How To Do The Perfect Kimura From Side Control by John Danaher

How To Do The Perfect Kimura From Side Control by John Danaher
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"Bernardo Faria is a 5x World Champion. Bernardo started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Juiz de Fora - MG, Brazil at the age of 14 in 2001. After receiving the Black Belt from his first instructor Ricardo Marques in 2008, He moved to Sao Paulo to join BJJ legend Fabio Gurgel and his Alliance team. After many years of training and winning many major titles, Bernardo moved to NYC in 2013 to train and teach at Marcelo Garcia Academy. In 2015 Bernardo achieved his dream of winning the IBJJF World Championship Open class title and his division, doing the double Gold and becoming the 1st in the IBJJF Ranking and also choosed as the best athlete of 2015.
Bernardo Faria has now taken on the mission to share some of the lessons, techniques, experiences and more that he has learned along in his 16 years and counting as a BJJ student, teacher and world class competitor.
Subscribe to his channel, and join him in this amazing BJJ Journey. We promise that you will also improve your BJJ with his awesome Video Lessons, Episodes of his "5 Minutes BJJ Talk" and more..."
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[@BernardoFariaBJJ]

Where is your favorite Kimura from? I love it from top side control.

[@1OTDM]

His voice makes it sound like he's telling me a secret

[@IvanCapitani]

He is

[@av7726]

He is

[@tOOballs]

He is

[@armandocepeda7533]

He is

[@phantom_mist1726]

He is

[@Phoenix00744]

When Bernardo said "very excited" in the beginning, I was afraid he wouldn't say it's a big honor for him. But he said it. Thank you.

[@AlGhazali505]

LOL me too xD

[@kashura38]

loooooooool

[@moiseshernandez6234]

@@AlGhazali505zZzs so d😅😅😅ududu😅

[@hhattonaom9729]

crisis averted

[@mubarkqardas46]

Person: hey John show me a basic submission. Danaher: ok you see the human body is split up into 2 half's, 8 limbs and 3 dimensions being spiritual,mental and physical that's how we all coexist within this ecosystem being watched by the extraterrestrials from the supernova of the crab nebula constellation of Taurus, so that's why I found it best to do this technique this way.

[@Jorge-wg9tq]

Hes like the Kai Greene of BJJ 😂 Kais a sick bodybuilder that talks about reps like theyre Shakespeares sonnets

[@dieselx999]

🤣🤣🤣

[@perfectlyaware2953]

LMAO!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jiujitsukitty9319]

Hahahhahahhahah accurate

[@dfgg8894]

Haha lmao 🤣 he's an intense dude for sure. I love this guy!

[@kythe7429]

As soon as danaher started speaking, I had to turn the volume up

[@MichaelJeffrey]

I had to rush out and buy a new $5,000 sound system to amplify the silence

[@jedibjj5488]

As soon as he started speaking I had to mute.

[@harryhardwick3267]

Then as soon as Bernardo started speaking again I needed new eardrums

[@gymlaxbro]

He’s like my farts, silent but deadly

[@SwedishEgg1]

Haha same I had it on full volume

[@timparkes4718]

John “The Hannibal Lecter of Jiu Jitsu” Danaher

[@joejr9653]

Sounds so sinister. His calm james bond villain accent, so calmly explaining how to break you.

[@robertappleby4891]

Joe Jr it's zen like!

[@bigmember5908]

let me tell you, how I murder people...… lol

[@edwardtupper6374]

Big member no at no point does he kill outright. He just wrenches all their joints and they die from shock. So that's more like only manslaughter.

[@anonymouse7095]

Joe Jr I’m not sure you can compare him to James Bond anymore...

[@jscarpa2002]

He definitely has a Lex Luthor air about him.

[@MrSleekit]

John Danaher is such an amazing teacher. The way he breaks down techniques gives you such a deep understanding of what your goals are and the keys to the technique he is teaching. This elevates our ability to apply the technique correctly. Great stuff.

[@fredfrond6148]

Thank you Bernado for sacrificing your arm to further you tube’ knowledge base on the Kimura.

