講 道 館

講道館形教本

Kodokan KATA Textbook

極の形
Kime-no-Kata
English translated version
Official translation of the Japanese original
Copyright c 2014 Kodokan Judo Institute All Rights Reserved.

Kime-no-Kata
Revised on July 7th, 1977
Amended on June 1st, 2006

Introduction
Soon after establishing the Kodokan Judo , Kano Jigoro Shihan created Kata
for serious combative fight consisted of 10 techniques which had the same
objectives as Kata from a number of traditional Japanese Jujutsu schools andnamed it Shobu-no-Kata . Improving the techniques later, he increased thetotal of techniques to 14 or 15.
After further studying Jujutsu and adding his new ideas Kano Jigoro Shihan
submitted the draft of Kata consisted of 20 techniques, 8 Idori and 12
Tachiai for the meeting of Grater Japan Martial Virtue Society to discusson the establishment of Kata in 1906. As the result of the discussion in themeeting, today’s Kime-no-Kata was established.
Since Kime-no-Kata was created to acquire the most effective techniques
for the serous combative fight, the importance of practice in this Kata is tomaster agile Tai-sabaki movement and the most effective way to control the
opponent.

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Idori (Set 1)			

1. Ryote-dori			

2. Tsukkake			

3. Suri-age

			

4. Yoko-uchi			

5. Ushiro-dori			

6. Tsukkomi

			

7. Kiri-komi			

8. Yoko-tsuki

Tachiai (Set 2)
			

1. Ryote-dori			

2. Sode-tori			

3. Tsukkake			

4. Tsuki-age

			

5. Suri-age

			

6. Yoko-uchi			

7. Ke-age

			

8. Ushiro-dori			

9. Tsukkomi

			

10. Kiri-komi

			

11. Nuki-gake			

12. Kiri-oroshi- 3 -Beginning formalities
Tori stands on the left side and Uke on the right side toward Shomen [Ukeholds a sword and a dagger with his right hand (the tip of the sword pointing
downward at about 45°). The sword rests outside, both blade edges of sword
and dagger face up, and the base of the dagger’s hilt rests against bottom of
the sword’s hilt guard.] with the upright posture in a distance of about 5.4m
(about 3 ken) (Photos 1- ①② ) . Both face Shomen to make standing bows
simultaneously (Photos 2, 3) and sit facing each other. Uke puts both sword
and dagger onto his right side (the sword to the outside, the dagger to theinside, the base of the dagger’s hilt aligned with the hilt guard of sword, bothblade edges facing inward) (Photos 4- ①② ) and both make seated bows eachother (Photo 5).

- 4 -（Photo 1- ①）（Photo 1- ②）（Photo 2）（Photo 3）（Photo 4- ①）（Photo 4- ②）（Photo 5）（Photo 6）- 5 -While Tori stays seated in Seiza , Uke takes up both sword and dagger (bladeedges up) with his right hand to rise (Photo 6), moves forward about 1.8m
(about 1 ken ) behind him to sit in Seiza (Photos 7, 8) and holds both sword
and dagger upright in front of his body (both blade edges facing him) (Photos
9, 10). Uke puts his left hand on the left side of the sword, turns both sword
and dagger to the left to lay both in front of him (Photos 11, 12, 13) andrises. In this case, Uke put the dagger closer to Uke and the sword further
with both of hilts toward Shomen and both of blade edges facing inward(Photos 14- ①② ).

Tori rises in response to Uke ’s rising (Photos 15- ①② ) and Uke returns to his
original position to stand facing Tori (Photo 16).

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1. Ryote-doriBoth Tori and Uke take one step forward from their left feet to stand in
Shizen-hontai (Photos 1- ①② ) and then move forward to a distance of about
90cm (about 3 jaku ) to sit in Seiza (Photos 2, 3). Both move close by sliding
forward on their knees to a distance of about two fists between the knees ofTori and Uke and sit facing each other (Photos 4, 5) (this distance is called“Hizazume-no-maai ”).
Tori and Uke sit in Seiza facing each other in the distance of Hizazume-nomaai while putting both of their hands on their thighs naturally with thefingertips pointing slightly inward.

Keeping seated (without raising his toes) and seizing an opportunity, Ukegrasps both of Tori ’s wrists in a regular grip (the thumbs inside) with Kiai toattempt to control Tori (Photos 6, 7- ①② ).

