Key Takeaways
- A No-Gi grappling DVD offering a simple way of mastering Judo foot sweeps.
- The material is divided into four volumes, lasting almost 2 hours in total.
- Techniques feature foot sweep basics, inside and outside sweeps, combinations, and advanced foot sweeping strategies.
- BJJ World Expert Rating: 7.5 out of 10.
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If you take a look at your usual BJJ No-Gi match, you’ll notice plenty of different tactics during the standing exchanges. What you won’t notice a lot, at least not as much as double leg shots or front headlock, are foot sweeps.
The Feet Finder Foot Sweeps Christian Ozbek DVD offers a different perspective, one that a seasoned Judoka with lots of BJJ experience has come up with. Figuring out how to add foot sweeps to your standing game is going to completely transform it, making all your other takedown attempts a lot more efficient and dangerous.
Foot Sweeps For Those Who Can’t Do Takedowns
How confident are you that you can foot sweep someone while sanding? You’d be surprised at how many times people get tangled up with their legs and end up throwing themselves instead of their opponent.
Foot sweeps are a very, very powerful weapon to have, especially for those who struggle with shoulder throws and wrestling-based takedowns. The main drawback is that they take longer to master, but what they require in time, is the payback in efficiency.
Once you get a hang of how and most importantly, when foot sweeps work, you can build a simple standing game that’s very difficult to stop. If you end up combining several different footsweeps into a system, like in the examples you’ll see in the Feet Finder Foot Sweeps Christian Ozbek DVD, you end up with a foolproof way of getting people to the mats.
Of course, you can still decide to try for takedowns or pull guard, and what you’ll find is that these moves are going to start working for you more. This is a result of your confidence in your foot sweeps game which you can always turn to if other standing tactics fail.
UK Grappling Prospect Christian Ozbek
The UK seems to be producing world-class grappling talent at a very high pace lately, with one of the standout examples being Christian Ozbek. Based out of London and representing London Shootfighters Submission Grappling Club, the lifelong grappler has been racking up wins.
The best way to describe Ozbek, if you haven’t watched him in action is aggressive, always on the offense, and constantly after the legs, both when standing and on the mats. His extensive Judo background (around 12 years) makes him the perfect authority on all things related to his favorite way of throwing people – foot sweeps.
The constant rule changes in Judo drove Christian to BJJ some 8 years ago, where he found the perfect platform to run his trade of sending people flying via foot sweeps. Moreover, he figured out how to work on the ground as well, adding leg locks to his already dangerous grappling arsenal.
We’ll be taking a look today at the Feet Finder Foot Sweeps Christian Ozbek DVD which contains some of Ozbek’s key sweeping techniques from standing.
Feet Finder Foot Sweeps Christian Ozbek DVD Review
The Feet Finder Foot Sweeps Christian Ozbek DVD is a No-Gi BJj insturctional containing Judo foot sweeps modified to work for Jiu-Jitsu purposes. Four different volumes help organize the material in a way that is easy to follow. The total running time is around 2 hours, with each volume lasting around 30 minutes.
Part 1 – Foot Sweeps Basics
The first volume of the Feet Finder Foot Sweeps Christian Ozbek DVD begins with an introduction to foot sweeps but has nothing to do with the boring introductions you get in Judo gyms. Instead, Ozbek focuses on optimal grip positioning, hinge mechanics, and how to switch sides as you go.
There is a lot of focus on timing in this part of the Feet Finder Foot Sweeps Christian Ozbek DVD, along with a few necessary drills to fully get the hang of it. Once the basics are out of the way, Christian goes on to explain one-handed foot sweep variations as well as some follow-up leg entanglements from standing that help you finish off a failed foot sweep attempt.
Part 2 – Osoto and Ouchi
The outside sweeps feature first in this Feet Finder Foot Sweeps Christian Ozbek DVD, with the second volume dedicated solely to the Osoto and Ouchi techniques. Ozbek starts slow and simple talking about basics Osoto stances and how to use arm drags and collar ties to set it up without too much fuss.
As he moves through a grip change, introducing bodylocks. Chiristian’s attention switches to Ouchi techniques, which work better from super close chest-to-chest positions. After a few variations, he goes back to the Osoto, showing how to combine it with the Ouchi.
In the final few chapters, Ozbek covers the intricate relationship between outside and inside sweeps, offering Kouchi follow-ups to the dilemmas he already provided above. While I understand the need to also talk about Sasae sweeps, I find that the DVD could’ve done without them.
Part 3 – Kosoto and Kouchi
The more complicated and somewhat more dangerous to execute inside sweeps and reaps are the main subject in the third volume of the Feet Finder Foot Sweeps Christian Ozbek DVD. Christian introduces the ‘mirror’ moves to the Osoto and Ouchi fairly quickly, before offering more dedicated attention to setting them up and connecting them to other sweeps.
Namely, he does a fairly solid explanation of baiting, which is essential in foot sweeps, as well as including grips that Judokas don’t use, such as the single leg. A chapter I particularly enjoyed was the one on runaway sweeps.
The overhook grip presents another major launching platform for footsweeps, presenting a perfect halfway point to start both inside and outside sweeps, and easily connect them together without losing the engagement or exposing yourself to too much danger.
Part 4 – Moving Foot Sweeps
The true art of sweeping feet in Judo is all about timing your sweeps so that you intercept the moment right before the opponent’s foot lands on the mats, or jsu as it is leaving them. This final volume of the Feet Finder Foot Sweeps Christian Ozbek DVD attempts to simplify executing foot sweeps while in motion.
In all fairness, Ozbek offers some highly useful adjustments to standard Judo techniques so that they work in a No-Gi BJJ setting, such as leg shelfing, rear bodylock setups., and Russian tie entires. However, the information is somewhat lackluster, as there is no way to replace actual drilling of the timing for foot sweeps in motion, before trying these modified versions of them.
The (Lost) Art of Ashi Waza
My standing BJJ tactics throughout the years mark the usual way people approach these exchanges. I used lots of my Judo background to throw people at while belt, before switching to guard pulling at blue. Purple was all about wrestling using leg grips, before the front headlock took over during brown belt, as injuries amassed. Enter black belt, and my body is so worn down that foot sweeps and guard pulls are just about the only thing I can do.
Imagine if I started focusing more on foot sweeps (or Ashi Waza in Judo) from the beginning! They were my go-to in Judo anyway, and they would’ve probably saved me a lot of time healing and left me with much more mobility than now.
The moral of this story is that you should not exclude foot sweeps from your BJJ standing game, as they are a highly useful tool that will keep working for a long. I understand that they are difficult to master and can be boring a bit to young athletic grapplers.
For those that don’t really like them I; ‘d suggest having them in your back pocket as a fallback tactic, when all those fast sots and crazy jumping moves end up failing you. After all, if you end up training BJJ for a long time, it is better to have a decade’s worth of experience in a move that works when you’re old and beaten up, than trying to rediscover it then.
If you’ve never tried Judo before, the first three volumes of the Feet Finder Foot Sweeps Christian Ozbek DVD are a solid resource to get you going, mostly because they’re No-Gi. The final one is better for those who already have experience in the matter of Ashi Waza.
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Sweep Them Off Their Feet!
Sweeping people while standing is going to be one of the hardest things you learn in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu! Why would you bother? Because once you get a feel for sweeps, you’ll be able to send literally everyone flying with just a few flicks of your feet. The Feet Finder Foot Sweeps Christian Ozbek DVD is a top resource to get you started if you have absolutely no experience, or if you’re new to using Judo without the Gi.
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