The term "Kimura" comes from the Gracie family (Brazilian Jiujitsu) who named the hold after Masahiko Kimura, the Judoka who defeated Helio Gracie with that hold. Obviously, prior to that, Kimura himself learned in in Judo, where it's referred to as an Ude Garami. In Catch wrestling, it's called a Double Wrist Lock, a Bar Hammerlock, or a Chicken Wing. You can see examples of it in Medieval texts on Kamfringen, or wrestling for combat. In China and in Tokugawa-era Japan, there are examples of it being used under various names.
Those are just the places I've seen it documented. It's really a very common way to attack the arm, so I'd be very surprised if it wasn't one of the most common holds in martial arts history.
Yep it a Judo lock names after the man who made it famous. It is now widely used and used in most grappling styles for hundreds/thousands of years. It was always a part of traditional grappling but it wasnt until Masahiko Kimura made it famous that it become known as the Kimura. Then the rise of the Gracie's and seeing its use in GJJ/BJJ that it spread in popularity all over the world as the Kimura.
Edit>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @Darth - what Callsign said is basically what Byron and i said except he has gone into more detail. None of us are saying the lock has not been around for a very long time, we actually said that. But it became famous through Kimura using it in Judo and then it become widespread from their. The actual submission itself has been around forever but the name "Kimura" for the lock began from Judo is what we are saying
The Kimura was paased down to Judo and eventually to BJJ via Kimura Sensei, from Classical Jujutsu.
You all failed.
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Except for Callsign. He knows... unlike kw.
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Understood.
But the question is not who made it famous, but what art it comes from. So Callsign answered correct in saying that it belongs to many arts including Chinese and European, etc.
As Shaeeck rightly pointed out, it is a simple shoulder lock that, when performed on the ground, has been given the name of a great judoka who used it in a famous match. The basic technique of locking up the shoulder goes back a long, long time, probably before recorded history I suppose. But if we are strictly speaking about when this is performed on the ground and called a Kimura, Judo is your answer. The popularization of grappling through the UFC has bought the technique some added airplay.
Masahiko Kimura (木村 政彦 Kimura Masahiko?, September 10, 1917 – April 18, 1993) was a Japanese judoka (Judo practitioner) who is widely considered one of the greatest judoka of all time.[1][2][3] Kimura (5 ft 7in 170 cm; 85 kg, 187 lb) was born on September 10, 1917 in Kumamoto, Japan. In submission grappling, the reverse ude-garami arm lock is often called the "Kimura", due to his famous victory over Gracie jiu-jitsu developer Hélio Gracie.
Judo (Jujitsu, JiuJitsu)
Judo, named after Masahiko Kimura
WRONG. Kimura learned the kimura-lock (aka double wrist lock) from Karl Gotch (who was a catch wrestler), not from Judo. But yeah, submissions have been around for thousands of years.
I must agree with Callsign on this. Not that other gave wrong information, but Callsign is the most complete. It doesn't belong to one specific martial art. It is used and taught in many different martial arts for centuries. It only became popular and called kimura after the Judoko, Kimura used it to defeat a member of the famous Gracies family. Then people began to call it a kimura naming it after him.
You will find this being taught in judo, jujutsu, aikido, karate, and now gjj and bjj as well as others as mentioned by Callsign.
I'm a judo player an I say old style Pancras was the first to incorporate it. Same with the shoulder trow and single leg.
i think this is also the move many catch wrestlers are upset about it being called that because they called it somethying else before that
Originated in Judo. Adopted in Jujitsu and some other arts that include grappling.