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both of his knees come together (Photos 8- ①② ) and, with Kiai , kicks Uke ’s Suigetsu (stomach) with the ball of his right toe (or with his right kneecap),at the same time raising his hips and both of his toes (Photos 9- ①② ). Tori
immediately puts his right knee down to the previous position, moves his
right hand upward to grasp Uke ’s left wrist from below, while pulling his left
hand to release from Uke ’s grasp (Photos 10, 11, 12), turns his body to hisleft and raises his left knee. While pulling Uke ’s left arm forward with hisright hand along his body, Tori grasps Uke ’s left wrist with his left hand frombelow (the four fingers outside and the thumb inside) (Photo 13) and holds
Uke ’s elbow under his right armpit (Photo 14). Tori pulls Uke to break thebalance forward (Photo 15) and locks Uke ’s left elbow joint with “Udehishigiwaki-gatame ” by using his body and both of his hand effectively (Photo 16① ).
When the technique becomes effective Uke signals “Mairi ” by tapping Tori ’s
body or Tatami twice with his right hand.
In Kime-no-Kata , “Mairi ” shall be signaled by tapping Tori ’s body, Tatami , orclapping both hands depending on the feature of techniques and twice in allcases.

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2. Tsukkake
Tori and Uke sit in Seiza facing each other in the distance of Hizazume-nomaai (Photo 1).
Raising his hips and both of his toes, with Kiai , Uke starts to strike Tori ’s
Suigetsu (stomach) with his right fist (the back of palm down) (Photo 2).
Responding to Uke , Tori turns his body to his right to dodge Uke ’s strike
while raising his left toe and his right knee with his left kneecap as pivot andput his left hand (the four fingers down and the thumb up) on Uke ’s rightarm (just above the elbow) to pull forward, while breaking Uke ’s balance
forward (Photos 3- ① ② ). At the same time, with Kiai , striking Uke ’s Uto(between eyebrows) with his right fist (the back of hand down) (Photos 4- ①② ), Tori immediately grasps Uke ’s right wrist from above with his right hand,
the thumb inside (the back of Uke ’s hand up), and pulls it to his right hip
to put on his right thigh (the back of Uke ’s hand up) (Photos 5- ①② ). Whilereaching over Uke ’s left shoulder and grasping Uke ’s right collar deeply
with his left hand to control Uke ’s neck, Tori locks Uke ’s right elbow joint
with “Udehishigi-hara-gatame ” by putting Uke ’s right elbow joint against his
abdomen and slightly pushing out the abdomen (Photos 6, 7- ①②③ ).

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3. Suri-age
Tori and Uke sit in Seiza facing each other in the distance of Hizazume-nomaai (Photo 1).
Raising his hips and both of his toes and extending the fingers and the thumbof his right hand while holding them together, with Kiai , Uke starts to strike
Tori ’s forehead with his palm by sliding on it backward/upward and attempts
to injure Tori ’s neck (Photos 2, 3).
Responding to Uke , Tori raises his hips and both of his toes, dodges Uke ’s right wrist upward passing through by turning his body slightly to his rightand leaning back his upper body to grasp with his right hand, the thumbbelow and the palm facing forward. Tori puts his left hand on the base of
Uke ’s right arm from below with his thumb outside and his palm upwardand breaks Uke ’s balance forward by using both of his hand effectively(Photo 4). At the same time kicking Uke ’s Suigetsu (stomach) with the ball of
his right toe (Photo 5), Tori immediately turns his body to his right with hisleft kneecap as pivot, puts his right knee on Tatami and pulls Uke down to
the direct front by twisting Uke strongly with both hands (Photos 6- ① ② ).
Without changing his left hand grip, Tori controls Uke ’s arm (the base ofarm) by pressing down on it from above (Photos 7- ①② ), turns Uke ’s rightpalm down with his right hand, pushes Uke ’s arm forward and moves his
body forward on his left and right knees (keeping both of the toes flat) (Photo8). Tori lowers his hips and locks Uke ’s elbow joint with “Udehishigi-hizagatame ” by sliding forward his left kneecap into the hollow just above Uke ’sright elbow to press and using his right hand effectively (Photos 9- ①② ).

