Judo foot sweeps are NOT SAFE (real life examples) 

In sports you have an obligation to avoid injuring your opponent. In self defense you have no such obligation.

Any fight can land you in jail, best idea is to stay away from fights.

If we're talking self-defense that's a feature, not a bug.

I find them extremely efficient and life saving. I was attacked by a demented drunk idiot while enjoying a night out with my girlfriend, I executed a foot sweep and his leg folded over under him and he bounced his head on the pavement then I got away from him. That move can buy you time to get away from a dangerous situation or to contain a very dangerous situation. I am talking real life situations. All judo moves are extremely effective in real life situations I am not talking about the watered down version of international competitions. Judo is a military combat training absolutely lethal BUT you have to be very careful and responsible when applying those.

"Safe" isn't always the goal.

I love the audio quality of this video. No echos, very calming.

Saw a video of a cop(220-230) foot sweep a lady(140-150). Had her handcuffed so of course her head hit nothing but pavement. Had no idea why he would do that because she wasn't resisting but also knowing she would have no way to brace for impact. Needless to say she was out cold.

I did kick boxing in my youth but when I had learnt my two sons how to fight I realised nowadays you are rarely fighting one person but several . I decided to take them to judo and they both got to green belt and won many competitions including nationals usually against older and taller opponents as they were both heavy for their age , before moving on to other things . I brought both of them up to avoid trouble but it can sometimes find you . Three people decided to try and take my son’s chain . The first one was down hard on concrete before he knew it , the second quickly followed and the third who was trying to get round the back of him seeing his friends incapacitated on the ground decided he didn’t want the same . My son’s friend who would have helped said that by the time he could react it was all over . They both walked away safely and this is why I knew judo was the right choice . It is better for a scumbag to have a head trauma than your son to be at the mercy of natural bullies who never know when to stop. Hopefully this episode also curbed the assailants in the future.

Another excellent video, Chadi. Thanks again 🙏🏾🙇🏾‍♂️✌🏾

Untrained people will get seriously injured by any martial artist, because they are inexperienced and trained on how to protect themselves from falls or anything else. As someone who trains judo and used to train aikido, even something as “ineffective in a real fight” as aikido can permanently damage an untrained attacker. An akidoka will simply throw or pin another aikidoka. An aikido will destroy the joints of anyone who doesn’t know how to fight. That’s actually why I switched to judo for self defense. You stop the attack more safely than other martial art. My brother trains Roman Greco and freestyle. My dad and his dad were boxers. My mom started me in Karate and then I switched to Muay Thai. My cousin used to teach me what he learned in hapkido and taekwondo. Because of this, I know a lot about different fighting styles that will absolutely work in a street fight. I grew up in a neighborhood with gangs and other hoodlums, so I unwilling have experience in street fights for one on one and multiple opponents. This video is the main reason I decided to eliminate all other forms of fighting expect judo. Judo is the safest, and cross training in striking will teach you how to use your judo in these situations. That’s why we have things like combat judo, sambo, and kudo. You may not be a badass in the cage mauling and knocking everyone out, but if you’re attacked in the street, you’ll stay out of serious incarceration time. Speaking of which, I’ve been incarcerated too. So yeah, I know how it’s like to fight for your life until the cops show up. Trust and believe that you wanna do everything and anything it takes to not get locked up.

I love how well Judo connects with Submissions especially Arm Bars.

Love the videos as usually Chadi.

If I am attacked, especially out in the streets, their safety is not my concern.

Your channel is my favourite on youtube. so practical and amazing explanations. thank you

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Who cares if safe if someone attacks you. You have a right to defend yourself anyway necessary.

the solution is living in a place that doesn't punish you for defending yourself.

