Ko-soto-gari

Step by step

The whole movement in words, so no part of it depends on watching a video. Described in the standard right-handed form.

Left-handed: these steps are written right-handed, as the syllabuses write them. Read every left as a right and every right as a left, and the throw is yours.

1. From a right-handed grip, watch with your hands for your partner's right foot stepping towards you, or draw them into that step.
2. As the right foot lands and before it settles, place the sole of your left foot behind their right heel.
3. Reap the heel forward, in the direction their toes point, with a shallow scooping action of your sole along the mat.
4. At the same moment push down and back with both hands, so their weight travels back over the heel that is being taken.
5. They sit back and land on their back close in front of you. Keep the sleeve held so the fall is guided, not free.