Scissor Guard Update

This is an update on my progress with Scissor Guard.

I talked to my instructor on this and showed him the Scissor Sweep variations from this guard and he thought it was ok, however there were more options from the traditional scissor sweep and proceeded to show me a new sweep. I have looked online and I do not see this one anywhere so I will try to describe it.

Essentially you do the traditional scissor sweep and the opponent bases up to the opposite side, so you pull them on you and use your knee to push them over to that side. It is a very nifty move that takes very little effort.

I have to agree with my instructor that attempting the traditional scissor sweep does seem to offer bit more options which include but not limited to:

• Replace guard if it goes wrong.
• New sweep which I will refer to as knee sweep.
• Cross reversal
• Entry to butterfly guard
• Sit up for hip bump reversal

That being said I did get an chance to execute the Scissor Guard sweeps with good results however I will probably will only use it when I cannot get the traditional scissor sweep position. What really does intrigue me though is the Scissors Guard: Switching Sides to Gi Choke since I can use the switch to set up the Hip Bump (shown in the last post) and set up one of my favorites, the Flower Sweep (we refer to this as the Breakdance reversal).

More homework for next week, so stay tuned...