Fifth kumitachi

Uketachi Uchitachi
Chudan no kamae Chudan no kamae
Jodan no kamae, right foot back
Slide step forward, then lower tip
Shomen cut with step (kiai) Cut obliquely up, bokken point to uke's chest, step out with the left foot and bring up the right
Gyaku yokomen
Guard (keep elbows close), right foot back, tsuki
Right yokomen (kiai)
Guard high
Rotate clockwise Rotate clockwise
Low yokomen
Guard
High yokomen
Guard

Saito's description is not too dissimilar.
Uketachi Uchitachi
1. Right hanmi Right hanmi
2-4. Step widely to the left with the left foot and strike down Shomen uchi komi
5.
6.
Turn the body into left hanmi and defend.
7-8. Defend by stepping back with the left foot. Uchi komi.
9-10. Raise opponent's bokken and move forward to grasp hi bokken.
11-12. Move into left hanmi. Do not grasp his bokken but flow moving to the opponent's back and strike his leg.
13-14. Defend by stepping back with the left foot. Uchi komi.


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