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GUELPH SPRING SEMINAR NOTES - MAY 1999 by Jacques Van Alsenoy, Belguim. The purpose of these notes is only to note what specific points were emphasised (or struck me) - they are not intended at all to be full descriptions of the different katas (I am not that smart, yet. Maybe one day... who knows!).

These are the standard Japanese sword (katana) drawing techniques. The Seitei gata were standardized by a formal comity of Japanese traditional martial artists in the late 20th century. Clicking on the links leads to a description and fine points of executing the techniques and to an embedded video of these Iaido kata.

Kuroda Tetsuzan est l'un des plus grands maîtres d'arts martiaux contemporains. A vingt ans il devient le plus jeune pratiquant de l’histoire à recevoir le titre de Hanshi Hachidan (8ème dan) de Kobudo du Daï Nippon Butokukaï. Pratiquant hors pair il est aussi un théoricien exceptionnel qui a mis en lumière les principes régissant l'utilisation du corps dans les voies martiales traditionnelles. Pour Dragon il a accepté de répondre à une interview exceptionnelle. Par Léo Tamaki.

Un kata utile transmet des principes, des stratégies, et permet de développer des qualités. Il n’est pas la reproduction d’une situation réelle de combat mais sa schématisation. Les situations de combat sont innombrables et il serait vain de chercher à les reproduire toutes.

Un cheminement à long terme par Sébastien Villalba

We apply different kind of breathing in kata. The other methods introduced concentrate on exhaling but this breathing concentrates on "holding the air".

So kendo kata definitely contains old style kenjutsu moves and they are different from kendo with shinai (shinai kendo). That is why we have to learn these forms. Maybe because kata does not seem very practical to many people for shinai kendo, many people see kata as something they have to do for their promotion exam (grading). But as all the high rank senseis say, it must be studied more often than it is now.

I would like to briefly touch on the idea of how “fixed” kata is and why such views are often mistaken. While I am approaching this from an iai practitioners point of view, the points will remain true across the board.

Kata training in kendo nowadays is had via the well known and respected “nihon kendo no kata,” and it has played an important part in keeping the “sword” element of kendo alive to this day. We also have the newly introduced “bokuto ni yoru kihon keiko-ho” (although they not officially called “kata”) which is a method of teaching shinai-kendo techniques using a bokuto. But before both these sets of kata, there were precursory attempts to create kata for teaching to kendo people. These forms are still practised in the Japanese kendo community today, although rare.

La description suivante du SETE IAÏ ou SEITEI IAÏ est la forme requise dans les passages de grades officiels de la fédération internationale de IAÏ. Description des 12 kata de Sete Iaï

By Chris Gilham Copyright © 2000. Among teachers of iaido there are various approaches, two of them main, to when the head and eyes turn to meet an opponent when a form involves unsheathing the sword to turn and attack.

copyright © 2007 Steve Quinlan, all rights reserved This short article is in response to the article written by K. Taylor regarding the “Fallacy of Expanding Time in Kata”. The article examines a common trap that I think all martial artists who study Kata are guilty of falling into at some time or another. The issue is falling into a “well what if I did this instead…” line of thinking. The article gives some wonderful insight into why this is so commonly done, and a means of preventing ourselves from succumbing to its call.

Mémoire de recherche - 2006 INFLUENCE DES KATA SUR LES CIRCUITS NEUROLOGIQUES par Albert CAELLES, professeur de karaté, BEES 2ème degré, Responsable des Grades CORG Provence

L’histoire du Iaidō et des différents koryū (écoles anciennes) est assez complexe.

The 31 jo kata often practiced by aikidoka, is normally done in two directions - most movements to the front, and a few to the back. In my dojo, we got the idea of making it shiho, four directions, like most kata with that many movements are in other budo. It's fun for a change. Try it out, if you like - and if the photos and video clips are clear enough to figure out the movements. If not, then why don't you find out your own way of doing it? The photos were taken by Patrik Orth in Zlin. The video clips were filmed by Johnny Petersen at Enighet dojo in Malmö.

This video shows the 31 jo kata from 3 angles and the footwork in detail. The kata is executed by Lewis Bernaldo de Quiros (rokudan), chief instructor of TAKN. This is an instructional video made by Takemusu Aikido Kyokai Nederland.

These Iai arts were performed by NAGAE Matasaburo, in his sixties (guess). He was born and lived in Nagasaki, received the 7th grade of Kendo and 8th grade of Iai from Zen-Nippon Kendo Renmei (All-Japan Kendo Federation). He also practiced Shinto Munen style Iai. The original movies were recorded in 8mm films, then edited in a VHS tape. It's not known who took and maintained these films (maybe one of Matasaburo's disciples did). They were converted to DV (digital video) format, stored in HDD, finally created QuickTime H.263 format (360x240, 15fps, compressed).

This essay will examine the meaning of the term “johakyu” (序 破 急) and how the concept is expressed in iaido kata. I will first examine the term’s history, application and meaning; and following this, the expression of examining johakyu in Ipponme Mae of the Zen Nihon Kendo Renmei Seitei Iai.

The origin of the forms of Zen Nippon Kendo Renmei Seitei Kata started in 1967 when it was realised that the majority of modern Kendo practitioners in the ZNKR had little or no experience of the techniques of using a real or live sword. And had realised that Kendo had become the way of the shinia . A committee was set up, comprising of the following members (...).

Ikita kata. A living kata. What does this mean? When Otsuka Sensei said these words he had something very specific in mind. But in order to understand this concept of 'ikita kata', we must first understand the concept of embusen and seichusen

The 12 basic forms are called Seitei-Iai (Standard-Iai). They were created by the the Zen Nihon Kendo Renmei (ZNKR = All Japan Kendo Federation or IKF). They are training forms, which include all important sword technics. Seitei-Iai forms will provide the basic education (Kihon).

This is the first in a continuing series of articles on the Japanese art of iaido the modern discipline or way of drawing the sword that was popularized in the 1930's. It was derived from iaijutsu, a sub-specialization of kenjutsu (sword arts) that was practiced by professional (samurai) warriors and involved methods of drawing the sword and cutting as a single motion. Future articles will focus on concepts that relate to practice and then on specific analyses of kata and basic techniques.