Sweep · Closed guard · Fundamental

Scissor sweep

A sweep (closed guard) you hit from Closed guard, landing you in Mount (Tate Shiho Gatame). Fundamental level.

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How to do it

Works from

Closed guard
  1. Grip their collar and same-side sleeve, open your guard and hip out to one side
  2. Slide your top shin across their belly, knee at their far hip
  3. Drop your bottom leg to the mat behind their knee
  4. Pull with your hands and scissor your legs: top leg kicks, bottom leg chops
  5. Follow them over and land in mount

How it connects

Starts from
Closed guard
Similar sweeps
Hip bump sweepFlower (pendulum) sweepOmoplata sweepLumberjack sweep
Also from Closed guard
Triangle (Sankaku Jime)GuillotineArmbar (Juji Gatame)Kimura (Gyaku Ude Garami)OmoplataTarikoplata
In courses
Foundations II: Closed guard

Get it right

Key details
  • Pull them forward onto your shin first so their weight is on you
  • The chop happens at their knee, not their ankle
Common mistake

Kicking before you’ve pulled their weight forward, so they just post and stay up.

If they defend it

They post their free hand to block the fall: switch to the hip bump or flower sweep.

Safety and research

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Practice

Quick checkScissor sweep quick check4 questions
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