The Scissor Sweep is one of the most basic sweep techniques in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. However, the way you were taught it initially probably doesn’t work against the more experienced training partners, right? They see it coming and can shut it down quite easily.
However, here is a Scissor Sweep variation that you’ve probably never done before – and that your training partners won’t be able to shut down as easily!
John Danaher demonstrates it on the video below:
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