In Britain the criminals have more rights than the law abiding person

If I'm in a fight, "safety". Especially for the other guy, is a pretty low priority on my list.

the counter to a sweep, is you grab the sweepers pivot, hip area, which gives you access to some vunerable areas, or some very good muscle, the sweep is effective because it relies on the sudden loss of balance, and by placing your arms as the sweeper works on a unconscience act t ograb on, which htne you control their landing, but if someone knows this, or expects a sweep, its mostly useless, from variosu plant and stances, a wide stance can be helpful, as you can easily shift yoru center weight, keep in mind that a sweep leaves you vunerable on one leg, with a center of gravity in a half arc motion over your leg, which also allows a ocutner sweep that happens the knee down to shin, attemptign to push the leg out backwards whiel the person then uses yoru arms to pull you forward, and side, because of the motion of hte sweep, tis all physicsI think living matter doing stuff. .ll

Buddy the only street fights im getting in are threats to my life, in that case idgaf about the law im not going home in a box or seriously injured.

Omg are we forgetting in that first blurry video when their just about to fight the guy gives him a foot sweep and wow that guy def tore his mcl holy!!!

When you attacking, you should prepare to defence When you defence, you should prepare to attack

From my experience I really don't like slapping the mat when getting thrown. It has always hurt my arm. Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but the way I fall when thrown is based off how I learned from theater. I've been knocked down on pavement before and didn't get hurt because I fell in sections and rolled. It's worked best for me every time.

"Judo foot sweeps are not safe" - Chadi I disagree, and not just a little bit! Having been a Judoka in my youth for over 12 years and never got injured there, I can say that other sports I did for a similar amount of time, like 14 years of field Hockey, where I got injured every year at least once, that Judo amongst Judoka is safe. For two vieuwpoints. 1. One of the safest to practice martial arts out there. Compaired to all striking(kicking) martial arts, well most of them practisioners are out of all sports by 45, due to damage of the body. Weapon martial arts are not legal everywhere and even when they are, you practising them may change how self defence laws aply to you. They are also far more prone to danger, eg you cannot get cut by a knife or hit by a stick if it is not part of your system. 2. "on da streets", oh boy, do I hate this part... Well lets go here, if I use Judo in self defence and said agressor smacks in the groud with their skull first, that is on them. You sue them for legal reasons, you don't get to much out of it here in Belgium except that the court now recognises who is the asailand and whe fended as defender, fighting for their life. So he can no longer sue you, the damages are his. This leads to: during the attack, untill the treath is neutralised, my oponents safety is secongd to mine and if it hapens that he(the attacker) dies, it is because of him attacking me, no other reason. 1. Always distinct training with real fights. In training, YOU ARE resposible for your training PARTNER. In a real fight the truth lays between self defence and the law. 2. In a real fight, all bets are off, so within leagal bounderies, do what needs to be done to neutralise the treath to your life and limb. And if that means the old Judo maxim "A boxer hits you imitating Mike Tyson, a Judoka smacks you with mother earth", then so be it. Smack him, headfirst into the concrete with reclace abandon. Don't look back, just call your lawyer and sue him. Then let your lawyer deal with the cops. So in my experianced opinion concerning footsweeps, they are perfectly SAFE and a viable self defence tool WHEN properly practiced. edit typo

I've always said that clip showing the policeman is a an example of a slap-dash osoto gari where the throw wasn't completed properly and risked serious head injury to uke.

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Foot sweeps are dangerous. But, a punch in the face is even worse, or a kick to the head, or any combat tactic aside from grappling

Valid point chadi one can end up behind bars simply for defending yourself. Its administering this technique in a way the assailant don't bounce there head on the ground

Shoulder throw or a hip toss are devastating on the street.

People forget martial arts are not a sport, they have always been combat techniques made to neutralize your opponent. Safety is not in mind when you’re in actual combat

I've had a concussion and a bad back from leg sweeps years ago taking Shotokan Karate where the thrower didn't support the personnel was throwing g.

Every highly reputable and respectable martial arts-self defense instructors that I know including couple of former MMA pros all have said that by far the best self defense that works almost every single time is to DIFFUSE and EVADE... avoid all and any environments that potentially bring up situations to do so in the first place

That higher throw is very dangerous to train (my opinion). If something goes slightly wrong, who receives the move might die or become paraplegic. Very risky technique.

