Neil Melanson: The Filthy Kimura
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The Filthy Kimura
By Neil Melanson
The Filthy Kimura starts with double-wrist-lock foundations and expands into straight-arm, power and ground-marshal variations. Neil Melanson also covers frame counters, preventing the kimura and connections to arm bars.
Guard and half-guard sequences sit alongside hammer locks, top wrist locks and arm cranks. The four-volume course suits grapplers interested in a wider family of arm attacks around the kimura, including countering material.
Is this for you?
- You want kimura variations, counters and related arm locks from guard and half guard.
Also consider
John Danaher: Kimura — Enter The System — John Danaher’s eight-volume course expands dorsal and T kimuras into positional switches and back takes.
Coverage and limits
- Double-wrist-lock foundations, named kimura variations, frame counters and kimura defense.
- Guard and half-guard sequences, grip breaks, arm-bar connections and related arm locks.
Limits
- The course includes arm cranks, hammer locks and top wrist locks; it is broader than a basic bent-arm kimura finish.
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The Filthy Kimura by Neil Melanson — official listing; checked 2026-09-19. Verified title, instructor and four-volume syllabus, including double-wrist-lock foundations, frame counters, guard sequences and half-guard material. 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.
Kimura: Enter The System by John Danaher — official listing; checked 2026-09-16. Verified title, instructor and eight-volume outline, including dorsal and T kimuras, alternative submissions, positional switches and applications from top, bottom and standing.