Mount armbar

  1. Put your elbow on your hip to make a frame and hold opponent’s elbow
  2. Pry opponent’s elbow away from their body and bring it up and across opponent’s face, press down on opponent’s elbow
  3. Put other hand forward on ground and the back knee by opponent’s head
  4. Shift front foot such that your pinky/little toe is touching the mat and have your knee to touch the mat (esablish S-mount)
  5. Get your upper body low and apply a lot of pressure, make sure to be higher up on the sternum, apply pressure with the side of the leg, not the thigh
  6. Slide hand that was on the elbow under and prepare for armbar, try and get as close to opponent’s bend of elbow
  7. Step over opponent’s head with the foot that has the knee by opponent’s head
  8. Use that foot to push off and lean to the side to break opponnent’s grip and finish armbar

Alternative: Under arm

  1. For extra leverage you can stuff the arm behind yours/ put their arm in your armpit for extra leverage

Alternative: Opponent turns towards the ground

  1. Do a belly down armbar

Alterative: Opponent turns up

  1. Regular armbar