Top Rear Mounted Position - MMA Training and Conditioning

The top rear mount occurs when your opponent is perched on top of you riding your lower back and hips with both his legs hooked into your hips. From this position, he can stretch you out and put you under great pressure. Once possible escape is the elbow escape method.

The elbow escape is by far the most useful and important escape method in jujitsu. It enable s you to escape the pins and holds of opponents far larger than yourself with relative ease. Generally it result in you placing your opponent's back in the guard position. People usually think of the elbow escape as an escape from the regular mounted position, but there are many variants, including this one form the top-rear mount. This can seem like a complicated move, but with a little practice, you will be able to do it quickly and efficiently. Your opponent is on top of you in a full rear mount. The most important thing is to remove his "hooks":, which give him stability and control over you. To remove the hooks, kick one of your legs back and place it flat on the ground between your opponent's legs. This removes one hook immediately. Slide the knee of the leg you have just kicked across and under your opponent's remaining hook. Try to touch the knee of that leg to your opposite elbow. This prevents your opponent from getting his hook back in place. To remove the remaining hook, kick your other leg back. Now both hooks have been removed. Get up to your knees, keeping your knees and elbows tight together to prevent your opponent form getting his hook back in place. Reach up and grab his arm. Roll him over your shoulder. The fact that he is not hooked in place makes this easy. As he falls off your back, stay on your knees so that you can take a top pinning position.

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