I remember three times using judo on the streets: once with very long opponent I've sat took both his trousers in each hand an stand up with step back he fell like a tree. Second time it was some coincidence opponent tried to grab my neck from behind and I`ve through him over the shoulder. He fell hard. Third time where most clear in my practice. I`ve saw that guy has to wide stand I`ve undercut his front leg he fell that was over. So yeah this is one of underappreciated moves in judo because it is might be easiest to master and common on championships and all guys are waiting it and it does not have this effect of unexpectedness. But on streets it does.

Every skill in asphalt can end badly even a Strong Punch can end in tragedy if you're fighting in Asphalt.

It is worth remembering that in judo all throws come from jiu-jitsu. And in jiu-jitsu, most of the throws were aimed at killing or at least knocking out or injuring the opponent. As a result, many throws were removed from judo or modernized. You need to remember the difference in priorities. Jiu Jitsu was created for real street fighting. And judo was developed much later as one of the areas of jiu jitsu schools and had as its goal the popularization of this type through sports competitions with different schools. That is why for judo and BJJ, Sambo, grappling, etc. that came out of it, these are dangerous techniques. And for jiu jitsu this is a priority and a basis. It is important to remember that throws in jiu jitsu should throw the opponent on the head or neck, followed by finishing with hands and feet.

This is the point of judo, you avoid stupid fights because when you are involved in real brawls you are dangerous

That is why for a normal person you need to go for self defense school... not sport but for real life aplication judo is one of the best.

Never mind Judo, all wrestling takedowns are dangerous on concrete streets. In order to have a legal argument for self-defense here in the UK, force has to be proportionate. My own arts are Western boxing and Muay Thai, in which low kicks, stand-up grappling, throws and sweeps are drilled in...but so is how to land if you're the victim of such attacks. Most people don't know how to fall, and even those who do, may not have the muscle memory to do it in the split second. Killing someone or giving them irreversible brain damage is not a proportionate response for defending against, say, a punch. It may be if they have a weapon and you don't. But never forget that fighting is an art. The prisons are full of people who got hot-headed and forgot that.

I love that there is someone in this whole self defense space that talks about not sending the other guy to the wheelchair. Which might get yourself in jail in some countries

1:26 これ見事な足払いですイギリスの警察官でしたっけ 技を決めたあと、しっかり引き手をとって相手の頭を守っている

Not judo but we were practicing some takedowns for Buhurt and my partner swept one of my feet and I still don’t know if I was just standing wrong or what but my ankle buckled and the tendon on the outside popped very audibly. It’s been 3 years and I’m still not 100 percent on that foot

I like how everyone is into fighting and self Defence nowadays lol. When I was young I had no time and no RU-vid for that. I was outside getting my ass beat or beating somebody’s ass. Or staring down someone or a group of people or getting stabbed in the face fighting with 8 people at the same time. Now I calmed down after all that and I realize I could have avoided every single one of these situations lol. Now I got a wife to care for and be glad to be alive and have my eye sight still. I could care less about fighting or self Defence. Somebody ever threatens me or my wife, they get put in the dirt legally, and my lady rests ez back in her holster before their body hit the ground. My advice from personal experience hurting people and being hurt for over 30 years: stay away from fights, dangerous unstable individuals, crowds, .. thank me later when you survived life without loosing your soul. Cheers.

Foot sweeps are safe with underhooks/overhooks

Everyone is the same size when you’re on the ground

Judokas punch people with the planet

True. Altercations aren't worth killing someone for it. We should all learn from Moses! 🙏

It is best not to resist arrest when it happens. Then the police officer won’t feel a need to foot sweep you.

I love spamming footsweeps until my feet hurt!

Sweeps like any other throw, only works after off balancing. Setup with a shove or a strike that really lands.

"judo trow are dangerus" *Proceed to trow a person on concret*

those who train martial arts have a duty to not use their powers to take advantage of the weak and helpless this means just because someone pushes you, you don't have the "right" to throw them on their head in terms getting revenge

As a Jiu Jitsu guy, I never feel more outclassed as when I’m standing up with Judoka

TLDR: It's pretty safe for the one initiating the leg sweep. If you're the criminal or agitator on the other side however, you better hope they value your well being.