[@IAMBARNABAS-777]

John Danaher was put on this planet to teach, on campus at Columbia University or on the mats at the Gracie Jiu Jitsu Academy, this man was meant to teach.

[@machinegunpreacher2469]

I'm a brown belt who has specialized in shoulder locks for nearly ten years and I STILL learned quite a bit from this video. You can never know it all gents, so don't pass these "basic" tutorials up no matter how long you've been at it. Thank you sirs for the information.

[@asengeorgiev7848]

Congratulations for not giving up on watching the "basic" tutorials, man! I'm a white belt (who also specializes in shoulder and elbow locks), so I'm sure I'd learn more than you from this video :) ! I just have more stuff I don't know. Off to watch it now.

[@ciobanucatalin6187]

Bernardo, you really liked this technique. I could see it on your face

[@juntjoonunya9216]

Bernardo is always liking something.

[@Luiz997488]

My man was regretting every life decision

[@Howling-Mad-Murdock]

Old vid but golden info. My daughter has been doing mma training for a few years now and I’m generally ok with advice and help with striking, but grappling is an unknown to me. We’ve just gone through this step by step and, an hour later, it feels like she’s ruined my shoulder for a couple of days! Just as an idea of how effective that was, I’m 6’1” and 210lb and she’s an 11 year old girl!😂

[@gabrielforsberg8744]

Grappling is the great equalizer!

[@26gutshot]

Word on the street is Danaher practices on cadavers first to find all breaking points. Rash guard is for safety always dealing with dead bodies. DDS name was given to them because this is the team that would go to hospitals and wait on warm fresh bodies as soon as they expired to be used as experimentation.

[@dimecanal]

evil genius

[@yankeetiger41]

I've got some ocean front property in Arizona....

[@PeterJames143]

Don't lie dude

[@joopsnoop]

I can confirm this fact. I am one of the senior shift nurses at the Presbyterian Hospital on 51st, close to the RG Academy. We have a close working relationship with Mr Danaher and his team so that when we have an intact body comes in we hit a communication button which sets off a notification in the academy so they know. They have set up a 4 x 4 training area to the west side of the paramedics emergency entry for them to practice moves whilst the bodies are still warm.

[@jf1996100]

@@joopsnoop wait wtf really?!

[@slattman1509abn]

And just like that my kimura game has been permanently changed. Bernardo is probably my favorite personality in the BJJ community and the addition of John Danaher is the perfect combination for my learning style. Thank you Bernardo!

[@shobukan5555]

Bernardo is such a sweet, humble bjj representative

[@brassvulcher8207]

he is not all this is actually wrong

[@dirtychimpstudios5794]

When John Danaher speaks, my soul opens up like a child asking for a hug

[@railroadtrash09]

That creaking sound couldn't have been at a better time lol.

[@juggernautmma42]

PigIron BigIron I just heard it and read your comment. Lol

[@mw6788]

Khabib executes his Kimuras exactelly the same way. Really nicely explained🤙🤙

[@Abbassis15]

haha i was thinking khabib through out the whole video

[@bigmember5908]

is this how he did Michale Johnson or is there a different reference?

[@juntjoonunya9216]

Oh yeah, that's right. Sorry Michael Johnson

[@ze714]

Just watched the video again, and you are 100% right man! EXACT same technique, EXACT same steps into advancing to the final position! That man Khabib is a straight killer.... Scary shit. His understanding of body positioning for takedowns, top control and submissions are truly remarkable

[@abdurrahmankhan2775]

He trains their quite a lot.

