Currently, I’m in the process of watching and studying every black belt match at this year’s Worlds, and I’ve been seeing all kinds of interesting things.
Case in point:
In the match between Gustavo Batista and Renato Cardosa, I saw a darn right sneaky variation of a scissor sweep.
And every time Gustavo went for it, he either created opportunities through major base disruption or hit the sweep, and frankly, it’s so rare to see the scissor sweep work at high levels that I had to stop everything and watch those moments over and over again to discern exactly how he was doing it.
This is kind of stuff that gets me excited about the game.
So obviously I’ve been playing with it in the academy ever since, and I’ve been able to identify a few crucial details like the importance of gripping behind the tricep instead of the sleeve or how the grips on the collar and sleeve must work as a push pull dynamic in addition to the actual scissor motion of the legs.
And you know what?
After I work on this for awhile longer and really streamline its execution, I’ll be making a video on the topic for micro adjustments, and you can find out more about how to get access here:
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