Mounted shin choke escape

Mounted shin choke escape is the descriptive name for domplata defence, marking the shin-pressure family attacked from mount rather than from guard.

Etymology. The positional qualifier separates it from the gogoplata, which presses a shin up into the throat from underneath. It does not separate it from the locoplata, which is also a mounted shin choke — the two differ by finish rather than by position, the locoplata pressing the shin down onto the throat and the domplata trapping an arm under the thigh and sitting back.

Mechanics. The defence is a sequence of interruptions rather than a single escape. Keeping both elbows in contact with the ribs denies the arm extraction the whole attack starts from — an extended framing arm is the donation. Staying square denies the turn, which the finish requires so the leg can travel over the head and the thigh can land on the shoulder; turning away from mount pressure is the standard instinct and it supplies that orientation. The bridge window opens while the leg is in transit, when a limb that would otherwise be basing is off the mat. Once the thigh seats and the attacker begins to travel backward, the answer is to rotate with them — which removes the differential the shoulder lock needs — tuck the chin so the foot meets the jaw rather than the windpipe, and tap.

Cross-reference. The attacking side is Domplata. Full escape coverage on Domplata Escape.