Sweep (martial arts)

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Sweep
Using one's leg to sweep an opponent is an important element of many martial arts throws, such as this foot sweep (deashi harai).
Japanese name
Kanji足払い
Hiraganaあしばらい

A sweep is either of two categories of

grappling position
from a guard position.

Standing

When standing it is a technique used to take an opponent to the ground by knocking their legs out from under them, so is classed as a throw or takedown. The force of the sweep either runs perpendicular to the opponent's leg or rises as it strikes the leg, lifting the foot from the ground. A sweep can be used to take the opponent to the ground or it can simply disrupt the opponent's balance long enough to make an opening for a punch or kick. In Japanese it is known as ashi-barai.

Illustration in kick boxing

Ground work

Push sweep demonstration

A sweep, when referred to in the context of

guard to full mount
, hence the alternative term 'reversal' as the dominance of positions have been reversed.

Push sweep

A push sweep is one of the

open guard. The push sweep is similar to the scissor sweep, which uses a scissor motion of the legs to sweep the opponent, but adds the detail of pushing the opponent's knee out from under them. This additional detail is required when the opponent keeps a wide base to prevent the scissor sweep.[1]

References

  1. ^ "PUSH SWEEP - BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU". Ultimate Jiu Jitsu. Ultimate Jiu Jitsu. Retrieved April 25, 2020. Just as with the Scissor Sweep, you lay your left leg next to your opponents right knee. But for this sweep your opponent has a wide base and has spread their knees to make the Scissor Sweep difficult.

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