10th Planet Rochester Video Training Blog: Scissor Sweep Attacks & Counters.

[Chris Herzog]

[Muhammad Abdou]

i watched this before, its pretty sweet. iv been wondering about the scissor sweep for a while though, do you think its worth utilizing at the high level? would it be possible to transition into it from positions like rubber guard?

[RichardC]

The school I go to emphasizes the scissor sweep A LOT. We'll do sweeping chains that begin with the scissor sweep and progress like "if they do this, then you do this", etc. It's extremely effective.

[Chris Herzog]

i watched this before, its pretty sweet. iv been wondering about the scissor sweep for a while though, do you think its worth utilizing at the high level? would it be possible to transition into it from positions like rubber guard?

I've used Scissor Guard to set up sweeps, submissions and ground get ups in international Judo, Sambo and Submission Grappling competitions. Its been something I've used for a very long time, its a very important tool in the Sambo "bottom game", in Sport Sambo you are not allowed to close your guard, and its a scoring hold down position if the guy inside your guard is chest to chest. Scissor Guard is frequently used to prevent the hold down and set up sweeps. Its also a very common "Basics" technique taught at most BJJ academies along with it being used frequently in MMA as well as a means to get back to the feet.

I haven't attempted to transition it to any RG yet.

[Muhammad Abdou]

i drill the sweep a bit as part of syllabus but when I'm actually rolling i never tend to use it - i focus mostly on using butterfly hooks for sweeping.
i think its because the scissors guard is more of an open guard that requires distance to set up, while my guard game probably focuses a bit too much on leaving minimum space to help transition into a tight rubber/butterfly guard

anyway, that's why i was wondering if you could transition into it from rubber guard, because if you just had new york you'd essentially already have a necktie, elbow control and broken posture right in front of you. the only obstacle is you'd have to make space to get that shin across their hip, and thats not easy while you have one of your legs hooking around their shoulders..

anyway you seem to be pretty well informed about this position.. iv still got a few things to sort out
- the shin that's going across their body, you have your foot hooking his hip; do you want your knee to be in anywhere in relation to your opponents body? or do you just make sure that its slightly above your foot?
- the arm that acts as a necktie (same side arm as shin across body), could you exchange it with other grips, like overhooks/underhooks etc?

[Chris Herzog]

i drill the sweep a bit as part of syllabus but when I'm actually rolling i never tend to use it - i focus mostly on using butterfly hooks for sweeping.
i think its because the scissors guard is more of an open guard that requires distance to set up, while my guard game probably focuses a bit too much on leaving minimum space to help transition into a tight rubber/butterfly guard

anyway, that's why i was wondering if you could transition into it from rubber guard, because if you just had new york you'd essentially already have a necktie, elbow control and broken posture right in front of you. the only obstacle is you'd have to make space to get that shin across their hip, and thats not easy while you have one of your legs hooking around their shoulders..

As is mine, I think your missing the entire point of this series it was designed to be used if you weren't able to maintain keeping his posture broken. Options are important to have. At no point in the video did I establish New York, he was constintanly working to posture and creating space, which you need to go to Scissor Guard.

[Jack LaBarge]

I love the video training blog Chris!!!! Keep them coming! Please!

[Chris Herzog]

I love the video training blog Chris!!!! Keep them coming! Please!

Thanks Jack!

[Chris Urbanski]

Love that Triangle set up.

[bobby rivers]

Thank you so much Coach.