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Also called Flying scissor takedown, Crab scissors

A scissor takedown where you drop to your side beside them, one leg across their hips and one behind their knees, and fold them backward. It carries a real risk to their knee.

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Key steps

  1. Grip their sleeve or arm and move to their side, close enough to reach their legs.
  2. Drop to your side and place one leg across the front of their hips.
  3. Put your other leg low across the back of their knees at the same moment.
  4. Scissor your legs so they fall backward over the leg behind their knees.

Key details

  • Their weight can land on a trapped knee as they fall, so it's practiced slowly and with care.
  • It only works from their side; from the front there is nothing to scissor.