Gi & no-gi Beginner
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
Tripod Sweep
Against a standing opponent: a foot on the hip, a hook behind the far knee and an ankle grip, pushing and pulling at once.
Also called tripod, ankle grip sweep, foot on hip sweep.
Where it shows up
Related techniques
Resources
5 resources
YouTube videos
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Three chained De La Riva sweep drills so the first failed sweep feeds the next.
Gi Intermediate
Jean Jacques Machado on the collar-and-sleeve connections that keep giving sweeps after the first attack is blocked.
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 Intermediate
Lasso against a standing opponent: load them by pulling the knees to the chest before flipping them, fall back on the tripod when they retreat, and a blocking sweep when you cannot reach the far leg.