival And Escape Guide (Tom Davey): This video details how to survive and set up the bridge and roll escape from different scenarios.

How to Peform the Danaher Mount Escape

[Click for Video] How To Do The Perfect BJJ Mount Escape (John Danaher): This video meticulously breaks down every component of the knee-to-elbow escape and then delivers instructions for executing the perfect escape.

How to Perform the Bridging (Upa) Escape

[Click for Video] Rickson Gracie Mount Escape (JM Modern Jiu Jitsu): When your opponent gets a cross-choke, you will grab their sleeve with a gross grip and use your other hand to grab their shoulder, breaking their posture and bringing them in towards you. You will then bring your foot to a position that will block them from extending their leg to base. You will then tilt your head and put your ear to your shoulder and bridge.

How to Perform the Kipping Escape

[Click for Video] The Kipping Escape From Mount (Brian Glick): To start this escape it's important to put your hands are your partner's hips and place your elbows inside. You're then going to create a gap of space between your opponent's hips and your hips. You will do this by bridging quickly and then dropping your hips. Your arms will act as a frame to keep enough space so that your legs can begin the kipping action. You will turn on your side and kips your legs to create an angle that will allow you to get to the Ashi garami position.

[Click for Video] Kipping Escape from Mount Compliation (Competition Footage): A compilation of videos that demonstrate the kipping escape during live competition.

[Click for Video] John Danaher's Lateral Kipping Escape (John Danaher): This video details the lateral kipping escape, which can be used to escape mount directly into a leg lock.

How to Perform the Knee to Elbow Escape

[Click for Video] One Of The Most Important BJJ Techniques for Beginners (Gracie Barra Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu): The knee to elbow escape starts by framing against your opponent with your arms and turning your hips to your side. From here you will use your forearms to push against your opponent's leg while bringing your bottom leg underneath and hooking their top leg with your top leg. Once you get their leg in between yours you will turn to your other hip and establish half guard. From here you can play a half-guard game or continue moving into guard.

[Click for Video] A Basic Mount Escape Every BJJ Student Should Know (Gustavo Gasperin): This video goes into detail on how to set up your frame against your opponent's hips. From there you will press your bottom leg against your opponent's ankle as you push with your forearm and elbow, this will bring you into half-guard. At this point, you will want to move to your other hip and put your get the underhook. 

[Click for Video] Take Your Elbow Escape to the Next Level (Robin Gieseler): This video stresses the importance of laying your bottom leg flat with your knee to the ground in order to get under your opponents leg. Once you get the leg under your opponent could push down with their weight, making it hard to stuff the leg and recover to half guard. This video details how to use your legs and leverage to manipulate their leg. 

How to Position Your Legs for Mount Escape

[Click for Video] Batting for Inside Leg Position (Lachlan Giles): This video details the battle you must undergo to get inside leg positioning for a mount escape. 

How to Perform the Americana

[Click for Video] Americana Lock From Mount (Andre Galvao): This submission starts by pushing your opponent's arm to the floor. You will then establish the figure-four grip while maintining contact with your elbow and your opponent's neck. You will then pass your hand under, both hands should stay palm down. Andre then goes into the details needed for flexing your risks and manipulating the arm. 

How to Perform the Armbar

[Click for Video] Basic Armbar from the Mount (Firas Zahabi): The armbar is an attack that you can make if your opponent makes the mistake of extending their arms. You will slide up into the s-mount, put your leg over their head, and then sit back into the armbar.

[Click for Video] How To Do The Perfect Armbar (John Danaher): To get the armbar, you are going to need to get your opponent's elbows away from their body. John accomplishes this by getting a cross face and then using the opposite hand as an underhook that walks up, which should separate the arm. Once your get the elbow to the centerline above your opponent's head, you will hug the head and slide up to s-mount. Holding the arms you will then bring the leg by their head over their head. You can do this by hunching over and bringing your ear to your opponent's thigh. Once you sit back John goes into critical details of how to break the arms and apply the armbar.

How to Perform the Triangle Choke

[Click for Video] Gracie Breakdown - Triangle Choke from the Mount (Ryron and Rener Gracie): Start with a modified mount - knee up, leg angled, and head control. You will then pin the wrist on the opposite side of which you have head control. Step up with your leg to control the bicep of thes arm (this will allow you to move your hand). You will then switch which arms are used for head control. While holding the head up, your leg will shoot deep behind the neck. You will then lean away from your legs, which will allow you to kick your feet up and lock the triangle. 

How to Perform a Kimura

[Click for Video] How To Do A Kimura From The Mount (Guli Kozama): This is useful in the scenario when your opponent is hugging your back while in mount. You will use both your hands to break a grip and then pin his arm with your knee. You will step up behind your opponent's head with your opposite leg. One hand will control the elbow while the other controls the wrist. Apply force to finish the attack.

How to Counter Escapes

[Click for Video] How To Not Lose The Mount In Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (Bernardo Faria): Bernardo shows how to counter the knee to elbow escape as well as the bridge/upa escape.

How to Separate the Arms

[Click for Video] Best Way To Control The Mount In Jiu Jitsu (Gordon Ryan): Gordon details a systematic way to peel your opponent's arms away from their body specifically for no-gi jiu jitsu. The key, is to use a cross-grip method instead of a straight grip. Watch the video for the details.