As a BJJ player, I have to say, the pass that Kashiwazaki shows starting at 5:12 is one of the best Half-Guard passes I've ever found.  I use it all the time, on guys of every skill level.

Yeah, I was being sarcastic.  I am sure some Gracie nut polisher will swear the Kashiwazaki learned from a BJJer.

You're right. The Kimura that we judokas use is called Ude Garami. The brazilian stared to use the name Kimura for that move because Masahiko Kimura used to break Helio Gracie's arm. To the BJJ comunity, if you put the oponent's arm down is a Kimura. If you put the arm up is an Americana.

Interesting, I don't speek Japanese.. yet, I understand him. He's a great instructor.

I've always had a lot of difficulties passing the half guard... Finally, I have someone who shows the proper way to do it.

Kashiwazaki shows very good his moves in the dvd's that even not understanding japanese i have learned some of the moves

correct! select again!  "I'll stick with Marketing Ploys. For 50, Alex".

Actually the guy showing it is the famous Kashiwazaki...a Judoka with olympic experience and one mean Tomoenage (circle throw)

@Louis I know it's been 3 years since you asked the question, but as I don't see an answer, here you go: Uke's top leg is pressing over tori's leg onto his own bottom leg. If you push the top leg, you put even more pressure and it becomes harder to pull out (you get more leverage, but the increased pressure makes you work twice as hard). But if you pull the top leg, the bottom leg can't follow because your knee is blocking it and so you create tons of space to pull your leg out.

this is very impressive info for the advance graplers...great post.

Domô Arigatô Gozaimassu Sensei.

I really like too

plz it would be amazing with subtitles

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Yep niju garami means double entanglement and it is not the regular half guard but the same as eddie bravo calls "lockdown" and others in BJJ call the "scorpion guard."

excelente

So much detail. Wish I understood Japanese.

Gostei. Oss

@MacFlanahan "Basically Just JuJitsu". Whatever BJJ still came from Judo. So it would make sense to say that, rather than Jujitsu cause it wasn't a direct descendant.

@GHRepresent lol man, you have to remember there are varying degrees of Black Belt.  I've seen Black Belt Judo guys smash Blue belt BJJ, however I don't know what degree black belt he was.