[@kanguessokang9918]

He speaks so low like a tennis or golf commentator 😭😭

[@juntjoonunya9216]

I was thinking jenga

[@uipize]

danaher has the talent, just like the gracies to talk around a subject for ages, the only diffrent is, he talks slower and like he explain a airplain engine

[@panicjiu-jitsu5834]

@@nocapcryptoo comp means not as much when it comes to coaching. People confuse skill with knowledge. One can be transmitted the other earned. John is hands down the top grappling coach in modern times. Name one who is sought after more than he? Ill wait...you cant...just because someone executes something well does not mean they can teach it well.... that is fact in any sport

[@michaelbishop9157]

donnie ward I agree to an extent - no-one has been better at articulating technique and mechanics better than JD. All this invisible Jiu-Jitsu bollocks was just people who didn’t have the ability to articulate it

[@uipize]

@@panicjiu-jitsu5834 i agree, you dont need comps, but i dont see john as the best coach. he has a wierd way of explaining stuff, with overcomplex sentences. he dont use more physic/biology in his stuff than some other good coaches. i think its his ability to break down stuff to zero what makes him great, but to be on the top he needs to explain it easy, not make it sound more complex than it is, but thats how he sales himself i guess

[@panicjiu-jitsu5834]

@@nocapcryptoo not a fail...you named great grapplers and great coaches BUT not as sought after as him all around. Money alone wins this arguement. Lol ask bernard whos videis sale the most and fastest. Its not even close. I love all those guys also. But John is a more sought after coach...just because YOU dont think so doesnt make it true. Numbers prove it.

[@dave-oh3549]

students of Jiu jitsu You know John has some serious physical limitations in his hips and legs that prevent him from competing. John might not have competed, but that doesn't diminish at all his ability to teach. Look at the students he has produced and how they have dominated the sub only scene. The guys you mentioned are great BJJ athletes and most of them have produced decent Dvds, but the anticipation and sales of their respective DVDs pale in comparison to John's; and John's DVDs have only recently been released.

[@flesz_]

I never trained in my life, and after watching all those videos I am planning to go pass the black belt exam

[@joeclaudio9841]

My favorite submission from my favorite position, made even better thanks to both these amazing professors. Thank you, obrigado, and everyday freaking porrada porra!

[@CommissarJake]

This is a really good guide, just started BJJ and don't know any subs outside a triangle from guard. Well, I watched this and I can happily say I managed to get my first tap in open rolling. Good stuff, now I've got to watch the rest of your guides.

[@timnevinger5056]

The honor was only big today not huge. 😥

[@EndrChe]

Big thanks to Bernardo Faria for being such a good and patient practice dummy in every one of these vids. 🙏 It’s a tough job.

[@BJJWorld]

Amazing! So insightful!

[@ahmedfaraj2426]

Amazing! Very similar if not identical to the Kimura that Khabib used against Michael Johnson

[@kallepikku4991]

Doublewrist Lock is the old armlock in the books.

[@dyonesios]

Is there a video on how Danaher learned all this stuff? I want more on his story. How did he see all these techniques in ways no one else seemed to.

[@harithjones3083]

Go watch the JRE episode of him and Joe Hogan’s long discussion. You get all that breakdown and history. It’s like a 3 hour secret all in that awe/fear inspiring serial killer voice!

[@triesterx]

If I dont buy this... will I always have a weak and anemic pull? Lol gonna have so many more danaherisms when this drops

[@USAisAFK]

I love how you describe each part of the move and why you do it, in detail. Thank you.

[@MackTrainingAcademy]

He is turning the kimura into a deadlift or goodmorning type action. Great use of leverage. Going to the end of the elbow is a huge detail. From what I have found, elbow at their shoulder provides the most control, elbow at their elbow provides the most breaking pressure.

[@SuperThejim]

Dude, 6:00 is hardly the time to rest in position while delivering a separate dissertation. He just stopped right there, haha

[@ze714]

I felt truly sorry for Bernardo hahaha

[@MackTrainingAcademy]

His understanding of the concepts are amazing. His way of putting it together to explain is 2nd to none!

[@paulorawdogcosta3630]

I don’t like this technique because I feel my opponent would bite my nuts off in a street fight

[@juntjoonunya9216]

Good point. And I would.

[@rhabenic]

@@juntjoonunya9216 lol

[@nbklepp]

I’ve never seen BF quite so miserable before.

