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Kata were first unified in the Keishicho Gekken Kata or Police Department Attacking Motion Kendo Kata, when exemplary kenshi were hired to standardize kata instruction in 1880. [2] Nihon Kendo Kata were finalized in 1912 for use in public school instruction. [1] [2] Modern usage of kata is as a teaching tool to learn strike techniques, attack ...
The art contains twelve forms (kata) and were developed in part by Shimizu Takaji and by a committee tasked with the creation of a compact Jōdō system to be taught mainly in Kendo dojos. [1] The result was the Zen Ken Renmei Seitei Jōdō system containing twelve forms and twelve basic techniques (kihon).
Kendo (Japanese: 剣道, Hepburn: Kendō, lit. ' sword way ' or ' sword path ' or ' way of the sword ') [1] is a modern Japanese martial art, descended from kenjutsu (one of the old Japanese martial arts, swordsmanship), that uses bamboo swords as well as protective armor (). [2]
Three more kata were added in 1981 and two more in 2000, increasing the number of seitei iaido kata to the current twelve. These kata are officially known as the "All Japan Kendo Federation Iai" (全日本剣道連盟居合, Zen Nippon Kendō Renmei Iai), or Zen Ken Ren Iai (全剣連居合) and commonly referred to as seitei or seitei-gata. [1]
In modern kendo, the dan system was recently changed so that 8th dan is the highest attainable rank. [13] Unlike Judo, all dan promotion within the All Japan Kendo Federation, International Kendo Federation and its member countries is by examination.
Waki-gamae (脇構), sometimes shortened to waki, is one of the five stances in kendo: jōdan, chūdan, gedan, hassō and waki, as well as other related and older martial arts involving Japanese sword. Waki-gamae is a stance involving the swordsman hiding the length of one's own blade behind their body, only exposing the pommel to the opponent ...
Chūdan-no-kamae is also called Seigan-no-kamae (正眼之構), or "right/correct eye posture," because the stance points the tip of the sword at the opponent's eyes. [1] In most traditional schools of swordsmanship, and in the practice of kendo , chūdan-no-kamae is the most basic posture, as it provides a balance between attacking and ...
Shidachi (受太刀) means "doing/receiving sword" and is one of the two roles in kata of budō and bujutsu, the other being uchidachi (打太刀). [1] [2] [3] [4] In ...