Monday, November 02, 2009

Kimura to monson...

Thanks to Mark, our visiting purple, for putting some thought into a question of mine... we'd talked about kimuras from side one morning, but I complained that people don't usually make the mistake of waving their arm in front of your face and instead reach high over your back.

His answer is to quickly (avoid being rolled) tuck the headside arm under their neck (from the far side to the near side) and go N/S, which levers shut the angle between your humerus and your ulna. If you put your head on the mat next to their near shoulder/clavicle (not leaving it on their sternum like I always did, grrr) you often can tap them from there-- if not, just gable grip and flex your biceps for the choke.

Nice. Thanks Mark!

4 comments:

A.D. McClish said...

Sounds simple enough in theory. I'm sure I'll find a way to mess it up in reality. ;)

Is what you just described transitioning to an arm triangle? Or did I misread it? It's hard to visualize things sometimes without actually seeing it.

Georgette said...

No, but close-- a Monson choke is a N/S choke with only your arm around their neck, neither of their arms in. It's named that after Jeff Monson who won a big match with it...

Jason said...

I agree. It is hard to visualize. But thank you for the post, Georgette.

leslie said...

Also known as the Big Poppa, at least around here. And there is an arm-in version (near arm), though it's harder to finish.