Shoden 10
Harai   TSUKI

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Harai   TSUKI
	TORI	UKE
	Starting position. Tori at left, uke at right.
1	Starting with bokken in belt, facing uke.	Starting in chudan kamae, sword drawn and held at middle guard, facing tori.
2		Step forward with left foot.
3	Step forward to the left with left foot, firmly grabbing the scabbard and tsuba with left hand, and putting right hand palm on the hilt.	Chudan tsuki, thrust to middle level, in the direction of tori's original position.
4	Harai with tsuka, the hilt, in a semi-circular move from left to right, pushing uke's sword a bit to uke's left.
5	Draw sword immediately after the harai, extending right arm to the right, sword held so that the edge points to the right.	Step back with right foot, and draw sword to jodan kamae.
6		Step forward with right foot.
7	Chudan tsuki, thrust to middle level, but place it by the right side of uke's waist.	Men, cut to the head.
8	Push uke back, by extending the tsuki thrust additionally, then draw the sword back to horizontal position near the body.	Fall back one full step with right foot, when pushed by tori.
9		Yield sword to migi no waki, right side guard. Retreat two steps.
10	Step back with left foot, while turning the sword so that the edge points to the floor, ending the step in a chudan kamae position.
11	Chiburi kaiten, "shake off blood" by spinning the sword around.
12	Put blade on left shoulder. Noto, sword back into scabbard. Step back to the starting position.
	TORI: Stefan Stenudd	UKE: Tomas Ohlsson

Stefan Stenudd