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Kimura from Guard

Travis Tooke is one of only a handful of non-Brazilians to achieve the rank of Black Belt from Carlos Gracie Jr. and at only 23 years of age, became one of the youngest BJJ Black Belts in the United States. His name has appeared numerous times in Grappling Magazine and he is among the top Jiu-Jitsu competitors in the country.
You can visit Travis at TravisTooke.com

Here, Travis shows the Kimura from the closed guard

  • Step 1
  • Travis has Steve in the closed guard
  • Step 2
  • To break Steve’s posture, he pulls Steve into him using his legs as he pushes Steve’s arms out to the side with his hands.
  • Step 3
  • He now grabs right Steve’s wrist with his left hand, unlocks his feet and sits up toward that arm to lock the arm in the kimura position.
  • Step 4
  • To finish, Travis lies back to the floor and turns into Steve while scooting his hips away. He puts his right foot on Steve’s left hip, throws his left leg high over Steve’s upper back and gets the submission.


Comments

Ok, who gave this 2 stars? be brave, leave comments. - i'm gonna give it 4 stars. Good basic technique for Gi- and No-gi. I also like his wrist grap set up. I'm assuming he's shooting his arm in outward circles to set it up

too bad you cant give it more then 5. stars this is a must have. and the entry rocks.

the 2 stars woud be from me. the technique is a must know but the article is lacking some fundamentals

It is not necessary to give everything all the time.
Instead we must realise the critical moments and give it all then.

I don't see why this submission isn't more prevailant in MMA. I use it all the time at the gym.. It works!!!

It is what it is, with or without your reaction.

I'm with ya Mystikai, there are some details missing, thanks for posting. I'm gonna keep my rank at 4.

Basic Kimura, 1st one I learned...a must know. Any submission from the guard is a must know!

The more you sweat in training, the less you will bleed in battle - นักรบ

yeah..i can catch the overconfident fellah on the top...

The strong man is not the one who wrestles, but controls himself in a fit of rage.

I'm currrently stop going for advance techniques and went back to basics. I actually executed this move on somebody at practice this morning. It's kinda good when you hear " Man, I did not see that coming."

thanks.

Do I wanna fight?
Hell yeah I wanna fight!

sweeeet, good basic technique