Alias · Top Positions
Trapped-arm mount
Also known as Gift Wrap — Bottom — the canonical term used on this site.
Training background: Used informally when referring to the bottom experience rather than the top entry
Informal — mounted with the arm wrapped
Trapped-arm mount is a colloquial name for the gift wrap bottom position — describing being mounted with one arm wrapped and pinned.
Etymology. “Trapped-arm mount” names the predicament in plain terms: under mount with an arm controlled. The label is informal, foregrounding the trapped arm over the “gift wrap” image.
Mechanics. With the arm wrapped and the back flattened, the bottom player loses frame capacity: a flattened back cannot post the elbows or shoulders that frames depend on, so the danger of the position is the absence of leverage to escape. Recovering an edge to turn onto is the first step out.
Cross-reference. “Arm-across-face defence” is a sibling alias. Full mechanical coverage on Gift Wrap — Bottom.