Mounted gogoplata defence

Mounted gogoplata defence is the descriptive name for defending the locoplata — the shin-to-trachea choke arriving from mount rather than from guard.

Etymology. Naming the position is the point. A grappler who knows gogoplata defence knows an answer that does not apply here, and the descriptive form is the warning label.

Mechanics. Against the guard-bottom gogoplata the defence is posture: stand taller, take the throat out of the shin’s reach, and make the attacker fight their own hip flexion. From underneath mount none of that exists. The attacker’s weight is above, the mat is behind the defender’s head, and the finish arrives by settling rather than by straining — so there is no rising effort to read as a warning.

What remains is a long setup to interrupt. The sequence begins by putting the defender’s near arm flat on the mat and pinning it with a shin, so an elbow kept in contact with the ribs denies the whole thing at step one. The middle window opens when the attacker comes up onto their foot and bases out with a hand, trading a settled mount for a narrow, temporary structure — that transit is the best bridging opportunity the position offers, and it precedes the leg travelling. Once the shin is across the throat, turning the head so the bone meets the jaw rather than the windpipe buys seconds and nothing more.

Cross-reference. The guard-bottom version is defended at Gogoplata Escape. Full escape coverage on Locoplata Escape.