Mae (Forward)

Raise up and step forward with your right foot (left knee remains on the ground) draw the sword, cross body slash (nukitsuke), raise the sword over head (furikaburi), downward cut (kirioroshi), raise the hilt above the side of your head (with blade tip pointing down), swing over your head; ending on your right side (“flipping off the blood”- chiburi), bring the blade horizontal over the scabbard, slide the sword forward, when the tip passes the opening to the scabbard, sheath the sword (noto)