[@MTBJJ2001]

Tried this during my mma class last night during our grappling I knew gwhat I was doing in my head but my body just wasn’t ready, I didn’t have my hands in the right place. Like I saw the opening and took it but I was thinking to much, so here I am😂

[@efitwithnick]

It’s easy to see why his students do so well. Thanks for the instruction.

[@timothybarnard4068]

I feel like I understand this position for the first time

[@trxscreed]

Been struggling with finishing this for a while with opponents sitting up and preventing me from stepping over. I've eventually just been going to a full helmet on the opponent to finish it. Will give this a try.

[@zakaria_chana]

Free instruction by an amazing pedagogue in full HD. What can I say, we are blessed. John, I saw you on Rogan, hope your knee is getting better.

[@royburge3611]

He sounds like an audio book, great voice

[@rma1563]

I kept thinking about Khabib's kimura against michael johnson the whole time!

[@chadsteel]

these little adjustments. positioning the hips and angle on the shoulder are game changers. Thank you.

[@pipebomb717]

Woah, guys i tried this after the update it still works on current patch!!

[@simonnaylor7983]

I like John Danahers way of teaching. Very calm and detailed. I'm going to try this at my next no gi class!

[@Wayniesgirl]

These explanations help us understand the physics behind these moves which is so key. I just appreciate these tutorials so much ! Thank you 😊

[@omn5142]

the way this guy blankly stares into space worries me

[@bjjbrawler1]

Im sure part of it is respect when someone else is speaking, and lets face it theyre trying to make a video.. but then I think Danaher is 100% committed to jiu-jitsu science and lives and breathes it.

[@igorthebrave5921]

In my humble opinion, the best execution in real combate of a similar kimura, technique execution explained by mastet John Danahet in the video above. Was implied by The Last Emperor, Feodor Emelianenko in the fight against Kevin Rondelman. Is worth checking out.

[@kaiceecrane3884]

The mechanics of a kimura is the same as a toe hold, can apply these same principles to toe holds too

[@stuart124]

I usually find that my opponents legs are too long to allow me to properly apply the teabag.

[@alecsandoval1214]

Danaher: ...where the elbow can be taken completely out of the socket... Bernardo: -guys I was very impressed

[@bexmx]

Great detailed explaination. I love the kimura. I love this concept on the finish. Epic! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 I'm adding that to my toolbox immediately!

[@Leitefsj]

Kimura has become my main form of attack (and of course, it can turn into other attacks) thanks to this DVD.

[@mstripling86]

Danaher is probably one of the best bjj coaches I've ever seen, if not the best.

[@snorelion]

Thank you both of you Coach!! Love you and respect you!!!

[@11Khalid11]

I feel like Bernado is tapping too late for the sake of this video. We appreciate your pain for us Bernardo.

[@abuzz9993]

We can see his face in pain. Thanks, KIMARUS HURT

[@danielvalluzzi1024]

Genius! It’s like what people learn in general at a BJJ academy is to beat average Joe’s on the street but the stuff John teaches to to beat black belts

[@lassiterleon737]

I can only imagine the look of relief on Bernardo's face when he lets go of the kimura

[@triesterx]

Tremendous. Breaking. Tension. To yo wallet!

[@mubarkqardas46]

🤣

[@slavicvolk]

3:20 pull dominant kimura 5:26 details to counter hip block 7:20 repeat

[@CommunismiEstCacas]

Wow! Excellent teacher. Thank you Bernardo. Deus os abençoem.

[@Iron_DD]

Been thinking of buying his Kimura System but thought it was a bit pricey...this may have convinced me

[@David-fv2hj]

Did you buy it? Is it worth it?

[@boza32321]

I was grappling today and i got side control and had the kimura and coudlnt finish no matter what cant wait to try this the next session

[@lake_cooper]

I really like this variation. I've always found success with the traditional "paintbrush" method the Gracies often use, but this is also a great option, and it seems to offer more torque...just be sure to maintain balance and position. I dig it.

