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Maybe I am missing the point of this thread or I am looking at it too simply, but I always do one escape for the kimura from half-guard: use the close-side knee to break his grip. I saw this on Gustavo Machado's Great Escapes and Counters DVD, and it works like a charm. For those who don't know, you basically use the knee that it on the same side as the kimura'd-arm to push his arm that is closest to your hips off. You then go back to your underhook.
That works , but at least with me rolling with some of the better guys when I do that defense I get my half guard passed to that side. As soon as I lay that knee in there to scrape the hand off they will release the hand and grab the inside of my knee pinning it to the mat and now they can pass to that side. Sometimes if they are real fast go straight to mount.