Mount Armbar — Arm Extraction and Finish Position
Mat mode
4:00
Tell the roomExtract an arm and reach a finishing structure, or follow the escape into back control. Escape mount without giving up an arm extraction.
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TOP PLAYER
POSITION
High mount, hips high on the partner's chest. Bottom starts with arms crossed in standard defensive posture.
OBJECTIVE
Extract an arm and reach a finishing structure, or follow the escape into back control.
CONSTRAINTS
Elevated safety. Apply arm extensions and belly-down conversions at communication pace. Confirm tap-release reliability before running it. Reset when any win condition is achieved or when either player taps. Play five points per side, then switch. Default rounds 4:00.
WIN CONDITION
Isolate an arm and control its extension from S-mount (hold the breaking structure three seconds), follow the arm belly-down while keeping it isolated, or take the back as the partner rolls to escape.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
On their back under high mount, arms crossed.
OBJECTIVE
Escape mount without giving up an arm extraction.
CONSTRAINTS
Same elevated pace and reset rules. Conceding an arm extraction without tapping does not score for bottom.
WIN CONDITION
Escape mount to guard, half guard, or top without conceding an arm extraction.
In competition
Original positional game. Mount Armbar — Arm Extraction and Finish Position. GAME-ARM-03.
Problem
High mount, hips high on the partner's chest.
Setup
High mount, hips high on the partner's chest. Bottom starts with arms crossed in standard defensive posture. On their back under high mount, arms crossed.
Score
Isolate an arm and control its extension from S-mount (hold the breaking structure three seconds), follow the arm belly-down while keeping it isolated, or take the back as the partner rolls to escape. Escape mount to guard, half guard, or top without conceding an arm extraction.
Rules
- Elevated safety.
- Apply arm extensions and belly-down conversions at communication pace.
- Confirm tap-release reliability before running it.
- Reset when any win condition is achieved or when either player taps.
- Play five points per side, then switch.
- Default rounds 4:00.
- Same elevated pace and reset rules.
- Conceding an arm extraction without tapping does not score for bottom.
Progressions
Harder constraint variants from the source. Same game, tighter problem.
- Allow the top player to use a collar choke threat as part of the mount game — this creates the three-way dilemma (choke, armbar, triangle) that characterises advanced mount control.
- Restrict the top player to S-mount armbar only — no belly-down or back take. This forces arm extraction technique under full bottom-player resistance.
- Start with the arm already partially extracted (partner’s elbow outside the crossed position) — the top player must complete the extraction and the bottom player must recover the crossed arms. This trains the most contested portion of the exchange.
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Mount Armbar — Arm Extraction and Finish Position
Proficient
TOP PLAYER
Position
High mount, hips high on the partner's chest. Bottom starts with arms crossed in standard defensive posture.
Win condition
Isolate an arm and control its extension from S-mount (hold the breaking structure three seconds), follow the arm belly-down while keeping it isolated, or take the back as the partner rolls to escape.
Constraints
Elevated safety. Apply arm extensions and belly-down conversions at communication pace. Confirm tap-release reliability before running it. Reset when any win condition is achieved or when either player taps. Play five points per side, then switch. Default rounds 4:00.
BOTTOM PLAYER
Position
On their back under high mount, arms crossed.
Win condition
Escape mount to guard, half guard, or top without conceding an arm extraction.
Constraints
Same elevated pace and reset rules. Conceding an arm extraction without tapping does not score for bottom.
Elevated safety. Confirm tap-and-release before the first rep. Stop at the tap. Do not run this if the room is not already serious about it.