Double-wrist lock control

Double-wrist lock control is the catch-wrestling name for the kimura-grip position used as a positional control rather than a finishing submission — the figure-four wrist-and-arm configuration used to manage the opponent’s arm across multiple transitions and submission threats.

Etymology. “Double wrist lock” is the catch-wrestling name for the figure-four grip configuration (one hand on the opponent’s wrist, the second hand reinforcing via a wrap around the opponent’s arm); “control” distinguishes the positional use from the finishing rotation that catch wrestlers separately call “double wristlock” or “double wristlock finish.” The catch tradition separates the grip-as-position from the grip-as-submission more cleanly than BJJ vocabulary, which sometimes conflates both under “kimura.” The term entered modern no-gi submission grappling through catch instructors and remains the term of choice in catch-wrestling instructional contexts.

Mechanics. The configuration isolates the opponent’s arm from the body’s defensive frame and provides a high-leverage handle for transitions — to the back, to a sweep, to a forward pass, or to the finishing rotation. The two-handed grip prevents the opponent from retrieving the trapped arm independently, segmenting the body so the rest of the structure cannot defend the limb’s positional control.

Cross-reference. BJJ uses “kimura grip” or “kimura trap”; judo uses ude garami for the grip configuration. Full mechanical coverage on Kimura Control.