Katori Shinto Ryu Kata names

[Jean and Wendy Gruneberg]

Hi all

Does anyone know where I can find the names for the first few kata from
Katori Shinto Ryu Kenjutsu?

TIA

Jean

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[Cris]

Hi ,

As far as I know , this names are as follows :
kusa nagi no ken
nuki tsuke no ken
nuki uchi no ken
uken
saken
happo ken
yuki ai gyaku nuki no tachi
zengo chidori no tachi
( I am not sure about the last one ...)

hope that helps

Cris

[Ulf Undmark]

"Nuki stuke no ken", "Nuki uchi no ken"...sounds more like their iai set
than kenjutsu.

Ulf Undmark

[Tron Furu]

> Does anyone know where I can find the names for the first few kata from
> Katori Shinto Ryu Kenjutsu?

These are the names of the iai kata:

kusa nagi no ken
nuki tsuke no ken
nuki uchi no ken
uken
saken
happo ken

These are the names of the two first tachi iai kata:

yuki ai gyaku nuki no tachi
zengo chidori no tachi

(then there are yuki ai migi chidori no tachi,
gyaku nuki no tachi and nuki uchi no tachi)

I do not know the names of the ken kata, which we refer to as the
omotedachi syllabus,
as we only call them ikkajo, nikkajo, etc. I know there are "proper names"
(e.g. ikkajo is Isutzu no tachi (sp?), I suddenly fervently hope), and they
are all given in Otake sensei's "The deity and the sword".
Perhaps someone on the list has these books, and is willing to open them?

Tron Furu

[George Kohler]

> I do not know the names of the ken kata, which we refer to as the
> omotedachi syllabus,
> as we only call them ikkajo, nikkajo, etc. I know there are "proper names"
> (e.g. ikkajo is Isutzu no tachi (sp?), I suddenly fervently hope), and they
> are all given in Otake sensei's "The deity and the sword".
> Perhaps someone on the list has these books, and is willing to open them?
>
> Tron Furu

Omote No Tachi:

Itsutsu no tachi
Nanatsu no tachi
Kasumi no tachi
Hakka no tachi

Gogyo No Tachi:

Mitsu no tachi
Yotsu no tachi
In no tachi
Sha no tachi
Hotsu no tachi

[Karl Friday]

At 02:08 PM 7/17/99 +0200, Jean and Wendy Gruneberg wrote:

>Does anyone know where I can find the names for the first few kata from
>Katori Shinto Ryu Kenjutsu?

Otake Risuke's three-volume series on TSKSR (translated by Donn Draeger as
*The Deity and the Sword*) lists the names of many of the kata.

Karl Friday
Dept. of History
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
ph. (706) 542-2537
kfr...@arches.uga.edu

[Jean and Wendy Gruneberg]

Hi All

Thanks for all the input w.r.t. KSR kata names. Now 2 questions.

1 What does Kajo mean?
2 Does the Deity and the Sword 'show' all the kata... i.e. are there
pictures for us intellectually challenged individuals?

Thanks

Jean

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