In this post i will break down How To Do a Kimura From Mount. If you missed my article you can click this link on How To Do A Kimura From Side Control. You won’t be disappointed as it breaks down step-by-step on how to do the technique with written content, pictures, and videos.
The Kimura is without a doubt one of the go to arm locks a jiu-jitsi, wrestler, or judo practitioner goes for when dominating his/her opponent. Well let me correct that. The MMA practitioner can subdue his/her opponent with the Kimura lock whether he’s on the bottom or top which makes this a go to lock because of it’s easy transition.
How To Do A Kimura Lock From Mount
1. Get In moutn Position – In order to do the Kimura from the mount position you need to get on top of your opponent which we call the mount. If you are in a dojo your partner should be on his back and you on top.
If you’re in a real fight or competition you would have to find a way to get your opponent to the ground and on his back so you can mount him. The mount is not a typical position from which to apply a Kimura, but there is a way to do it.
2. Create an opportunity for yourself to trap the arm of your opponent. I say create the opportunity because when your in a competition or in a real fight your opponent will be resisting and trying to fight you off of him. you have to create an opportunity for yourself to lock down his arm so you can proceed to do the move.
3. This move will be using your opponents left arm as an example. The first step would be to use your arm to grip over your opponents biceps. Then use a combination of your right thigh, knee, and hand to lift up your opponents arm.
Pinch your opponent at the elbow to re-position your arm with a thum-less grip so that you can circulate your arm over your opponents shoulder and under their forearm. Use a second thumb-less grip onto your own wrist for the Kimura lock. You would then torque their arm behind their opposing shoulder and this will indeed make them tap out and beg for mercy!
Here are two different ways you can apply the technique from mount and full mount.
Kimura From Mount (Step-By-Step)
Kimura Lock From Full Mount
Rolling Kimura and Arm Lock from Mount
In this short video you will learn how to do a different type of Kimura lock from mount position. The difference with this one is that you learn how to roll into the Kimura. It is good to learn how to master this because it gives you a different way of how to apply the Kimura submission another way. I always say the more ways you can master this submission the better it is for you.
How To Do Kimura From The Guard Position
The guard position is when your opponent is on top. When he’s on top he has the upper hand over you, but there are still ways that you can defend yourself and actually make things turn in your favor using offensive techniques while on your back. Below is a video on how you do the Kimura submission lock from guard control
How to Do a Kimura from Back Control
Here is another way to do a Kimura submission while on the ground. This time is when you have the back of your opponent. The transition is smooth and will get easier with practice. Some people have been complaining about the audio quality of the video so below we have added the video transcript.
Video Transcript:
All right, guys. Now I’m going to do a real interesting entry into the kimura, one of my favorites. It’s based off of a move that I was taught, but I kind of came up with my own variation. So I hope you enjoy it. And it starts out from the back. A lot of people have transitions from the back, but here we’re going to hit the Kimura. I’m in the back. I’m trying to choke him. I’m trying to choke him. He’s starts escaping. I lose him. But I grab his wrist.
Okay. One more time. I’m here, trying for the choke. But see, he’s got past this hook, and his ankle has changed. No more choke. No more choke. I can’t choke him. Okay. So I’m here. I grab his wrist. I grab my own wrist. I bring my elbow around.
This part is important. You must be mean with this move. You cannot do it nice. I put my elbow on his face, the other elbow here. I kick him over. Okay. Now if I’m nice, he’s just going to turn in. See that? No good. So after I kick him, I put all my weight on this elbow, and I do a yoga plank. Okay. If you’re familiar with yoga, it’s like this. All my weight is on my elbows.
Here. And I’m right here. And I’m making sure he cannot look at me. If he can look at me, he can turn. I put all my weight down. Can you turn? Turn. He cannot turn. Pressure here, here, pressure here. You okay, buddy? Bring my knees in. This knee came here. Step over his head. Finish the kimura. If he locks up, which he often will, he’ll lock up very, very tight, it’s an easy transition to an arm bar. One more time. And that’s the kimura from the back.
In conclusion the Kimura lock is definitely a technique you need to add to your arsenol to subdue and submit your opponent on the ground. Whether you’re in mount, full mount, guard, or in back position. This submission technique works effectively and is one of the go to moves in mixed martial arts.
Please be sure to view our other articles on the Kimura lock.