 Hey guys Matt back free salon education comm and we're gonna talk about point cutting point cutting is such a great technique to add texture To take out weight to do a lot of different things So it's definitely an important technique to use but I'm always seeing people doing it wrong And I'm not saying wrong because you don't get the same result I'm just saying wrong because it's gonna be tiring as you get older and work your way through the industry So I'm gonna show you guys what people normally do And then I'm gonna show you guys how to do it the way that I was taught and the way that I believe is correct because you're more comfortable So let's talk about the way that we normally see people point cutting. So what we would normally see we'll just take a section up Elevate it nice and high in the air and then we would go into point cut So what happens is we wrap our arm all the way up and around and then we come in and we Attack the hair this way And the reason I say attack is because this freaks me out because if you look at how the blade moves This blade is actually coming in towards my finger. So you're more apt to cut yourself this way Which I know a lot of people are freaked out about And then the other reason that that doesn't really work is because look at my elbow right now And we talk about a consistency again We've gone over it in almost every video because if you're not consistent You're not gonna have a successful haircut now if I elevate like this And I start cutting because I'm nice and strong and then as I work through the haircut I get weaker and weaker and then my elbow starts to drop gravity wants to pull our arm down So as I'm working through The correct way to point cut and this is how I always remember it in my mind is point towards your body Then back at your body. It was something my dad taught me with a knife a long time ago It's towards your buddy not your body But we're gonna say towards your body and then back at your body and then that way your point cutting in the right Direction now I know this is tough for some people and in some classes They'll they'll try it for a couple seconds and they'll go right back to this But if you look at the difference in my body position, I really strongly encourage you guys to try this technique out So take the hair up Instead of going like this We're gonna point cut like this see how comfortable that looks compared to this so it's just a more professional look It's it's more professional in general and you're gonna last longer in the industry not lifting your arm up so high So again lift the hair up elevate towards your buddy Then back at your body and then point cut through now with point cutting The lead if you want to take out a little bit of weight you go straight on And if you want to take out more weight you bend to the side Very simple to do you can add texture remove weight and it works really well So I hope this technique helps you guys check this out free salon education calm and we'll see you on the next video