Attaining S-Mount from Mount to Armbar - Erik Paulson

Everyone and their grandmother knows the armbar from mount already, but that's not the point of the post today- rather, it is more about attaining S-Mount smoothly without getting bucked off before, something I find that a lot of people have trouble with due to the inability to set up the transition.

Mr. Paulson doesn't call it the S-Mount, rather, he calls it a "Japanese mount attack, because their legs are shorter." Aside from any unintended racist tones, he does bring up a good point- people who have short legs benefit a lot from the S-mount, as it allows a good deal of control while setting up an attack.


http://www.youtube.com/v/g5EyOplaA3Y

-You have mount, preferably high up

-Before your opponent attempts to wedge his elbows in to create space, hug his head and squeeze your forearm together, effectively stopping an escape that way

-If your knees aren't up to his armpits already, use this control position to do so

-Lean on one side, and smoothly bring the other leg up and into the S-mount position, then get your center back over your opponent.

Now that you're in S-mount, your vanilla S-mount Armbar:

-To set up the armbar, attempt a keylock on the far arm, and as your opponent attempts to defend, grab the near arm and go for the armbar.


Now, if you're a little more flexible, and are an experienced grappler, I would suggest this transition brought to you by Aesopian:
http://www.bullshido.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47205