Judo Techniques – Advancing Foot Sweep
This technique is performed on the move and relies on good timing and a smooth, rhythmical sweeping action.
Tori and uke both take orthodox right-handed grips, and tori pushes against uke, making a small step forwards on his right foot to provoke resistance, and then steps backwards on his right foot making uke follow him. Tori has created a gap between his body and uke's which uke naturally tries to close. The backwards step also allows tori to open his hips in a natural way in preparation for the sweeping movement. As uke steps forwards on his right foot, tori sweeps it away just as uke is about to place it on the mat and put his weight on it. If the timing is correct uke will go down as if he has slipped on a banana skin. It is important with this foot-sweep to make a large, bold, sweeping action from the hip, not just a tentative peck with the foot to see whether uke is balanced or not.
The sweeping foot should be turned so that the sole of tori's foot makes contact with uke's heel and the sweep should be in the direction that uke's toes are pointing. With both players holding right-handed the action of tori's left hand is important to exploit uke's loss of balance when the sweep is made, and should pull down in the direction in which the foot sweeps. The right hand pushes uke only very lightly in a sideways direction as he falls to prevent him twisting onto his side.
Not everyone is right-handed and in order for de-ashi-barai to work against a player who takes a left-handed grip tori must make some adjustments to the technique. If tori does not want to give the game away he should keep his normal grip, but instead of attacking uke's right foot as it advances, he must attack the left foot, making the sweep with his right foot instead of the left. This
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