If I'm fighting, it means I'm in a pure self-defense scenario, which means I'm gonna try to bounce a noggin off the pavement if I can.

So a person who is falling is in danger of hitting his head? This is not new or unknown information. It has long been known that the greatest danger of death or serious injury from an "unarmed fist fight" comes from the danger of hitting the head while falling.

It seems as if your objection to foot sweeps is that it might hurt your attacker. I say that is exactly what you want to do. No mercy right?

In the street no rules or etiquette, you have the responsibility to ensure you get home to you your wife and kids

Ive seen all forms of high end practitioners of various styles.....wanna know what the great equalizer is? Street fights on concrete where the concrete is the winner!

And whats interesting to me, these video fragments are actual FIGHTS! You think this people CARE about hurting the other guy (a little bit)? Not too much obviously. Maybe the guy in the yellow (law enforcement, debt collector?) was more careful and interested in other guy’s safety… Just saying… 👍 Your concern for others is very good, and respectable onviously 🙏

Ask Renzo Gracie why you shouldn't try for a double leg on unpadded ground, also...

We have ashi waza now in our dojo ;d itst crazy.. u can train 25-30 years and u always think about holding smn when u throw or fall u can destroy smn skull with osotogari or sasae etc

Los barridos de pie no son seguros....para el que lo recibe 😆😆😆....no seguros, pero si efectivos y simples, justo lo que se necesita en la calle....

You can easily defend this move by lifting the leg that’s about to get tripped. Then there’s nothing to them to trip

As Judoka you train your neck muscles explicity, you train to fall in ways so you don't hurt yourself and as seen here also in the vid when fighting with other Judokas you have the advantage of tough training outfits that don't just rip therefor you can ease the fall activly and thereby avoid injuring your partner. In reallife shit goes wrong. People don't know how to fall, they were flimsy material you can not really put much force on and even with a lot of training you yourself may underestemate your impact you may have on others that are not used to that type of combat. In a self defense situation this all can be rectivid to an extant, but the best defense is to be somewhere else. edit: yeah and outside of a dojo there are no mats, just asphalt and stones cracking heads

In all fairness not all of these seem like self defense ( the 1st the kid was being pushed back ) some of these are bullies with judo skills

Wonderful of you to assume I am thinking of the safety of the guy trying to gouge out my eyes with his fingers. Me or the other guy and I prefer my eyeballs to not be harmed.

Sweep the leg Johnny!

The vintage clip you showed was very sexy (i loge vintage footage, especially when there's damage to the quality, aka the glitches)

"If he pushed his head down into the cement he could have been really hurt". Well, he didn't, and he wasn't. So what's your point?

Foot sweeps are low risk and high reward when faced by a taller, heavier opponent in my experience.

during my wrestling journey in high school, we had a 3rd degree black belt in judo and collegiate wrestler as our main coach. it worked out great, he always was careful with us throwing and tripping and was the best coach we ever had.

Chonky cop was pretty slick with that 😂

You must have an excellent Judo instructor who protects students! Otherwise don't train there.

I remember learning foot sweeps and wondering why they were so hard to pull off. They look so easy to do. 20 years later, they're my favorite.

one of my army sergeants with a christmas tree on his arm, if you know what i mean... i could tell he was a certified asskicker among some bad dudes. i was a cocky kid, and after a LOT of pestering i got him to give me a demonstration one afternoon in the motorpool. im not sure what happened, i had offered a loose tie up to see what he did. I know now he must have done a foot sweep. Sadly all i remember seeing is sky, then im on my back, he has that arm twisted up with my head scissored between his feet. we made eye contact and i shot a defiant look cuz thats how i am. he simply straightened a bit and i could feel my neck being pushed beyond its normal limits. i tapped no hesitation cuz he coulda broke me like a twig and im not ashamed what really struck me wasn't the takedown, mindboggling as it was since i didnt feel my weight shift at all and couldnt detect how he had gotten the result he did, but how he had controlled my fall so completely that not even my legs slapped the pavement wish i coulda seen it as a spectator

