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45-degree mount
Also known as Quarter Mount — the canonical term used on this site.
Training background: Descriptive term for the body angle
Descriptive — the 45-degree quarter mount
45-degree mount is a descriptive name for the quarter mount — naming the transitional mount held at roughly a 45-degree angle.
Etymology. “45-degree” describes the angle of the quarter mount, partway between side control and full mount; “mount” names the family. The label foregrounds the characteristic angle of the transitional position.
Mechanics. The quarter mount destabilises the bottom player toward full mount or the back: riding the angled knee onto the torso keeps the opponent unable to square back to side control, so each adjustment off-balances them further toward the mount the position is climbing into. The instability is what drives the transition forward.
Cross-reference. “Transitional mount” is a sibling alias. Full mechanical coverage on Quarter Mount.