SAIFA CONTINUED
Bring both hands back to your forehead, with your palms facing forward, left hand open, right hand closed, slow right tetsui uchi to left palm at groin level sweeping hands slowly out and down in a large circle.

Push hands to the left (still at groin level), front foot mawate (turning 180 degrees to the left with left foot in zenkutsu dachi facing south), halfway through the turn  your hands should come to your right hip, at the end of the turn thrust the hands out (right hand over left) & grab the oppenents collar, pull both hands back to both hips, then morote zuki at shoulder level.

Bring both hands back to your forehead, with your palms facing forward, righ hand open,left hand closed, slow left tetsui uchi to right palm at groin level sweeping hands slowly out & down in a large circle.

Raise your right foot to your left knee, raise right fist over & behind head, with your left hand at your hip, turn 180 degrees to the right (to face north), step right foot down to right foot sanchin dachi, right jodan tetsui uchi, KIAI.

Open right hand & turn palm facing upwards, turn palm downwards & grab opponents hair, pull back to your right hip keeping right hand clenched & palm facing downwards, left shita zuki.

Raise your left foot to your right knee, raise left fist over & behind head, with your right hand at your hip, turn 180 degrees to the left (to face south), step left foot down to left foot sanchin dachi, left jodan tetsui uchi, KIAI.

Open left hand & turn palm facing upwards, turn palm downwards & grab opponents hair, pull back to your left hip keeping left hand clenched & palm facing downwards, right shita zuki.

Step right foot forward to right foot forward sanchin dachi, turn right fist so palm faces down & extend right arm, close left fist (still on left hip & still with palm facing down), left chudan seiken zuki.

Step left foot across in front of right foot, retract left fist to left hip, turn 180 degrees to the right (to face north) in right foot forward reverse neko ashi dachi (right foot flat on the floor, left foot balancing on the ball of the foot behind & slightly to the left of the right heel), reach forwards with your right hand grabbing opponent's hair & left hand grabing opponent's beard.

Extend left foot behind two shoulder widths, drag right right foot back to right foot forward neko ashi dachi, pull left hand back to left hip & right hand back to left armpit (still holding opponent's head), rotate hands in a small circle right hand across in front of chest & then down to right hip, left hand up to left shoulder, push both hands forward with palms facing forward.

                     
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