I was loved when Judo coach in the '90s said about foot sweeps: They look like you've done nothing And they fall on their heads but it took 20 years to make it look that clean. When I was doing MMA it was the most useful way to make it look like I was doing a kick but then do a foot sweep. They're easily the best things I ever learned in Judo, but you're totally right the level of damage they can do. They're totally safer things to do. As always, love your videos

Good to see it working out on the street. It keeps the " bullshido expert's" away.

If I’m in a physical altercation, the last thing I’m worried about is my attacker’s safety.

our sensei was talking about this last night, don't end up in court or jail because you let some guys head hit the pavement

I’ve used deashi harai in the street on an attacker before and let me tell you it is very effective. The attacker did not get up and the fight was over. Not a punch thrown in the fight. I love judo ashiwaza. 🥋 😎🤙🏾🙌🏾

In self defence, it doesn’t have to be safe. You want to protect yourself, any injuries are a consequence of your attacker being stupid. I’m working with sometimes highly aggressive mentally challenged people and we do our utmost to prevent harm to our clients, but keeping ourselves and our colleagues or other clients safe is the main idea.

Shintaro Higashi had a recent video on good takedowns for bouncers. He mentions grips just like Chadi said.

was bullied by a judoka in high-school... that mofo was almost 1.5 times my size one day, for some reason (who knows what triggers bullies,) he threw a kakato-otoshi geri at me, and I saw it coming... what little Savate training I had kicked in for some reason, and I caught his leg, swept his support foot, and had enough time to throw a left hook in his right ribs... after he fell to the ground, all our classmates were dumbfounded, and so was I ! 😂😂😂 I just turned around and left... from that day on, he didn't bother me... as much (he still was annoying and putting pressure on me, but he somehow kept a respectable distance) moral of the story : learn some kind of boxing form and mix it up with other arts 😉 oh, and... don't feel discouraged about bullies, they'll get what's coming to them one way or another

Sweeps are great for street situations because if you do it well you have good control of the opponent and damage.

You mean to tell me judo is dangerous to untrained hostile opponents? Awesome.

it looks like a low impact throw. Only people who have never felt one think this.

All fighting is inherently dangerous, this is not unique to foot sweets. I do not understand the point of this video

Sasae tsurikomi est mon préféré, mais c'est un blocage de pied, sinon en balayage De ashi barai quand il passe est toujours magique

I think a single sweep doing damage is a good thing. It means you're less likely to need follow-up. One big strike is safer than follow up strikes. Its safer for you and the person youre putting down. Legally speaking i think optics look better for a foot sweep which matters in court.

When I started Judo 39 years ago, I came from a very rigid(stiff)style of Karate. I was a victim of Okuri Ashi Harai so much and so hard the medial aspect of both of my ankles was constantly bruised for 6 months! Control is a major emphasis in Judo. Simply altering the standard geometry of the throw or the trajectory(X-Y) of uke in midair can mean the difference between them walking away or never walking again.

Being thrown on the concrete must hurt like hell.

Old school = martial arts are for selfdefence 🗿💪👊🐉😎 Now = martial arts are difficult and unsafe 😭💔

Martial arts are not supposed to be safe for your opponent...

I really like the commitment towards keeping training partners safe you mention here. Obviously accidents can happen and no martial art is perfectly risk-free (neither is driving or leaving your house in general), but the practices that keep partners from being horribly injured are what allow you to continue training and develop a higher level of skill.

Foot sweeps work great. If you can be sued over a hot cup of coffee you can be sued for anything. Self defense is never without risk.

and remember flower, judo is a martial art, not a "sport". the focus is different

thank you for this. i am very new to judo and this format has helped me see the finer details i have been missing.

Hahahahaha. Everything in a physical altercation isnt safe. Are you kidding? If youre defending yourself all bets are off. Sweep the leg Johnny