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ZENKAI NIHON KENDO NO KATA

INDEX

Prologue 3

Forward 4

Directions for Understanding Kendo and Practice 5

1)The Origin of Nihon Kendo No Kata

The Birth of the Kata 9

How they became the Nihon Kendo No Kata 10

2) Effective Kata 12

3) Directions and Warnings for Practice 13

4) Explanation

a) The Five Kamae 15

b) Tachiai 18

c) Kakegoe – Katana 24

d) Tachi No Kata Ippon Me 26

e) Tachi No Kata Nihon Me 34

f) Tachi No Kata Sanpon Me 42

g) Tachi No Kata Yohon Me 52

h) Tachi No Kata Gohon Me 60

I) Tachi No Kata Roppon Me 68

j) Tachi No Kata Nanahon Me 76

k) Kodachi No Kamae 90

l) Kodachi No Tachiai 91

m) Kodachi No Kata Ippon Me 94

n) Kodachi No Kata Nihon Me 102

o) Kodachi No Kata Sanpon Me 110

5) Dai Nihon Teikoku Kendo Kata Kachu 123

6) Dai Nihon Teikoku Kendo Kata Zoho Kachu 126

7) In Addition

a) Points for Kendo Kata Practice 129

b) Points for Kendo Kata Shinsa 130

c) How these explanations came about 131

8) The Parts of the Japanese Sword 133

 

Afterward 134

 

 
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