Reverse Scissors
A groundwork technique that builds leg power and teaches control
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Today on Koka Kids Coaching Resources, I have for you a great turnover. It’s fun to learn, a bit unusual, and also helps to develop children’s coordination and control.
It’s called: The Reverse Scissors.
Below we look at the teaching steps of this technique, the importance of gaining a reaction in groundwork judo, how to link this turnover to another. Also there is a certificate and visual card to download, print and give out to your students.👇
Teaching The Reverse Scissors
This turnover is performed from a defensive position. The legs are used to direct, control and turn uke onto their back. Here’s a quick animation of what we are talking about:
How to The Reverse Scissors
The Reverse Scissors works exceptionally well in tandem with The Scissors and we will go through how to combine the two turnovers below. First up, here are the steps to doing the Reverse Scissors.
Start with uke between your legs. It’s important here to keep control of uke, so they can’t jump over the legs and into a hold down.
Grab uke’s sleeve and around the back. This is a similar grip to the grip you would take to do sumi-gaeshi, and the movement of the turnover is also similar to a sumi-gaeshi.
To provoke a REACTION first attempt to turn uke over to the opposite side with The Scissors. As uke reacts and resists, use this movement and flip them in the reverse direction
Use your legs to control direction to control the direction, and also maintain distance.
Reaction
We talk about getting a reaction so often in tachi-waza judo, but often forget to mention its important in ne-waza judo.
By teaching these two turnovers together, you can get your students to ‘play’ with the reaction, feel where uke is off balance, choose which way they want to turn their partner over. Ok, let’s move onto the visuals.
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