Chad Lyman pairs the sickle sweep with the tripod: when the opponent pushes your foot off the hip, replace it and drop the other leg behind their heel.
Sweeps
Sweeps
Tripod, sickle and tomoe nage style sweeps against a standing opponent.
Supine Open Guard · Open Guard
The other side: Open Guard Top
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Resources
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YouTube videos
Gi & no-gi Beginner
tomoe for bjj
Shintaro Higashi YouTube
Shintaro Higashi on tomoe nage for BJJ: planting a foot in the hip and rolling a forward-leaning opponent over.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Ten tomoe nage variations for judo and BJJ, useful once the basic overhead sweep is working.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
A reverse tripod finish for when the opponent back-steps out of a single leg X sweep: come up to the elbow, catch the foot and push the hip.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Davies' sumi gaeshi variations in gi and no-gi, the overhead/circle throw against a forward-leaning opponent.