Uke walks diagonally, towards Tori. Uke stops with his right foot close to Tori´s left foot, to the left front. Uke lifts his arms, first to the side, then forward. He grips Tori´s belt from the front with his left hand, and from the back with his right hand. Uke attempts to throw Tori with a kind of Tsuri-goshi.
Tori puts his left arm along Uke´s belt on Uke´s back. He pulls Uke in towards his own body. Tori puts his right hand at Uke´s left chest, close to his shoulder.
Tori begins to push Uke backwards, to the left. Both Uke and Tori move towards Uke´s original position. Uke walks backwards, with normal steps. Tori walks sideways. They take 4 steps like this.
After the 4 th step, Uke´s feet are parallel. He leans straight backwards. His back is not bent. Because of the heavy armour, there is no need for Tori to push Uke more. It´s enough to let go of Uke, and Uke will fall by himself, like a log.
The purpose for Tori is to kneel down and throw Uke over his left knee. Uke will have a very severe fall, and he will probably break his back or his neck. But before that happens, Uke moves to the left side and performs Ukemi. Tori kneels down. He waits a short moment, then he moves his left knee out to the left. This kneeling position is called Kurai-dori in Japanese.
After the fall, Uke sits with his back against Tori and his legs widespread.
At the beginning of the attack, Tori must put his left shoulder under Uke´s right armpit and pull Uke´s side close to Tori´s front with Tori´s left arm around Uke´s waist from the back.
This was a long explanation of the first technique, since this is basic principle that runs through all other techniques.
Uke bends his right knee (the knee that is closest to Shômen) to rise up. He does not touch the ground with his hands. He must stand up so that he turns towards Shômen.
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