Tony Cecchine's American Catch Wrestling: Standing Double Wrist Lock (Kimura)

A demonstration of catch wrestling's foundational move, the double wrist lock. Also known as a kimura, the standing double wrist lock in catch wrestling is far more than merely a shoulder attack. In fact, the shoulder attack is only the second stage of this compound attack, which begins with a forearm break. The key to the move is the initial "twist," obtained when the hold is properly gripped up. Coupled with that is the way body weight is used both to move the opponent, get him off balance, and apply the force needed to break that bone. The shoulder attack -- stage 2, if you will -- involves taking the arm away from the back, not UP the back in a hammer lock. A graphic demonstration of the ferocity of the double wrist lock as it's used in American catch wrestling as compared to how its used in both pro wrestling-influenced catch and jiu jitsu. Clip from the new 12-DVD sequel to The Lost Art of Hooking, Snap, No Tap! Produced by Paladin Press.

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• kimura
• double wrist lock
• bjj
• mma
• submission grappling
• kimura escape
• ufc
• scientific wrestling
• CACC

[nHautamaki]

Just a question about the wrist lock... it seems to me that if the opponent is about as strong as you or stronger there's no way you're going to be able to twist his arm by grabbing his wrist there. It isn't even arm strength against arm strength, it's grip strength against arm strength.  If he is resisting, I think your hand is going to slide around his wrist while his arm stays still. That's why you often see kimuras applied with less than ideal arm position imo.

[cecchinecatch]

@nHautamaki You don't really twist his arm, you use your entire body -- hip movement, turn, etc., -- and the "twist" is enacted merely by having grabbed the hand in the proper way. You aren't giving an Indian burn here. This is a timing move -- much like an arm drag (and deployed in a similar way, incidentally).

[hedges1]

whats the difference between this and the lost art of hooking? im thinking of purchasing this but is it the same stuff as the lost art of hooking?

[cecchinecatch]

@hedges1 This series takes you all the way from stand-up to takedowns and throws to the ground. LAOH, for how great it is, is a compendium of hooks / submission holds, along with some very valuable info on ground control. Snap, No Tap! is the best thing Tony's ever done. You can spend the next 10 years training off of it. My kid even uses it to augment his amateur wrestling training.

[JFDF69]

Which dvd is this off of.

[cecchinecatch]

@JFDF69 From the Snap, No Tap! set from Paladin. This technique is on the standing submission volume.

[tyebo87]

wasnt catch wrestling invented in the UK?

[HanzzzCZECH]

@phattybmc Well, thing is, double wrist lock has been known long before Kimura was born, but its origins are in Judo. The term "Kimura" is used in BJJ for reverse ude-garami, because Kimura Masahiko used it to submit Hélio Gracie in their famous fight.

[myloveforMMA]

@theguyi26 Your fore-arm has the support your body.

[williambbertram]

I'd love to train some catch. Nice video.

[kaindrg]

@nHautamaki the point in catch wrestling si that even if its not initially successful the attemped ends up serving a a distraction, it works fairly well since each failed lock is a transition into ur next one

[DanteSoto8610]

he sai "AH!" lmao "thats not a deminstration" lmao

[phattybmc]

long before kimura was born?--wow!--typical american egotistical idiot

[koalicija1]

animal...

[theguyi26]

There's something I don't understand. You're putting your own forearm against their forearm. You stress both your and your opponent's forearm at the middle place. What's to make sure that your forearm doesn't break first? 

[thejokerrm]

For some reason every time i try this lock my opponent only feels wrist pain but i never get pressure on the forearm...does anybody know what im doing wrong?

[TheBigCheech1120]

your grip on his wrist differs from a kimura because in a kimura you use a monkey grip where your thumb as actually not around his wrist at all, but its over the top.