Alias · Standing
Outer leg trip
Also known as Outside Trip — the canonical term used on this site.
Training background: Descriptive alternative
Descriptive — English for the outside trip
Outer leg trip is a descriptive name for the outside trip — naming the trip applied to the outside of the opponent’s leg.
Etymology. “Outer leg” specifies the outside line; “trip” names the action. The label is plainly descriptive, distinguishing the outside trip from the inside variant by which side of the leg the reap attacks.
Mechanics. The trip reaps the opponent’s far leg from the outside while the upper body drives them back over it; destabilisation depends on controlling that reaped leg, so the support is removed in the same motion that drives the opponent past their balance.
Cross-reference. Full mechanical coverage on Outside Trip.