Shinto Muso-ryu Jodo Kata
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[edit] Shinto Muso-ryu Jodo Kata
- This information was drawn from the main Shinto Muso-ryu article and formed into a separate article due to size-restraints.
Kata is an old way of teaching traditional martial arts in Japan. Kata is used in many modern and koryu martial arts as a way of teaching advanced techniques and maneuvers using a series of scripted movements and actions against an opponent. In many of the older koryu martial arts, kata is at the center of what is taught with little or even no sparring as compared to more modern martial arts such as Kendo and/or Judo
The modern Shinto Muso-ryu system holds approximately 64 jojutsu kata divided into several series. All kata are normally taught in sequence. In some SMR dojos, new students begin their kata training by learning two kata from the Seitei jodo due to their (relative) technical simplicity.
As a comparison, the compact Seitei Jodo created by Shimizu Takaji contains 12 kata. Ten of these kata are drawn from the existing SMR kata with minor modifications, and 2 other kata created specifically for Seitei Jodo. The two specific Seitei jodo are taught in various SMR dojos outside the main series of Kata.
[edit] Omote
The first series of kata taught to new students. The two Seitei Jodo kata are taught in some dojos before Tachi Otoshi, although not always. Tzuki Zue is also sometimes used as a first kata taught to new students.
- (1) Tsuki Zue (In some dojos)
- (2) Suigetsu (In some dojos)
- (3) Shamen (In some dojos)
- 1. Tachi Otoshi - First kata of the Omote Series.
- 2. Tsuba wari
- 3. Tsuki Zue
- 4. Hissage
- 5. Sakan
- 6. Ukan
- 7. Kasumi
- 8. Monomi
- 9. Kasa no shita
- 10. Ichi rei
- 11. Neya no uchi
- 12. Hoso michi
[edit] Chudan
- 1. Ichi riki
- 2. Oshi zume
- 3. Midare dome
- 4. Ushiro zue zen / Ushiro zue go
- 5. Taisha
- 6. Kengome - Uchidachi uses both long and short swords
- 7. Kiri kake
- 8. Shin shin
- 9. Rai uchi
- 10. Yokogiri dome
- 11. Harai dome
- 12. Seigan
[edit] Ran ai
Created and added in bakumatsu period (1850-1867)
- 1. Ran ai odachi - (longsword)
- 2. Ran ai kodachi - (shortsword)
[edit] Kage
Holds the same names as the omote series.
- 1. Tachi otoshi
- 2. Tsuba wari
- 3. Tsuki zue
- 4. Hissage
- 5. Sakan
- 6. Ukan
- 7. Kasumi
- 8. Monomi
- 9. Kasa no shita
- 10. Ichi rei
- 11. Neya no uchi
- 12. Hoso michi
[edit] Samidare
- 1. Ichi monji / Ju monji
- 2. Kodachi otoshi
- 3. Mijin zen / Mijin go
- 4. Gan tsubushi
[edit] Gohon no midare
Created and added by Shimizu Takaji around 1939
- 1. Tachi otoshi no midare
- 2. Sakan no midare
- 3. Kengome no midare
- 4. Kasumi no midare
- 5. Shamen no midare
[edit] Okuden
- 1. Sengachi
- 2. Tsuki dashi
- 3. Uchi tsuke
- 4. Kote dome
- 5. Hiki tsute
- 6. Kote garami
- 7. Jutte
- 8. Mikaeri
- 9. Aun
- 10. Uchiwake
- 11. Suigetsu
- 12. Sayu dome
[edit] See also
- Bujutsu/Budo - The "Way of War" or the "Way of the warrior".
- Daimyo - The aristocratic samurai landowner of feudal Japan. Employed samurai as warriors to expand their domains before and during the Sengoku Jidai period. Lasted until the Meiji restoration and abolishment of the feudal system.
- Iaido/Iaijutsu - Martial Art - The art of drawing the Japanese sword.
- Koryu - A term used to describe Japanese martial arts created before the 1868 Meiji restoration. Any art created that was created post-1868, such as Judo, Karate, Aikido, Taido, are considered to be Gendai Budo. Karate, although preceding 1868, does not qualify as koryu due to the fact it did not evolve in Japan but on the Ryūkyū Islands (modern Okinawa Prefecture) which did not become a part of Japan until the 17th century.
- Samurai - The warrior elite of feudal Japan. The Samurai caste was abolished in the Meiji restoration's aftermath.
- Seitei Jodo - Modern, compact version of SMR with 12 kata taught in the Zen Nihon Kendo Renmei.
[edit] External links
- European Jôdô Federation (French)(English)
- Pan-American Jo Federation
- Koryu.com photo gallery of Shinto Muso-ryu and integrated arts in action
- Shindo Muso Ryu Jodo in the USA
- Shindo Muso Ryu Jodo on the Net
- SMR dojo in Stockholm, Sweden (Swedish)(English)
- SMR in Switzerland (French)(English)
- SMR dojo in Östersund, Sweden (Swedish)
- Shrine of Muso Gonnosuke
- Shrine of Muso Gonnosuke (Japanese)
- Seitei Jodo/Shindo Muso Ryu Jodo in Spain (Spanish)
- Shinto Muso Ryu Demonstrated at Nagoya Castle
- Jo Dojo of Nishioka Tsuneo Sensei in Tokyo (English) (Japanese) (Spanish)
[edit] References
- "A Brief History of ZNKR Jodo"
- Entry on SMR at koryu.com
- "Evolution of classical Jojutsu" by Dave Lowry
- Jodo Kai Australia
- KampaiBudokai article on SMR
- "Muso Gonnosuke and the Shinto Muso-ryu Jo" by Wayne Muromoto
- "Nishioka Tsuneo and the Pure Flow of the Jo" by Wayne Muromoto
- Pascal Krieger: Jodô - la voie du bâton / The way of the stick (bilingual French/English), Geneva (CH) 1989, ISBN 2-9503214-0-2
- Stockholm Jodokai with featured list of known Shinto Muso-ryu kata including assimilated arts.
- USA Jodo Federation (history-section)