Glossary /// Alias
Chest-to-chest mount
Also known as High Mount — the canonical term used on this site.
Training background: Descriptive — names the weight placement rather than the height
Descriptive — names the weight placement rather than the height
Chest-to-chest mount is a descriptive name for high mount, naming where the attacker’s weight sits rather than how far up the body they have ridden.
Etymology. The canonical name, high mount, is positional: it says the knees have travelled toward the armpits, and it pairs with low mount for the ordinary version. The descriptive alternative names the consequence instead — the attacker’s chest carried over the opponent’s upper chest rather than their hips. Both describe the same position from different ends.
Mechanics. Riding the knees to or above the armpit line moves the pinning connection north and hands hip coverage from the torso to the knees. The elbows are cut off from the hips, which removes the frames every mount escape depends on, and the legs arrive where the S-mount needs them.
Cross-reference. “High mount” is the canonical name and pairs with “low mount”. Full mechanical coverage on High Mount.