Zen Nihon Kendo Renmei Jodo Kata
In the 1968, it was felt that the study of Jodo would be beneficial for Kendo practitioners and,
drawing on some of the older forms, Shimizu created the 12 standard forms or Kata known as Seitei Gata practiced
today by all members of the AJKF and isolated 13 basic techniques into individual and paired practice drills, known
as Tandoku Dosa and Sotai Dosa respectively.
Tandoku Dosa - Individual Techniques
Sotai Dosa - Paired Techniques
- Honte uchi - Basic hand strike
- Gyakute uchi - Reverse hand strike
- Hiki otoshi uchi - Pull down strike
- Kaeshi tsuki - Change and thrust
- Gyakute tsuki - Reverse hand thrust
- aki otoshi - Rolling drop
- Kuri tsuke - Winding press
- Kuri hanashi - Winding release
- Tai atari - Body strike
- Tsuki hazushi uchi - Displace thrust and strike
- Do-barai uchi - Sweeping the abdomen strike
- Migi tai hazushi uchi - Evade body strike (right)
- Hidari tai hazushi uchi - Evade body strike (left)
Seitei Gata - Standard forms
- Tsuki zue - Walking stick
- Suigetsu - Solar plexus
- Hissage - Draw back
- Shamen - Slope
- Sakan - Left thrust
- Monomi - Looking out
- Kasumi - Mist
- Tachi otoshi - Knocking down the sword
- Rai uchi - Thunder strike
- Seigan - Aiming at the eyes
- Midare dome - Stopping chaos
- Ran ai - From chaos to harmony