3-4 Mount
Position
Also known as:
Three-Quarter Mount
The 3/4 mount is a transitional top position where one leg is fully hooked as in full mount while the other knee is wedged across the opponent's hip or thigh, creating an asymmetric pin. It commonly occurs when the top player is either securing or losing full mount, and it offers strong control with direct access to upper-body submissions on the trapped side.
Quick Reference
Key principles
- · The cross-knee wedge pins the opponent's hip to the mat, limiting their ability to bridge or shrimp toward that side.
- · Heavy chest-to-chest pressure with head positioning on the trapped side neutralizes framing attempts.
- · Underhooking the far arm or controlling the near wrist prevents the bottom player from creating frames to recover guard.
- · Anticipate the bottom player shrimping into the open side by preemptively switching hips or transitioning to a submission.
- · Keeping hips low and weight distributed forward prevents the bottom player from exploiting the gap to reguard.
Execution
- 1 From mount, slide one knee across the opponent's hip line so it wedges between their thigh and torso while keeping the other hook in place.
- 2 Drop your weight onto the opponent's chest, angling your hips slightly toward the trapped side to maximize pressure.
- 3 Control the near-side arm with an underhook or wrist pin, and use your free hand to block their far-side hip or frame.
- 4 Use the position to attack kimuras, americanas, or armbars on the trapped side, or consolidate back to full mount by re-inserting the hook.
- 5 If the bottom player shrimps toward the open side, follow their hips and threaten triangles or transition to technical mount.
Common mistakes
- × Sitting upright instead of driving chest pressure forward, which gives the bottom player space to frame and escape.
- × Neglecting to control the near-side arm, allowing the bottom player to underhook and initiate a bridge-and-roll escape.
- × Leaving the wedge knee too high on the torso rather than pinning at the hip, which lets the opponent close their elbow-knee connection and reguard.
Attacks & transitions
Offense available from 3-4 Mount.
Armbar From Mount
submission
4 less common
Americana From Mount
submission
Ezekiel From Mount
submission
Kimura From Mount
submission
Triangle Choke From Mount
submission
Escapes & defense
Getting out of 3-4 Mount, or shutting it down.
