Alias · Kimura system
Russian tie kimura
Also known as Standing Kimura — the canonical term used on this site.
Training background: Entry-specific name — refers to the Russian tie to figure-four transition
Russian tie → figure-four kimura entry
Russian tie kimura is the entry-specific name for the standing kimura attacked from a Russian-tie grip — the attacker transitions from a 2-on-1 head-outside control to a figure-four wrap on the same arm and finishes the shoulder lock from standing.
Etymology. The compound name attaches two existing vocabularies: “Russian tie” (the wrestling-standard 2-on-1 grip configuration) and “kimura” (the BJJ name for the figure-four shoulder lock the catch tradition called the double-wristlock). Compound names of this shape — entry-grip + finishing-position — are common in modern no-gi when an entry sequence becomes prominent enough to warrant its own label rather than being treated as a generic standing kimura. The Russian-tie-to-kimura entry entered submission-grappling competition vocabulary through the 2010s and 2020s.
Mechanics. The Russian tie isolates the target arm by removing it from the body’s frame, then the figure-four grip closes the shoulder-rotation lock and loads the joint against its natural range as the attacker rotates around the fixed point of the gripped arm.
Cross-reference. Some contexts use “standing kimura from 2-on-1” or “Russian tie figure-four.” Full mechanical coverage on Standing Kimura.