[@ishigoku]

Bernardo is extremly respectfull and humble to say he misses the kimura and cant finish it He is the perfect exemple of a true student of knowledge ! As for j danaher well no comment he is like a scholar in the subject 🙏

[@DMiddle]

best kimura application I've ever seen! hooked on this video :)

[@xxxocampo7215]

Sinister look on John Danaher on 9:38

[@feedyourspeakers]

You can really see the difference between getting yuur hips up higher and just trying to reach for it in side control. Great insight.

[@jonlaver6014]

Excellent explanation, very articulate, class!

[@FactsForTheWin]

Thank you for sharing. These videos are extremely helpful.

[@FactsForTheWin]

Thank you so much as always, huge honor for me.

[@neilnapolitano6852]

Bloody brilliant he is

[@hughprobyn9739]

Danaher's explanations are so concise it makes it easy to watch and then try his moves out in class.

[@virgild88]

Excellent. So much insight. Thank you.

[@fewhavestrength]

that guy is not of this earth!

[@juntjoonunya9216]

He looks like the alien from Promethius

[@gp1003]

Awesome teabagmura move

[@lake_cooper]

*So many people talking about whose version is better. Just like the various martial arts, there is no "best method". Different methods work better in different situations, on different people. It's best to understand them all. Chill, folks. See and enjoy all the branches of the beautiful tree...

[@lake_cooper]

@@craigjones8518 "Better" varies from situation to situation, espeeeeecially with submissions. Certain people can bend more than others in various ways, OR your position may be compromised, OR you might be trying to retain a weapon on your side, OR you may be against a wall/furniture, OR your attacker might not comply to pain from certain angles, etc... ...and so on... Fact is, you are better off knowing all the variables, and being prepared.

[@EagleTrue]

Now everybody jiu jitsu is John Danaher style

[@Darkslider3000]

Eagle *dean lister John danajer was influenced by dean lister my friend

[@FR-ty5vn]

Thanks 🙏 to both - I learned a lot here!

[@tzknutz]

Thank you Bernardo for making these videos!

[@yangtroy1]

John danaher just asked me do u even kimura bro

[@informatiimanu9]

Amazing breakdown from John

[@TheDanielmeeks]

5:05 was that a pop 😨

[@andrewkim6037]

"Let's understand something..." I cranked the volume all the way up, lol!

[@Chinekeh]

Yeah yeah yeah whatever can I buy it now?

[@bryanmclean4224]

Danaher is an absolute master.

[@devinloveridge6805]

I learned this finish a long time ago from Mat Serra, nasty powerful finish for the kimura

[@johnbannon2812]

I always did the kimura from side control. Then I started using the double wrist lock from catch wrestling stepping over the head which worked better. John technique is by far the best superb instruction and explaining

[@JonathanRenaud-]

Billy Robinson's Double Wristlock > John Danaher's Kimura.

[@Nebelhom]

😂 subtitles interpret the word kimura as "caboodle". "So guys, John died shot an entire series about caboodle." 🤣 Yes, the "died" bit, too...

[@dokebicombatoutfitters3921]

John's rashguard available here: www.dokebicombat.com/bjj-rashguards/eternal-rash-guard-white

[@julianbassk]

classic Danaher intimidating ending -- I've seen elbows completely ripped out of sockets from this

[@bjj.university]

Looking for more free BJJ side control instructionals? Check out www.bjj.university/positions/side-control

[@sharkparty1027]

That is DANGEROUS breaking power. No joke.

[@Ryan21888]

Very well explained. I will be using this technique. Thank you all - OSS!

[@MrFreedom85]

I love the way he says “tremendous”

[@holmganghamburg]

i heard the name danaher and stopped the video. in the last instruction video he showed us 25min. how to grab a hand 🤣😂🤣

[@MrMe490]

yup.. Im going to lose 10 minutes of sleep every night...

[@ShellySummers]

Ok, can't wait for this DVD to come out

[@orangesurfer563]

I don't understand why everybody explain so difficult everything, you trying to look smart just show us the moves ,less talk more action

[@PH-xw1ri]

Danaher is a great teacher - and no broken Brazilian English.