scissor leg takedown (garry tonon EBI 1)

[Matt Skaff]

Yea, I used to practice this technique a lot and had hit a few times in training without anyone getting hurt. But one time sam was going for a single leg and I hit him with this technique and i rolled his ankle pretty bad. Luckily, I had put my hand to the mat so I did not put my full weight on his ankle. I have wondered a few times how bad his ankle injury would have been if I had just flown into the scissor leg take down full force. Since that day I have not practiced this technique because you can not do it at almost every tournament. The risk of injury is just to high to be doing during normal training. However, I still have plans to practice the technique for future tournaments that allow it.