How To Defend Yourself: Kimora from Side Mount

Alright the next submission that we are going to work on side mount is called the Kimora. It's just like Americana or the key lock, but it's upside down. Okay so we have got a good side mount base and we need to attack this arm alright. I like to push the arm down and I like to be attacking his one arm with my two arms. There is a couple of ways he will turn his arms, if he turns it up we go to for that Americana, if he turns it down we going to go for this Kimora. Just so that you have an idea of the structure of it and hand motions, it's just like the key lock. I am going to grab his wrist monkey grip no thumbs. I gotten in this way, I have gotten in this way. I reach under, grab my own wrist and now instead of going -- lifting his elbow towards his head, I am going to lift his elbow towards his head and raise up, it's the shoulder lock.

There are lots of ways to set this up, we are going to go over couple of them. That's basically the hand structure though. This one is holding it under his elbow, hooking, bring it up, lift the elbow slowly. Alright here I am lifting, now lift up slowly. You get tap, be real careful working this one with your partner. One of the first ways we are going to set it up, is when we are here, a lot of guys want to grab you right here. I like to switch my hips down and throw this arm in; that gets his elbow down. You can also do it from here and push the arm down and work on catching it work on arm control. I just prefer switching my hips get real heavy on his head and push it down right there. I will try to just grab it and go straight to the kimora. I like to get right in and bend his arm, I push it to the floor and then I start working on different submissions okay. If he has got his arm under, one of the things that we need to is reach right back, I push it to his sternum, right to the middle of his body okay. I push it straight down.

You are not going to be able to finish it from here, but we are going to get you in a couple of positions where you can. Alright in the other way people will leave their arm right here and you can't really attack it, you can't really attack the arm bar we are about deliver. You can't really attack with the kimora, the same as we just did. So one of the ways I'll do it from here. I reach this arm up and under, then grab it and pull down. Now when I am here, I am already 90% of the way there. It's a good way to get good set up. Alright as far as it almost set ups to the kimora, one of the first ways, we are actually going to walk from side mount to north and south, to get the finishing hold. So we are here. I move this arm across, come around. Now once I am in north, south I push down, on his sternum and down to the floor. A lot of guys like to come to all the way up and block this other arm. I prefer to keep my weight down. It's just keeps me from getting rolled back down. So I come here, push it to the ground grab and then I start walking back. Lifting okay.

So from side mount, we are here. I am going to reach across to protect his hips. I walk around, reach up, now I walk back into the kimora okay. The other angle, so you can see my hips little better. I am here, I reach around and lock his hips, now I come this way. See I am bugging his neck, I am turning his head with my body, when I come here, I turn his head. That's keep him from pulling guard. Now, reach up push down with my shoulders. I don't want to just force him with my arm. I push down with my shoulders and walk back. Now I have got the kimora is set up okay. Near the side we are here, I block reach around, come up and go back with kimora. That's your basic kimora from side mount. Lot of different ways to set it up, we are going to go over couple different ways to get kimora at different positions, and you most basic way to set it up is from side mount.

Alright guys to give you a little further instruction on how to get the arm positioning we are going to show you a little closer alright. You have seen how I have blocked the hips around couple of different ways I like to do it. Once I can get this arm in here. I take this and shove it straight to the ground okay. Tension still with my elbows and I keep my good side mount base. I work my way down to the wrist. Once I am at the wrist this arm, goes underneath his elbow and grabs my wrist. I am grabbing here reaching underneath his elbow, grabbing my wrist monkey grip no thumbs. So we are here. I am reaching under, grabbing. Now when I lift up, I want to bring his hand as if I am trying to bring it all the way up to the back of his head. I want to go from here. All the way underneath, sit up, all the way under. I push up and get to his body the more it hurts him. So we are here when I switch my hips and sit up really quick. That's a really intense shoulder locks, so you should be really careful when you are training with your partner. One more time we are here. I switch to my hips over. I push this to the floor. I get right here sit up, I get the kimora.