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.