If there’re two things you can be sure of when Neil Melanson has a technique to show, then they are: 1) it’s an effective technique, and 2) it’s probably nasty.
For example, here is a rather “filthy” 2 on 1 Arm Crank.
Melanson has an entire guard system completely based around the scissor sweep that will help you turn this classic technique, usually known only as a reversal, into an entire arsenal of attacks.
There are multiple set-ups, traps, and attacks with unorthodox key details that will completely transform your guard game.
Melanson demonstrates it below:
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