O-soto-gaeshi

Tori counter-reaps uke’s osoto-gari technique with an osoto-gari technique.

Both sides grapple in right natural posture. Uke steps back with his right foot, then his left foot, and his right foot again, and begins to pull tori forward to break his balance. Tori responds by stepping forward with his left foot, then his right foot, and his left foot again, holds his ground, and straightens up while stepping back with his left foot to return to a stable posture.

At the moment tori lifts his left foot to step back, uke steps his left foot to the side of tori’s right foot in the tsugi-ashi form, with his left foot then his right foot, and begins to reap tori with osoto-gari. At this moment, tori quickly steps his left foot to the side of uke’s right foot, pulls and lifts with his right hand, draws their chests together with his left hand, and pushes uke back. Uke’s weight falls towards the heel of his left supporting foot, and his right foot, which he begins to reap with, is lifted off the mat.

At the moment uke reaps from an unstable posture, tori swings his right leg up in front, and then reaps downwards so that uke falls back. When tori reaps, he pushes uke back, so that uke falls sharply in a large motion as he is counter-reaped.