Uke stands behind Tori, at Tori's left back corner. He grabs Tori's sleeve at the elbow, first with his left hand, then with his right hand. Uke releases his left hand and move the hand to his left side (the natural position). Uke starts to push Tori forward, using the grip in Tori's sleeve (fig. 1).
Both walk three steps forward, right foot, left foot, right foot. Tori is slightly ahead of Uke. On the third step. Tori steps more to the side. He pulls Uke with his left arm. Uke loses his balance to his right front. Tori kicks at Uke's right knee with his left foot (fig. 2).
Tori executes an O soto gari on Uke´s right leg (fig. 3).
Tori returns to his position.
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