Alias · Standing
far-ankle sweep finish
Also known as Sweep Single — the canonical term used on this site.
Descriptive — sweeping the far ankle to finish
Far-ankle sweep finish is a descriptive name for the sweep single — naming the finish, sweeping the opponent’s far ankle, that completes the single leg.
Etymology. “Far-ankle sweep” specifies the finishing action: kicking the opponent’s far, supporting ankle out from under them; “finish” frames it as the end of a single-leg sequence. The label names the technique by its decisive last move.
Mechanics. With one leg already captured, sweeping the far ankle removes the opponent’s only remaining support; destabilisation depends on controlling that secondary leg, and kicking it away leaves nothing to post on, so they drop straight down rather than hopping to recover.
Cross-reference. Full mechanical coverage on Sweep Single.