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Kimura from side control

A shoulder lock from top side control. You isolate one arm with a figure-four grip and lift it behind their back.

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Key steps

  1. Catch one wrist and press it to the floor at their hip, arm bent.
  2. Thread your free arm through the gap behind their elbow and take hold of your own wrist.
  3. Keep your chest heavy and the figure-four snug around their arm.
  4. Slide their hand up behind their back slowly to finish.

Key details

  • Stay heavy on their chest so they can't turn in to you.
  • Keep their elbow bent the whole time you turn the hand.
  • If they turn toward the arm, step over their head to north-south and keep the grip.