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About This Technique
Sailor Kimura
Position: Butterfly Guard
The "Sailor Kimura" is a variation of the traditional Kimura lock, typically employed from the butterfly guard position. This technique focuses on using leverage and correct body mechanics to overpower your opponent's arm control from the bottom.
Step-by-Step Instructions:
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Initiate Butterfly Guard:
- Begin in the butterfly guard position with both of your feet hooked inside of your opponent's thighs.
- Sit up to engage a more active guard with your torso in close proximity to your opponent's body.
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Control the Arm:
- Secure a grip on one of your opponent's wrists with your same side hand (e.g., right hand to their right wrist).
- Immediately use your other hand to reach over their shoulder, under their arm, and grab your own wrist in a figure-four grip, creating the classic Kimura lock setup.
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Engage the Hips and Angle:
- Scoot your hips out to the side of your controlled arm.
- Use your feet and legs to create pressure and maintain butterflies while rotating your body to generate a proper angle for the submission.
- Ideally, your body should be positioned perpendicular to your opponent.
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The Sailor Component:
- While maintaining your figure-four grip, push your opponent’s wrist upwards and back towards their body.
- Simultaneously, elevate your hips using your butterfly hook to destabilize them by shifting their weight over your shoulder.
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Applying the Kimura:
- As you bridge with your hips, their arm should be in a twisted position.
- Use incremental pressure while pushing your opponent's wrist past the backline.
- Engage core muscles and maintain grip integrity to exert joint pressure, forcing the opponent to tap.
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Finish and Secure Position:
- Once the tap is achieved, maintain control. Transition into a dominant position (such as side control) by retracting your hooks and realigning your hips to secure the win and prepare for another attempt if needed.
Key Concepts:
- Maintaining your balance and grip integrity is crucial throughout the move.
- Timing and hip movement are vital to unsettle the opponent’s balance, making the submission more effective.
- Utilize a coordinated pull-push mechanism – pulling the opponent's shoulder and pushing their wrist – to maximize leverage in the joint lock.
Embrace patience and precision as you refine the 'Sailor Kimura,' emphasizing not only technique but fluid transitions throughout.
How to Execute
# Sailor Kimura from Butterfly Guard
## Setup
- **Initial Position Details**: Begin in the seated Butterfly Guard position. Your opponent should be kneeling in front of you. Your legs are bent with your feet inside your opponent's thigh line, ready to engage.
- **Grips and Controls Needed**: Establish a strong overhook on one of your opponent's arms. Use your opposite hand to grip the wrist of the overhooked arm, forming the initial setup for the Kimura grip.
## Steps
1. **Control and Elevate**: Use the overhook and wrist grip to control your opponent's arm. Lean slightly to the side of the overhooked arm to create an angle. Simultaneously, use your feet to elevate your hips, making your posture more dynamic and threatening.
2. **Swing into Position**: As you lean and elevate, use your free leg (the one opposite the overhooked arm) to swing out and around, aiming to hook behind your opponent's far knee. This motion will off-balance them and set up the attack.
3. **Establish the Kimura Grip**: With your opponent off-balance, secure the Kimura grip by interlocking your hands in a figure-four grip around their overhooked arm. Ensure your wrist grip is tight and your elbow is clamped over their shoulder.
4. **Rotate and Sweep**: Use your hooked leg to pull and rotate your opponent's body over your torso while pushing with your overhook and pulling with your wrist grip. This motion will further destabilize them and initiate the sweep.
5. **Finish the Kimura**: As your opponent rolls over, follow the motion to come on top. Maintain the Kimura grip tightly. Adjust your position to be perpendicular to their body, then rotate their arm behind their back to finish the submission, lifting their elbow while controlling their wrist.
## Key Points
- **Important Details to Remember**: Ensure your grips are tight and secure before attempting to sweep. Maintain constant pressure with your legs to keep your opponent off-balance.
- **Common Mistakes to Avoid**:
- Failing to create an angle before attempting the sweep, which can lead to ineffective control.
- Allowing space between your body and your opponent's shoulder, lessening the power of the Kimura grip.
- Not following through with the sweep, which could result in losing the dominant position and the submission.
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