Making Them Step – Foot Sweeps by Gareth McNamara

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We’re here lead leg lead leg I’m stepping close to the foot I want to attack back stepping with this and as my body weight shifts it’s not just my arm you’re not going to be able to it’s tiring inefficient with your energy to try and move someone just with your arm

It’s the movement of my body which is going to make him move okay I must make him step with this leg so I’m here I’m stepping pull that’s the move I’m looking for without that step from him it you aren’t even started okay that’s the key so again we’re here whichever

Collar sleeve jacket doesn’t matter here back step Co so how do you make him make the back step you pull on this or you pull on his head and at the same moment you’re stepping back with your body weights your body weight is Shifting this is the critical

Thing so in that instant that my friend has taken that step we going into slow down Matrix time here in that fraction of a second where he’s taken that step he has committed all of his weight into that foot therefore this one is life this is what we’re looking for Laz I was

Saying you know when you’re walking we all can walk thank goodness all your weight this one is light so it can be picked up so the next step can be taken this one is all the weight this one is light so the next step can be taken yeah you can all walk

So you can all do it we’re here step steps whoop and that’s how the throw works okay so I’m not kicking a lamp post I’m not kicking a tree stump I’m kicking a a foot a leg which has no or not kicking sorry pushing pushing a leg

Which has no weight in it and then you’ll have success with the throw a couple of things my foot I’m turning it on its side to use the arch of my foot oh I assume everyone to do break Falls right anyone know everyone happy break

FS yeah okay so I’m turning my foot on the side using the arch of my foot so it’s like a like a hand never kick his his shin or his you know the heel and the ankle they’re big bulky bones I don’t want to break my metatarsals

Kicking that it’s simply a push pushing from my hip with a straight leg you wouldn’t want a golf club with a hinge in the middle yeah be lousy Golf Club yeah so think of your putter your golf club there one long straight bar the power is

Coming from your hip not from like your hamstring or something that’s weak movement so turning the foot on the side and pushing through no kicking it’s only a push so you’re here step super close as I said if I step far away when I go to do the

Foot sweep my foot has to travel all that huge distance and that takes more time you may have missed that instant where it’s light because his leg will only be light for an instant and that’s what I mean about the timing the mechanics of this is super easy you know

That’s the move yeah thanks for coming that’s my that’s my foot sweep class the mechanics is easy that’s the move but the uh but the timing is where you need to practice and we’ll take the repetitions also if I’m standing square like this I can’t really my leg is in

I’m in my own way to do the foot sweep so when I do my step I’ve opened the space for my hip Veil to pass through yeah so we’re here step as close as you can to his foot as you can not far away that’s more time to travel take it

Longer you might miss that little window of opportunity step close to him this is like the pivot point right simultaneously I’m pulling on his jacket or pulling on his head as my body weight is stepping back as I say not a big step but a step underneath my own base therefore I can

Stand on one leg again this foot sweep can happen I’m trying to push as I said turning my foot on the side and if I canot push his foot in the direction his to are pointing that’s probably the weakest direction for his fo okay so like this step close Pull keep his jacket past his guard straight into a whatever you like side control arm locks all that so we’re not Landing in the Guard we’re passing all of that straight away into a dominant position so again I’m here I’ll do an oie one here same thing okay one more time I always

Say one more time it’s the biggest lie I always say it to people one more time again so we’re here here and okay I’ll do a bad one for a second don’t have to try hard but I’ll do a bad one just so you can see what

Happens when you don’t do the timing right so if I step here and I pull and then I wait I’ve missed that little opportunity he’s come back into equilibrium now now it’s 50 50 weight distribution now I’m kicking a tree stump okay okay okay it’s at the end of

The world maybe you can block his foot maybe do an ankle pick something like that but we want the nice smooth minimal effort maximum uh results yeah so uh so question so it’s it’s you’ve show it in Parts but it’s actually kind of want motion once you start yes sir absolutely

Right yeah all together that’s a really good point thanks Sean it’s it’s all together you know it’s one flowing movement because if you do it really I’m doing it kind of broken down into sections but if you do that in reality you’ll missed that little fraction of a

Second where he’s light okay the key is to catch him where he’s light for that instant so we’re good so I’m here okay I was going to say one more time but no you guys do it now okayy let’s go 1 two three