Why did this thread get closed?

[Toehammer]

Grappling expert weighing in.

If there is enough of a skill discrepancy or size disadvantage that your attacker gets full high mount with their knees up in your armpits, you don't have the skills to get them off. Since that is not very useful, here is what you do.

Escapes are all about hips and shoulder distance.

1) Shrimping is always best because it works if you are persistent for a few seconds (might eat a few punches/get choked a little), I spend about 1/5 of my warm up on shrimping (ebi for the judo guys).

2) Elevate opponent's hips and twist your torso so they are mounting your side hip/ribs.

3) Once you have created a moment of disconnection there are several methods where you basically lock a part of their body (outside knee, hip, shoulder, elbow) usually with a 2 on 1 grip and roll like crazy... careful not to get choked/back mounted... then you will be in deep trouble.

After that it just come down to experience and practice. If you don't have experience or practice, maybe you should.

( If you are spectacularly flexible (I used to be) you can sometimes get people off with crazy leg contortions around their waist... but if they are experienced with heavy hips they can just lock you there and pound away... high risk high reward.)