Alias · Sweeps
Knee shield sweep
Also known as Lower Leg Shift Sweep — the canonical term used on this site.
Sweep using the knee shield frame
Knee shield sweep is a descriptive name for the lower leg shift sweep — naming the knee shield, the shin framed across the opponent, that the sweep exploits.
Etymology. “Knee shield” names the braced shin frame of the half guard; “sweep” names the reversal it sets up. The label locates the sweep in the knee-shield variant of half guard.
Mechanics. The knee shield is a frame, and a frame redirects force applied into it rather than meeting it head-on: when the opponent drives forward against the shin, the bottom player extends the frame to send that pressure past them, tipping the opponent over the shield into the sweep.
Cross-reference. “Lower leg sweep,” “Hip dump sweep,” and “Basic half guard sweep” are sibling aliases. Full mechanical coverage on Lower Leg Shift Sweep.