Brown belt · Back take · Key
Kimura trap from side control to the back
You use a kimura grip as a handle to stop their turn and roll them onto you. Use it when they turn away to turtle from side control.
Step by step
- From side control, when they turn away to turtle, catch their near wrist with your far hand.
- Reach your other arm over their back, under their near arm, and grab your own wrist: a figure-four kimura grip.
- Keep their elbow pulled tight to your chest. Their arm is bent behind them, so they can't post or base on it.
- Put your near foot in as a hook inside their near thigh.
- Sit to your near hip and roll back, using the kimura grip to pull them on top of you.
- Swap the kimura grip for a seatbelt and add your second hook.
Details that make it work
- The kimura grip is for control here. Keep their elbow tight and the shoulder stays quiet.
- Roll them over your body, not away from you.
Common mistakes
- Cranking the shoulder instead of using the grip to steer.
- Letting their elbow come off your chest, which frees the arm.
Drill it
6 reps each side from side control: partner turns to turtle, you trap and take the back.
If it fails, or what comes next
- Back control: seatbelt & hooks Control · Back control
- Kimura from side control Submission · Side control
- Rear-naked choke Submission · Back control
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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…
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