LEVEL: Intermediate / Advanced

Start with Part 1.

8. Here I have secured a solid side control position with my opponent’s arm trapped with the Kimura Lapel Trap.

9. From here, I have lots of options.  My personal preference is to switch to the traditional Kimura grip.

10. With this grip, I am in total control.  I force my opponent onto his side, and forward.

11. From here, I put my first hook in…

12. Keeping the Kimura grip, I insert my second hook.

13. Now that I have my opponent’s back, I continue to control his hand with my left hand while working up with my free right hand to the “harness” position, over and around his neck.

14. Harness Grip with a one-on-one.

15. Waiting until I have a deep grip on my opponent’s lapel, I will release the one-on-one and start working to choke.

16. If he allows me to control his elbow, I will finish him with the “single wing choke,” kata ha jime.

17. Otherwise, I will grab his pants as close as possible to the knee, finishing the “bow and arrow” choke.

Another Angle View of the Submission

LEVEL: Intermediate / Advanced

1. I am in my opponent’s half-guard.  I have switched my hips.

2. I reach over my opponent’s left shoulder and grip for the “Kimura” shoulder lock

3. Here I am establishing my grip on my own wrist for the Kimura.

4. Note that my left leg is out at 90 degrees and that my toes are “live.”

5. My opponent grabs his own belt to defend against the Kimura, so I start to untuck his lapel on that side….

6. …feeding the lapel through to my left hand.  This isolates his far side arm and pins my opponent’s back to the mat.

7. With my right arm free, I continue to pass the half guard as normal, freeing my right leg.

8. With this particular pass, I always work towards north/south- see part 2 for why.

LEVEL: Basic

Here I have my partner in my closed guard.  This means that my ankles are crossed around his back, over his hips.

I reach deeply inside my opponent’s collar.  I’m taking a cross grip here.

With my guard still closed, I take a same-side sleeve grip.  Note that my left elbow is pulled in close to my body.  This makes it very difficult for my opponent to resist the grip by pushing on my shoulder or planting on the ground with his right arm.

From here, I will simply pull my opponent forward.  This is probably the most neglected, and yet, most important element of a scissor sweep – the off-balance.

Now comes the “scissor” part.  My right leg extends, pushing my opponent’s torso forward.  My left leg scoops, taking away his base.

I follow to the top position, but I don’t slack off here- my right foot is ready to continue hooking my opponent’s left hip.  I use this to prevent his escape, and I follow to the top position….

…where I can achieve the full mount, complete with my right hand in my opponent’s collar.  I don’t let go of the sleeve grip with my left hand until I have established dominant top position.

From here, I base with my left hand, making sure I don’t get rolled back to guard with an “upa” escape.

Walking my hand all the way over to the other side of his neck, I “find the seam” that my right hand has created under my opponent’s neck.  I grab the “seam” with my left hand…..

And I drop my head to finish the choke, bringing my elbows to my sides.  This is just before my head drops.

LEVEL: Intermediate

1.I have established a classic “butterfly guard” position, complete with the near side underhook. If my opponent will allow me to grab his left arm with my right hand, I will go to a classic “bread and butter” butterfuly guard sweep

2.However, my opponent is smart, and keep’s his left hand away. So I dive underneath my opponent

3.Establishing a standard X-guard position

4.My opponent attempts to post, so I snatch away his base with my free left hand, continuing to hook his leg with my right hand

5.I lift with my legs, sweeping my opponent, and achieving the top position

6.Note that I have a solid knee-on-stomach position, which sets up the armlock, when I’m ready to step over his head

LEVEL: Basic

1. In this variation, I am gripping the inside of my opponent’s knees. Note that I force his feet to the floor by fully extending my arms and putting weight down.

2. I begin the classic “toreando” (AKA “bullfight”) pass by stepping to my left with my left foot first.

3. Instead of completing the pass, I intentionally step into my opponent’s legs with my right foot, switching my hips on the way down. A good grappler will always sit up when his feet are pinned to the ground, which makes the classic finish to this pass all but impossible.

4. Instead of passing a good guard in one motion, I put two passes together: toreando and the hip-switch half-gaurd pass.

5. I finish in reverse kesa gatame side control, ready to mount or finish my opponent.

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