Mount Escape Variation (Fundamentals)

Professor Lucas Lepri teaches a variation on how to escape when the opponent has the mount position. With the opponent on the mount position, Lucas starts to escape by keeping his elbows close and starts moving up. He then uses his elbow to push the leg down. Lucas brings his opposite side leg over the opponent’s to hook the ankle. The foot is used to lift the ankle up so Lucas can slide his bottom leg up. Lucas now turns and under hooks the opponent. From here, Lucas now has different options to escape to a better position.