Sweep Techniques

Reversing position from bottom

Applicable Phases: Ground Phase

Techniques (26)

Octopus Guard Sweep

The core sweep from octopus guard, functionally a sit-up sweep with superior leverage since the opp…

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Okuri Ashi Barai

Tori sweeps both of uke's feet in one motion, catching the trailing foot as it slides toward the le…

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Pendulum Sweep

A sweep from closed guard where the defender swings their leg like a pendulum to disrupt balance an…

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Scissor Sweep

A fundamental sweep from closed guard where one leg cuts across the opponent's body while the other…

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Shaolin Sweep

An eponymous half-guard sweep popularized by Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro. From the knee-shield half gua…

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Sickle Sweep

A sweep from De La Riva guard where the free leg reaps the opponent's far leg

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Squid Guard

A lapel-based open guard variation popularized by Keenan Cornelius as part of his lapel guard syste…

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Steamroller

A turtle-position reversal developed by Eduardo Telles, used when the top player has locked in seat…

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Tilt Sweep

A bottom half-guard sweep that punishes an opponent who reaches their arm underneath to weave betwe…

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Tomahawk Sweep

A guard-bottom sweep against a standing opponent that attacks one ankle and sends uke falling to th…

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Tripod Sweep

A sweep from open guard where the foot on the hip and sleeve control are used to off-balance. A …

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Tsubame Gaeshi

A counter-technique against de-ashi-barai where tori lifts their foot as uke attempts to sweep and …

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