Lower leg sweep

Lower leg sweep is a descriptive name for the lower leg shift sweep — naming the shift of the bottom player’s lower leg that drives the half guard reversal.

Etymology. “Lower leg” names the shin and foot doing the work; “sweep” names the reversal. The label is plain mechanical description of a half-guard sweep built on the lower leg rather than the upper body.

Mechanics. Shifting the lower leg under the opponent uses hip mobility to elevate and tip them: repositioning the shin lets the bottom player drive their hips and lift the trapped-side leg, taking the opponent’s base on that side and rolling them over the freed angle.

Cross-reference. “Hip dump sweep,” “Knee shield sweep,” and “Basic half guard sweep” are sibling aliases. Full mechanical coverage on Lower Leg Shift Sweep.