#s-mount

[bephf]

BJJ Class

Friday morning crew with Keith filling in. After warm-ups we did some standing randori practice and got into some mount control drills. From there we worked on a nice little arm bar from s-mount:

From top of mount, opponent will try to turn to their left to elbow escape.

Bring your right biceps across their face to push them the other way. 

Hook your left hand behind opp’s head and pin your left elbow down on their shoulder/pec area. You can make this uncomfortable for them by curling your wrist and letting your weight down on that elbow.

When opponent raises their arms to deal with this discomfort, slide your knee up behind their left armpit and lean your weight over their chest as you open up your left hip for an s-mount. Your left thigh should be bearing your weight, you’re not sitting on their chest.

At this point your hips should be in the perfect position to isolate opp’s left arm so it’s just a matter of wrapping your right arm around theirs. To make it even harder for them to escape, you can fall back towards their legs and wrap your left arm over their legs to prevent the hitchhiker escape. 

Then some shark tank style live rolls. Worked with a white belt group and took it easy.

[bephf]

BJJ Class

Friday morning with Keith. Standard old man warm-up, followed by guard -> mount flows and some related drills. We worked on a transition from s-mount -> arm attack -> dealing with arm bar defense -> switching to the other side to attack the other arm:

Starting in mount, grab opp’s right arm with your right, pulling them onto their side to set up s-mount.

Slide your left knee up by opp’s head and sit out with your right leg to focus on attacking their right arm. 

Opponent will use the lion kill defense to protect their arm.

Slide your left hand under opp’s left hand and grab their left arm.

Transition your weight onto opp’s chest and lean your head over towards their legs as you turn your body.

Wrap your right arm around opp’s left arm, kick your foot over their head, and fall back into an arm bar.

We did some positional sparring and live rolling after that. Good class!

[bephf]

BJJ Class

Thursday early bird no gi class with Keith today. After warm-ups we partnered up and worked on some pummeling and range drills from standing. Then we got into a nice little submission sequence from side control:

Starting with crossface side control, use your left shoulder to push opponent’s face toward their left as you sneak your right arm under their left elbow and walk it up. You can also use your head to help push the arm up.

Wrap up the elbow up by opp’s head as you bring your right shin across their belt and stretch them out to slide into mount. 

Slide your right knee up high as you get your hands behind opp’s head.

Pull opp’s head up off the mat as you shift your weight to the right hip and unfold your left leg to an s-mount position. 

Wrap up opp’s left arm and bring your right leg over the head as you fall back into an arm bar. 

Then we did some positional sparring from side control and I didn’t fare very well against a big brown belt. Finished up with some pure standing drills where we tried to use the lockup position to force opp into the walls. 

[bephf]

BJJ Class

President’s day means I get to attend a Monday morning class with Keith. Super small class, just me and one very new white belt. Standard warm-ups then we started learning the s-mount. 

From a mount, control opp’s head by looping under his head with your left arm, grabbing his left shoulder to lock it in.

Sit your body back and push your left shoulder into opp’s right side chin so he is forced to look to his left and feels some uncomfortable pressure. 

Use your right arm to get under opp’s left elbow and walk your hands up the mat toward his head to open him up and make space. 

Slide your right knee up so it’s level with opponent’s head.

Grab behind opp’s head with both hands as you sit back on your right heel with your weight off to that side.

Hook the left leg up and over so your thigh is focusing your weight on opp’s diaphragm. You’ll need to lean your head across opp’s body to get this right.

This is tricky but it’s an awful feeling for the guy on the bottom when you get it right. We spent most of our time drilling but we did a little free rolling after and I got to apply a gi choke from the back, an arm bar from s-mount, and a triangle against a very new white belt. 

[bephf]

BJJ Class

Friday morning, Keith covering for Kevin while he’s #rollinginCostaRica. We warmed up then got right into some more options from the mount. This is really great stuff since I often find myself in this position but don’t have many submissions besides the cross collar choke. First we drilled just transitioning into the s-mount to get more comfortable with the position. 

S-mount to arm bar:

From a mount, slide your right knee up so it’s level with opponent’s head.

Grab behind opp’s head with both hands as you sit back on your right heel with your weight off to that side.

Hook the left leg up and over so your thigh is focusing your weight on opp’s diaphragm. You’ll need to lean your head across opp’s body to get this right.

Plant your left foot with your heel on the mat under opp’s right armpit, holding them in place. 

Making sure your hips are turned almost perpendicular to opp, lean forward to isolate their left arm, then hook your left arm around it and grab your right shoulder. 

Post your right hand on the mat next to opp’s head and pivot your body into an arm bar. 

S-mount to reverse arm bar:

From a mount, slide your right knee up so it’s level with opponent’s head.

Grab behind opp’s head with both hands as you sit back on your right heel with your weight off to that side.

Hook the left leg up and over so your thigh is focusing your weight on opp’s diaphragm. You’ll need to lean your head across opp’s body to get this right.

Plant your left foot with your heel on the mat under opp’s right armpit, holding them in place, bringing your weight over to your left leg and picking up your right leg so it’s in position to move.

Hook your right arm around opp’s left arm and grab your opposite shoulder as you bring your right leg on top of opp’s face.

Fall back toward opp’s legs while isolating the arm with the right and grabbing his outside pant leg or belt with your left.

S-mount to triangle:

From a mount, slide your right knee up so it’s level with opponent’s head.

Grab behind opp’s head with both hands as you sit back on your right heel with your weight off to that side.

Hook the left leg up and over so your thigh is focusing your weight on opp’s diaphragm. You’ll need to lean your head across opp’s body to get this right.

If opp is locking his arms in tight and not giving you options for an arm bar, pick up his right arm and slide your left foot under it in the same s-mount position.

Roll over opp’s head to get on your back with him in a triangle, locking the legs as you roll. 

Lots of really great, meaty stuff here. We did some positional sparring from the mount after this and then some free rolling.

[alashway]

Noon ends too soon

Day time classes always seem to go very quickly. We started off with some yoga and stretching. I enjoy yoga. Today we drilled the arm bar from mount. Scott teaches the day time classes so the moves we do are always very "flowy". We did the arm bar in the instance that our opponent is pressing up on our chest. 1. Post on their chest, snaking around their arm left arm 2. Put all your weight on their chest as you swing your left leg over their head 3. Pinch everything tight and go for the sub The next variation: 1. Post on their chest, controlling their arm by their elbow 2. Scoot your left knee to their head so you are in the s-mount 3. Put your leg leg over their head and pinch for the sub