Mount Escape to Closed Guard (Fundamentals)

Professor Lucas Lepri teaches how to escape from the mount position and then gets to the closed guard. The opponent has the mount position on Lucas and keeps his knees right under the arms. Lucas starts to escape by framing and pushing on the hips to create space. He bridges up to make the opponent post his hands on the mat. He now turns on his side and pushes the opponent’s leg down, so he can take his own leg out and trap the opponent. Lucas now turns the other way and under hooks the other side so he can take his other leg out. From here, Lucas gets the closed guard.