Even if uchidachi reacts quickly enough to counter shidachi’s initial attempt to disarm him, shidachi can still recover the situation.

Assuming shidachi attempts to apply Ude-gurami and uchidachi counters with the kaeshi-waza, as uchidachi pivots back to face shidachi with his counter, shidachi keeps his hands low and the fingers of his right hand aligned with the fingers of uchidachi’s right hand. As uchidachi brings his bokken to a vertical alignment, shidachi returns the bokken in the same plane.

In applying the kote-gaeshi, shidachi does not try to push uchidachi’s hand toward uchidachi. The throw is executed in the manner of the “Hiki” form of kote-gaeshi (pulling the wrist under, rather than pushing the hand over), and must occur before uchidachi plants his lead foot as he executes the snap-pivot toward shidachi. (Most people try to throw after uchidachi turns to face shidachi. Instead, shidachi should force the bokken to remain vertical and execute the throw on uchidachi’s turn, with a hard tuck to his left. The throw is effected with the body “tuck” to the left, not with any application of force to uchidachi’s hands or with any twisting of the bokken.)

Uchidachi will fall onto his back.

Maintaining his hand position, shidachi walks around uchidachi’s head — without turning his hand — all the way to his hips. Uchidachi’s arm will be pulled tightly across his chest.

Turning uchidachi’s hand to force the bokken into a sharp, horizontal cut, shidachi spins uchidachi to his front.

Shidachi secures uchidachi with a pin, and removes the bokken from his grip.

Shidachi disengages with a step back to jodan-gamae,

then assumes gedan-gamae (with edge up, to prevent uchidachi pressing the sword into the ground and regaining the initiative).