Maintaining Mount

Nicky Ryan's twenty-minute no-gi mount class at B-Team covering how to hold mount and the main attacks that follow from it.

Gordon Ryan explains how he controls mount in no-gi, with the emphasis on hip position and reacting to the opponent's turn rather than sitting still.

Chewy on why people lose mount and the hip and hand adjustments that keep you on top while adding pressure.

Chewy's tips for making mount heavier and more threatening, including where to put the knees and hands so the bottom player cannot build frames.

A Roger Gracie class on the mount: weight placement, riding the bridge and staying glued when they try to elbow-escape.

Jon Thomas on the single principle that makes mount stable: keep your weight where their escape is trying to move you. Conceptual and clearly demonstrated.

Roger Gracie on the concepts behind his famous mount: weight placement, when to ride low with the legs and how to react to the bridge and the elbow escape.

Roger Gracie's half/butterfly pass that ends in mount, keeping the head low and the hips following.

Ffion Davies on why most people's mount is easy to escape, and the weight, hips and attacks that make it hold.

When grapevines help and when they hurt from mount, and how to switch between grapevined low mount and a more mobile mount.