I Got Caught Repeatedly By This Outside Foot Sweep by

Watch Jeff breakdown the foot sweep I got caught a bunch of times by in our most recent sparring match in Tokyo. This time we used kicks and smaller gloves to show kicking, sweeping and trapping techniques with our striking.
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[@icysamurai1485]

Have a long internal monologue and a flashback during the fight and you will be able to gain the foot sweep ability

[@Dynamic6000]

I do this in Judo, they call it a sticky foot Deashi. Such a good technique for people who like to fight at distance.

[@brennansnowdon4642]

Awesome do this in wing chun from second form chum q bridging the gap

[@李振藩-t3c]

I think this is called Kosoto gari

[@SifuNate]

Nice it works well!

[@epo-mma]

Foot sweeps are the coolest looking techniques in all of martial arts.

[@SifuNate]

Indeed they are!

[@longbowshooter5291]

And they work very well in real use. Another one I learned way back in the beginning was jamming someone's foot as they step forward. We did this front kick where you flick/twist your heel outward as you kick and you use your instep to hit the advancing leg in the shin mid-step. The opponent's leg is stopped, but their body weight is shifting to land on the foot that is now stopped, and they fall forward. It can also be done with a side kick to their shins too.

[@taichisuzuki1207]

very good tutorial by jeff chan

[@SifuNate]

Agreed!

[@cricker1998]

Hey, Nate. Just wanted to say that I'm proud of how far you've come. I watched your videos back in the day and you inspired me to get into martial arts. I stopped doing martial arts about 10 years ago after my wife passed but I'm finally getting back into it and I'm glad to see you're doing well.

[@yongliang7757]

Jeff, you're an awesome coach.

[@SifuNate]

He sure is!

[@NLLHW]

Looks very similar to the sweep/kick that is repeated a ton of times in the Shaolin Seven Star form. Very interesting.

[@SifuNate]

Interesting!

[@silang8381]

It appears in lots of tai chi forms as well.

[@Twobarpsi]

Excellent advice! Well explained!

[@SifuNate]

Glad it was helpful!

[@anotherboredperson]

In Kuntao Silat this is called a Sapu- and is considered fundamental footwork alongside the Baset (backsweep). In application- if you fail to get the sweep- you do not retreat. You are in an advantageous position where you have trapped the front leg, preventing them from pivoting on their back leg If their front foot comes up in a checking motion or knee raise- you lunge forward, driving your knee behind theirs, and attempting to step your heel all the way across and in front of their back leg- trapping their leg in the air and giving you an over-knee toss as you slam into their body with a slight twist. When they invert, snatch the leg and table it on your knee. If they plant- you lunge knee first into their lower psoas and drive forward to spin them and then upper body swat them behind your back. They will fall on their back below your butt with their leg on your knee- so grab it and sit down on them during the fall, trapping their leg in your armpit.

[@johndoe4073]

Awesome technique and explanation!

[@filbertpicobrain]

Thank you. This was a helpful tutorial.

[@adukill]

Gold.

[@SifuNate]

😃👍

[@silang8381]

Ashi barai off the front foot is far harder to defend and more effective. Mirror the opponent's stance, bodyshift outside the lead leg as the opponent's weight comes forward, whilst parrying the lead hand and then use your lead foot to hook and lift their lead leg at the achilles tendon and they will end up on their back. This worked for me in a real fight and the guy lost all confidence when he hit the ground hard.

[@MaNuLaToROfficial]

EPIC!!!!

[@yogi8337]

Gake, daeshi barai, mantis sweep kick in some kungfu

[@SifuNate]

That’s neat! 😊👍

[@jephilologist]

Oh no no no. According to internet keyboard warriors, letting your drill partner go light and cooperate is a telltale sign of bullshido- y'know, like how Aikido is. To prove that this works, you have to go full-intensity and let your drill partner know that they're never coming back to the gym from a ruined knee.

[@wonphi]

This is a foundational technique in 7 Star Praying Mantis.

[@SifuNate]

Interesting!

[@Anthony_Ang3]

This same foot sweep is all over Northern Praying Mantis! He even steps into a dragon stance before sweeping and mentioned the counter to this would be similar to a cat stance with the weight back instead of forward. It’s cool to see how it has developed across multiple styles.

[@marsbase3729]

this is an awesome example of foot sweep. I would also like to emphasize for those still learning, it's important to hop into that pivot like in the video. it allows optimal positioning and prevents the twisting of your own ankle. Also, notice how slightly lowers his body as he pivots. lower center of gravity helps give more solid contact as well as help to maintain stability after sweeping so not to fall with opponent

[@SifuNate]

Well said!

[@soumikdey7305]

That sweep is there in Okinawan Karate Kata's

[@taichisuzuki1207]

very good tutorial

[@SifuNate]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@mellonhead9568]

the elusive Jeff Chan

[@SifuNate]

Very elusive

[@hunterlogan2913]

love it!!

