The Kimura would be known as the Reverse Ude Garami, or the Double Wrist Lock in Catch Wrestling circles.
There are a lot of different names and sources to what we now know as the Kimura Lock. The most famous of them is the story of Masahiko Kimura, who the technique is now named after.
It is a very effective and powerful lock that can be placed from almost any position, top or bottom.
The Kimura from side control is one of the first submissions that you will learn in Jiu-Jitsu but is also one of the more complicated techniques to finish.
If you’re looking to set up attacks from North South, then one of the most important things you could do is isolate the opponent’s arm.
Here is a systematic way of doing so, as explained by Xande Ribeiro.
He demonstrates how to trap an arm from North South on the video below:
World Champion Xande Ribeiro shows how to finish the kimura, one of grappling’s strongest locks, even against tough resistance on this 4-part series.
- Secure the tightest kimuras possible from common positions like north south, side control, kesa gatame, and more.
- Use the kimura trap to take the back against difficult opponents for position upgrades, shown in step by step detail by Xande.
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