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    O-uchi-gari countered by Ko-soto-gari

    1. O-uchi-gari大内刈
    2. Ko-soto-gari小外刈

    Escaping the inner reap loads your partner's outside foot. Reaping the outside of that foot answers on the opposite line, while they are still turned in from their own attack.

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    Step by step

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

    1. Feel their leg arrive against the inside of yours as they attempt O-uchi-gari.
    2. Lift the attacked leg clear and step it behind you, keeping both grips and your chest upright.
    3. Their attacking leg is committed forward and their weight sits on the other foot.
    4. Drive their chest backwards and across with your lapel hand so that foot is loaded.
    5. Sweep the outside of that heel with the sole of your foot, in the direction their weight is already going.
    6. They fall backwards onto their side; keep the sleeve.

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