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Technical mount
Also known as S-Mount — the canonical term used on this site.
Training background: Sometimes used interchangeably — though technical mount can also refer to other high mount variants
Technical mount routing to the S-mount
Technical mount, in this sense, routes to the S-mount — the high mount with one leg threaded over the far arm.
Etymology. “Technical mount” usually names the knee-up mount that follows a turning opponent; used loosely for the high, arm-trapping mount, it routes here to the S-mount, disambiguated from the dedicated technical-mount page. Both are high mount variants, so the term overlaps.
Mechanics. The S-mount isolates the far arm, the limb that must be removed from the defensive system before the finish: threading a leg over the arm separates it from the body and opens the armbar, mounted triangle, or kimura. Keeping the arm isolated under the high mount is what makes those top-position submissions available.
Cross-reference. Full mechanical coverage on S-Mount.