[@moefinesse9878]

This foot sweep is from judo. Daeshi barai

[@SifuNate]

Cool!

[@FhargaZ]

Because i follow Jeff i k ow that he was doing the sweep, but ypur thumbnail almost looked like you were doing a Mortal Kombat sweep 😂

[@jamesrafael6794]

Bruce Lee has this on one of his books at trapping range, and more of a lifting hooking method.

[@SifuNate]

👍👍👍

[@JoyandSuccessCoaching]

🙏🏼

[@bhuvan_357_5]

Works like a bill hook

[@aadhi7190]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@SifuNate]

🙏🙏🙏

[@TheRealTomahawk]

People don’t sidekick enough and also teep with that lead leg, and switch stances when they go for it…

[@SifuNate]

Right! The lead side kick and front teep worked a lot in the sparring.

[@danialpaidar5262]

Great master

[@scal7122]

One of chans best vixeos

[@SifuNate]

Yes! 👍

[@olimpicus]

i'll add it to my arsenal

[@farmerbold1144]

Looks useful😊.

[@WadeSmith-oe5xd]

0:45 yeah, you pop your own front snap kick up and over the outside leg kick. This is why you should keep about 70 percent of your weight on your back leg and have a front snap kick loaded at all times. See Tawanchai vs Superbon for example.

[@SifuNate]

Yeah he talks about that.

[@Individual_Lives_Matter]

That is cool but it makes it easier for a wrestler to take you down.

[@WadeSmith-oe5xd]

@@Individual_Lives_Matter If I knew my opponent was a wrestler, I'd keep my weight about 50/50 instead.

[@GeorgeOu]

At 2:19, you're not actually stepping, but actually jumping into it. When I freeze the frame, both of your feet are off the ground as you jump into position, and that's what allows you to do this quickly.

[@WadeSmith-oe5xd]

Correct. A good kick does not "telegraph" so if the other leg needs to step, then you need to step and kick simultaneously, otherwise you give your opponent too much warning and they leg check the kick or throw a front snap kick up and over your sweep. Good observations.

[@eddard9442]

I find that a lot of instructors/fighters don't know what they do with their feet, "they just do it" and "think" they know but they really don't and end up teaching it wrong to others. I also find that many techniques need to be jumped into inorder to pull it off, its just so much faster than stepping. As soon as you step, your opponent picks up on it and re-adjusts to it which thwarts your attack, i don't care how fast you step, its impossible unless they are inexperienced!. Hop, skip and jump into it with explosive movements.

[@GeorgeOu]

@@eddard9442 This is true in anything that involves rapid movement. The human eye is not fast enough to track realtime complex movement, and we need to watch video in slow motion and freeze frame. A good example of boxing teachers teaching bad technique is claiming that the upper cut hands don't drop below the chest. But if you watch any boxer in slow motion or freeze frame them, you will see that the fist will pass next to their own thight! That's right, not only does it drop below the chest, but it even drops below the hips!

[@WadeSmith-oe5xd]

@@GeorgeOu In isshinryu karate, we use a less orthodox uppercut and specifically train not to drop the hand below the waist unless we are uppercutting the body. If the target is the chin we actually don't go below the waist.

[@WadeSmith-oe5xd]

@@eddard9442 A lot of fighters, even professional boxers and MMA fighters, they use too much weight on the front leg, which makes them off-balanced by the time they throw a jab-cross-something combination. So especially in MMA, if you are fighting too 'fonrt-heavy' you become vulnerable to a "pull guard' and then even if you are the better striker, you end up getting negated by the other guy's grappling. So you really should fight with about 60 to 70 percent weight on the back leg. Strickland's stance may look too back-heavy to an untrained eye, but he's actually doing the right thing vs Adesanya in their middleweight championship fight.

[@galbatorix3737]

What if my opponent is sothpaw

[@kanzenchowa9868]

this is good

[@SifuNate]

Agreed! 👍

[@BenTran-MMA_JEETKUNEDO]

❤❤ great

[@ericchildress3139]

Nooice💥👍💥

[@Serega300nerevar]

We have the same sweep in shaolin kung-fu. Where did you learn it from?

[@SifuNate]

His comes from Muay Thai

[@Serega300nerevar]

Thank you. Muay Thai is close to kung-fu, i've always known@@SifuNate

[@ronwhite8503]

I learnt it doing Shotokan in the 70's.

[@MauríceB-t9l]

Nice

[@MAXTHALOS]

👍

[@SifuNate]

🙌

[@corkystorky]

more like the hook sweep, not the simple 'sweep'.

[@EUPHAAN]

Why is things so complicated?

[@Zack1440]

👍🏽

[@myonionsmatter7843]

smeagal hair cut on this guy

[@AjaychinuShah]

if you drop an open even clear pass in NFL its time over. same in martial instruction one mistake you need to step down and let someone on the throne like Burger King's King.

[@JohnSmith-ei6sc]

These guys capitalizing big time off their Asian heritage getting the Asian martial arts market.