The Kimura is one of the most powerful and versatile submissions in a grappler’s arsenal. It is known by different names depending on what style you practice. In Judo, it is known as the reverse ude-garami. In Catch Wrestling, it is known as the chicken wing/double wrist lock. But in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, it is […]

If you go down the list of UFC titleholders and contenders, the majority of them are not Jiu-Jitsu specialists.  There are more wrestlers, kickboxers, all around fighters than there are Jiu-Jitsu fighters and for those of us who remember the early to mid 90s when BJJ reigned supreme, we can ask ourselves: did Jiu-Jitsu stop […]

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