Blue belt · Submission · Key
Kimura from side control
The same figure-four shoulder lock as from guard, but from side control. Use it when their near arm comes off their body to frame or push.
Side control Submission
Step by step
- When their near arm comes away from their body, grab the wrist.
- Thread your other arm under their elbow and grab your own wrist (figure-four).
- Step over their head toward north-south, or stay chest-heavy.
- Pull their arm off their body and rotate the hand toward their head. Slow.
Details that make it work
- Elbow tight to you, hand away from you.
- It also sets up the arm triangle and armbar.
Common mistakes
- Leaving space between your chest and their arm.
- Cranking fast.
Drill it
5 slow reps each side.
If it fails, or what comes next
- Americana Submission · Side control
- Arm triangle (head & arm) Submission · Mount
Set it up from
How to defend it
Kimura and americana defense: Defense for the kimura and the americana: keep your elbows tight, connect your hands and turn into them. Use it from side control bottom and in their guard…
Track it in JitsFlow
Rate how well you know the Kimura from side control, add it to your review queue and see where it fits on the flow map with every attack and escape.
Open in JitsFlowFree. Works offline at the gym. Add it to your home screen.