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John Danaher: Kimura — Enter The System

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Kimura: Enter The System

By John Danaher

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Kimura: Enter The System treats the kimura as an attack with several possible outcomes. John Danaher covers grip and arm-position problems, dorsal and T-kimura configurations, reinforced-hand defenses and switches to other submissions or positions.

Applications extend from side control and half guard to turtle, standing takedowns and scrambles. The course is especially relevant to grapplers who want back-taking and submission connections around the kimura as well as the direct finish.

Is this for you?

• You want to turn kimura attacks into positional advances, back takes and other submissions.

Also consider

Neil Melanson: The Filthy Kimura — A four-volume treatment of double-wrist-lock variations, frame counters and guard-to-half-guard sequences.

Coverage and limits

• Kimura grips and arm positioning, dorsal and T configurations, and reinforced-hand defenses.
• Back takes, triangles and arm locks, with applications from side control, guard, turtle and takedown exchanges.

Limits

• This is an eight-volume positional kimura curriculum, including advanced submission connections beyond the basic shoulder lock.

Go to this course: Kimura: Enter The System

Related guides and principles

These related references are not a claim about what the course teaches or evidence of practical mastery.

Control Maintenance

Submission Chains

Fork Attacks

Transition Management

Position Chains

Positional Sparring

John Danaher: Straightjacket Back Attacks

John Danaher: Back Attacks

Neil Melanson: The Filthy Kimura — Compare Melanson’s double-wrist-lock and frame-counter material.

Review related technique cards

• Kimura Trap (Position)

• Kimura to Back Take (Transition)

• Rolling Kimura (Transition)

• Kimura (Submission)

• Reverse Kimura (Submission)

• Kimura from Half Guard (Submission)

• Front Headlock (Position)

• Side Control (Position)

• Half Guard (Position)

• Turtle (Position)

• Back Control (Position)

• Mount (Position)

• North-South (Position)

• North-South to Kimura (Transition)

• Americana (Submission)

Sources Expand for evidence and notes

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Kimura: Enter The System by John Danaher — official listing; checked 2026-09-19. Verified title, instructor and eight-volume outline, including dorsal and T kimuras, alternative submissions, positional switches and applications from top, bottom and standing. On 2026-09-19 UTC, verified the introductory player in the product banner and the course cover image. Muted inline autoplay was verified on https://bjjgraph.org by observing advancing video time. The introduction content was not reviewed.

The Filthy Kimura by Neil Melanson — official listing; checked 2026-09-16. Verified title, instructor and four-volume syllabus, including double-wrist-lock foundations, frame counters, guard sequences and half-guard material.