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    O-soto-gari countered by O-soto-gaeshi

    1. O-soto-gari大外刈
    2. O-soto-gaeshi大外返

    The direct answer to a major outer reap: the reaping leg is off the mat and carrying no weight, so reaping it in turn takes their only remaining support.

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    The whole sequence in words. Described in the standard right-handed form.

    1. Feel the back of their leg arrive behind yours as they attempt O-soto-gari.
    2. Bend your attacked leg and drive your hips forward into them so the reap cannot straighten it.
    3. Keep both grips and pull their chest onto your shoulder line so their weight comes forward.
    4. Their reaping leg is still in the air: swing your own leg past it and reap the back of their supporting leg.
    5. Drive your shoulders forward and down over the reap.
    6. They fall backwards; keep the sleeve and stay upright over them.

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