Mounted gogoplata

Mounted gogoplata is the descriptive name for the locoplata — the same shin-to-trachea choke as the gogoplata, delivered from mount instead of from underneath.

Etymology. The technique carries its own name because the position reverses everything except the finishing surface. Loco belongs to the 10th Planet vocabulary that produced the term; the descriptive form says the part a grappler needs, which is which end of the exchange it comes from.

Mechanics. From mount the attacker climbs high, hooks the head, and puts the opponent’s near arm flat on the mat, pinning it with the shin — that arm is the only tool the opponent has for clearing a shin off their own neck, so it is dealt with first. The far arm is overhooked and used to lift the shoulder; the attacker comes up onto their foot and bases out with the free hand, which buys the distance for the step. The leg then swings over the shoulder and under the chin, landing close to the shoulder so the shin reaches deep, and rotates until it sits directly under the Adam’s apple. The free arm presses the head down onto it.

Why it outperforms the gogoplata. Underneath, the attacker fights gravity, their own hip flexion, and an opponent who can posture away. From the top the shin arrives downward, the mat is behind the opponent’s head, and weight replaces effort. Same surface, same target, opposite direction — and the direction is the whole difference in finish rate. It also means more force reaches the airway for less effort, which is a safety consideration rather than a bonus.

⚠ A second definition circulates. Encyclopaedia-style sources define the locoplata as a guard-bottom gogoplata in which the free foot pushes up under the choking foot. That line has propagated widely; the technique taught under the name is the mounted one.

Cross-reference. The guard-bottom original is the gogoplata; the other mounted shin choke is the domplata. Full mechanical coverage on Locoplata.