27 April 2015

Kimura from top side control

BY Reza Tahar

Kimura from top side control

In side control, one of your go to submission moves should definitely be the kimura. A kimura is a vicious shoulder lock that puts immense pressure on your shoulder joint. If done correctly it doesn’t require a lot of movement to cause extreme discomfort to your opponent forcing either a tap or snap.

When in top side control, your opponent may try to frame against your neck or head to prevent you from pinning him to the ground. This is a smart move however, sometimes your opponent makes a mistake when doing this or over extends his framing hand. An overextended hand is weak and can easily be pushed to the ground. Alternatively you can go for shock factor and quickly push the framing hand forcing it to the mat.

For the most leverage, the hand must be pinned onto the ground. Ideally you want to pin the hand to the ground at the wrist so that the wrist is touching the mat using your hand which is closest to his head. After you pin the wrist to the ground, use your elbow to brace against his head. Your other hand needs to slide under the pinned arm’s elbow to grab your own wrist forming a figure 4. Your opponents arm should now resemble a V sign.

Hand positioning for kimura: https://img.howcast.com/thumbnails/514138/3_MMA_MountAmericana_xxxlarge.jpg

To finish the lock, slide your opponents elbow towards his waist line as much as possible before raising the elbow up to the sky. If done correctly the whole movement is like drawing a big “J” with your opponents elbow. The lower you can go with his elbow, the more powerful and less movement is required to put stress on the joint.

The hardest part of this move is pinning the hand to the mat, especially against stronger grapplers. This move is not easy to catch therefore pinning the hand should be done relatively fast and with some misdirection as a direct kimura attempt is relatively easy to stop unless you are much more stronger. Once you can do that, securing the figure 4 and moving the elbow in a “J” shape is relatively easy. At all times constant pressure needs to be applied on your opponent’s body with your own if not they can easily turn into you and escape. A mistake beginners make is to ease off on the pressure while attempting the move allowing the opponent to escape.

Super Strong grappler: https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XeUenbKAovs/U4VXVLDdFaI/AAAAAAAAE6Q/d2dqX-WsEtk/s1600/Rodolfo.jpg