 Hey guys Matt back from free salon education comm and I'm gonna show you guys how to do the stroking technique with your scissors So obviously with your scissors, so we're gonna start off. I'm gonna take a vertical section This is a technique that you may see people do and may feel Like you couldn't do it or it's too difficult But I'm gonna tell you right now if you just follow these quick easy steps to it You'll have success with it as well. So what we're gonna do is Direct the hair out to ourselves. There's two different ways that you can do the stroking technique One of them is on top of your fingers like this We work down the hair shaft just like that and cut the hair The other way is to section the hair and work from the underneath now It depends on what you're trying to accomplish within the haircut. Are you trying to? Cut a straight line or you're trying to remove bulk from the underneath or you're trying to remove bulk from the top You can use this technique in a lot of different ways. That's why I like it It's like point cutting, but it's got it's point cutting that moves So when I look at the stroking technique if I want to take out some weight from the side of this haircut We cut a triangular graduation with a razor previously So I want to go in and just remove a little extra bulk from this shape I can go diagonal forward and I actually start nice and high on the hair and slide my hand out and Remove weight and create layering and texture and movement throughout the haircut I can do that that way if I want to remove bulk from the inside Then I just over direct the hair out to myself and I can come in here and actually push and cut In the underneath so the stroking technique works in a couple different ways So let's break down. How do we do this technique? The best way for me to do to describe it is As you take the hair What you're doing is as you come up you're opening and you come down You close just with the tip on the hair and then you throw the hair away So it's basically coming down cutting the hair and then pushing the hair away and you work through the haircut So open up Open close open close just like this. You're gonna do that the same way As you're cutting but when I'm cutting underneath the hair in this direction It's more we're still cutting with the tip and then pushing the hair in and on top of the hair We're coming down grabbing the hair and throwing it off. So Just work the technique practice it sit on the couch and just move your scissor in this direction And you'll get better at it. It's really about the rhythm of The scissor coming down to your finger and then the other key thing Is to make sure that you get your fingers out of the way So if I want to draw a straight line with this with the stroking technique as I'm cutting You'll see my fingers start to peel and move away So that I get that solid line. So when I straighten them back out You can see the line in the haircut So I'm just peeling my fingers away to get them out of the way and make room for the scissors to come through So hope this technique helps you guys check out our website free salon education calm Subscribe to us right here on YouTube where we put up a video every single day Monday through Friday all free just for you guys So check it out and we'll see you guys on the next video. Thanks