Retain mount by controlling hips and arms, distributing weight intelligently, and choosing high-percentage attacks that do not hand the bottom player an easy elbow escape.
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Retain mount by controlling hips and arms, distributing weight intelligently, and choosing high-percentage attacks that do not hand the bottom player an easy elbow escape.
They overcommit to arm attacks, put weight in the wrong place, and ignore the bottom player’s frames and bridging.
Control the hips and prevent frames under your armpits or neck before hunting submissions.
Build a back-control finishing system around a reliable seatbelt, hip positioning, and a short list of chokes so hand-fight defenses still leave you attacking.
Build a simple closed-guard system around posture breaks, scissor and hip-bump sweeps, and two high-percentage submissions so every defense creates another threat.
Retain half guard by winning frames and underhooks early, using a knee shield to stop smash passes, and recovering fuller guard before hunting low-percentage submissions.