Sweep Techniques

Reversing position from bottom

Applicable Phases: Ground Phase

Techniques (26)

Berimbolo

A spinning sweep and back-take from De La Riva guard

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Butterfly Sweep

A sweep performed from butterfly guard where the hooks are used to elevate and roll the opponent.

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Carry the Baby Sweep

A signature sweep from Lucas Leite's Coyote Guard no-gi system, so named because the attacker ends …

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Coyote Sweep

The core sweep of Lucas Leite's Coyote Guard system. With a deep underhook to the opponent's far hi…

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De Ashi Barai

Tori brushes the outer (little-toe) edge of uke's advancing foot sideways with the sole, sweeping i…

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Electric Chair

A dual-purpose technique from the Lockdown (10th Planet leg-weave half guard variant). The attacker…

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Flower Sweep

A sweep from closed guard using sleeve control and hip movement to off-balance the opponent

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Harai Tsurikomi Ashi

Tori first lifts and pulls uke up-and-forward (the tsurikomi action) to load them onto one tensione…

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Hip Bump Sweep

A sweep from closed guard where the hips are elevated to shift the opponent's weight forward, allow…

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Hip Bump Sweep from Octopus Guard

A hip bump sweep variant run from octopus guard, popularized by Neil Melanson (Ground Marshal Half …

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John Wayne Sweep

The John Wayne is a half-guard sweep where the bottom player traps one of the opponent's legs (typi…

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Lumberjack Sweep

A guard-bottom sweep executed when the opponent stands up inside closed guard or open guard to atte…

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