Gi: Breaking Half Guard and Kimura from side control
Breaking Half Guard
In half guard, chest to chest (similar to side control) underhooked head for head control and underhooked arm
- Hand that is underhooking arm goes out past opponent’s head and plants on the mat like a suction
- Switch head position so your head is on the other side of opponent’s head (your head is acting as a wall so opponent can’t turn towards you). -so on one side of opponent’s head is your head and on the other side is your arm
- Use your head as a pillar/post and get on your tip toes and tip toe the leg in the guard up so guard falls below the knee
- Bring your knee to the ground and try and free it
- you can use your free leg to help pry it free
- with hand that was/is underhooking head, grab opponent’s shoulder/elbow and bring it up to put your knee in there to establish side control
North South Kimura from side control/step 5 of previous step
- Arm fishes in the space of opponent’s arm to create a space for knee to come in
- Knee (that is closest to opponent’s head) goes into the space and goes down, pinning opponent’s hand with your knee
- Windshield wiper on your opponent’s arm
- Step leg not pinning opponent’s arm on opponent’s side (knee should not be down and will be up along opponent’s back)
- Establish a Kimura grip on opponent’s other arm
- Pull arm up so opponent is on their side
- Get their arm at a 90 degree angle and slowly turn their wrist towards their hip