If you watched UFC Fight Night: Ladd vs Dumont, you might have caught Ramazan Emeev taking Danny Roberts to the mat with a Kimura takedown. At the time it was called creative by the commenting team but like Jim said “as we all know, the one thing that thousand-year-old martial arts do all the time is change.” This video from 2009 has Nick Diaz showing how he does the kimura takedown.
The kimura takedown uses the kimura arm submission that we all know and love (if you don’t know and love the kimura, check out How To Do a Kimura From Guard in BJJ – Forced Variation, How To Do A Kimura From Side Control Bottom in BJJ.
Start: Standing, opponent has back with double under hooks
Step 1: Target which we of opponent’s hands is on top, this will be the side you attack. Grab that wrist with your other side hand
Step 2: Push down on opponent’s wrist with both of your hands while you base down.
Step 3: Use the space created by basing down to weave your attacking side hand over opponent’s arm and through to grab your other wrist.
Step 4: Push down and base to break opponent’s grip
Step 5: Turn towards attacking side and push opponent’s arm up, causing them to follow the motion and go off balance
Finish: Side control via kimura takedown