From the Relationism article: Corta Luz
Before we continue our journey upwards we must familiarise ourselves with a concept that is closely related to the escadinha.
A direct translation of corta luz from Portuguese to English gives us ‘cut light’. We can understand this as ‘cutting the lights’.
The move itself is similar to a ‘dummy’ or ‘feint’. A deceptive sway of the body to fool the defender. An act of meticulously timed cunning and misdirection.
But the metaphor of ‘cutting the lights’ on the defender is more potent than its English language counterparts. Plunging the defender into sudden darkness perfectly captures the aesthetic of pulling the wool over the eyes of a hapless opponent.
Its bad enough for a defender to be caught on an escadinha. Its even worse when the lights are cut.
You can see it forming here if 86 wants to dummy this puck and let it go:
