Osai

(pressing)

A stiff opponent will instinctively swing his point back to the centre, so that in this case the blade is pressed aside by turning the attacker's edge to his right and running down the opposing blade, pressing the point off and controlling until the point is cleared. Rather than pressing directly to the side, we thrust obliquely across the blade and Osai-men is shown in plates
128 and 129. Osai-dzuki is more awkward and so this technique is normally followed by a Men
attack.