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4. Yoko-uchi
Tori and Uke sit in Seiza facing each other in the distance of Hizazume-nomaai (Photo 1).
Raising his hips and both of his toes, with Kiai , Uke lifts his right hand andstarts to strike Tori ’s left Kasumi (temple) with his right fist (Uzumaki ) (Photos
2- ①② ).
Responding to Uke , Tori dodges Uke ’s right fist (arm) by lowering his head
(Photo 3) and steps deeply forward with his right foot to the right side of Uke
while raising his left toe. Tori controls Uke in the form of “Kata-gatame ” withhis right arm and the right side of his neck, puts his left hand on the backof Uke ’s hip (Photos 4- ①② ) and pushes Uke down to the right rear corner(Photos 5, 6). Tori holds to control Uke ’s right elbow with his left hand (Photo7), raises his torso erect, extends the fingers and the thumb of his right hand
while holding them together (Photo 8) and, with Kiai , strikes vertically down
on Uke ’s Suigetsu (stomach) with his right elbow (Photo 9).

Tori and Uke sit in Seiza facing each other in the distance of Toma (about 1.2m) (about 1.2m or 4 shaku ) (Photo 10).

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5. Ushiro-dori
Uke rises in the distance of Toma (about 1.2 m), sits behind Tori in the
distance of one step and sliding forward on his knees to the distance of

Chikama (about 20cm or 7 sun ) (Photo 1).

Raising his hips and both of his toes, Uke steps forward with his right foot to
the right side of Tori while raising his knee, turns his face to Tori ’s left and,with Kiai, grapples around both of Tori ’s upper arms with both of his arms
(Photo 2).
Responding to Uke , Tori spreads both of his arms outward (Photo 3). Torithen holds both of Uke ’s right and left arms from his front with his righthand (arm) and holds Uke ’s left upper arm with his left hand as high as
possible while raising his hips and both of his toes (Photo 4). Tori moves his
right leg backward to slide deeply into between both of Uke ’s legs (Photos 5①② ), wraps Uke over his left shoulder with the form of “Seoi-nage ” (Photos 6,7), holds Uke ’s body under his right armpit with his right arm in the form of“Ushiro-kesa-gatame ” (Photo 8), at the same time, with Kiai , striking the vital
point of Uke ’s groin with his left fist (Photos 9, 10).

Uke returns to his previous position (behind Tori ) (Photo 11), then sits in
Seiza facing Tori (in the distance of Toma (about 1.2 m)) and goes for the
dagger.

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6. Tsukkomi
Uke sits in front of the sword and the dagger (Photo 1), inserts the dagger(blade edge up) into his jacket and returns to his previous position to sit in

Seiza facing Tori in a distance of about 45cm (about 1 shaku 5 sun ) (Photo 2).
Uke presses the outside of his jacket over the scabbard with his left hand,draws out the dagger (blade edge up) with his right hand, while raising his
hips and his right toe, steps forward with his left foot and, with Kiai , starts tostab into Tori ’s Suigetsu (stomach) (Photos 3, 4).

Responding to Uke , Tori raises his left toe, dodges Uke ’s stab by raising his
right knee with his left kneecap as pivot to turn his body to his right, sweeps
Uke ’s right arm (just above the elbow) passing through with his left hand(the four fingers down) and breaks Uke ’s balance in that direction. At thesame time, with Kiai , striking Uke ’s Uto (between eyebrows) with his rightfist (the back of hand down) (Photos 5- ①② ), Tori immediately grasps Uke ’s right wrist from above with his right hand and pulls it to his right hip (theback of Uke ’s right hand up) to put on his right thigh (Photos 6- ①② ). Whilereaching over Uke ’s left shoulder and grasping Uke ’s right collar deeply withhis left hand to control Uke ’s neck (Photo 7), Tori locks Uke ’s right elbow
joint with “Udehishigi-hara-gatame ” (Photos 8- ①②③ ).

Uke inserts the dagger into his jacket while sitting in Seiza to face Tori .

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7. Kiri-komi
Tori and Uke sit in Seiza facing each other in a distance of about 45cm (about
1 shaku 5 sun ).
Uke takes the dagger out of his jacket with his right hand (using as a
substitute for a short sword) and bears it in the left side of his hip (bladeedge up) (Photos 1- ①② ).

Loosening his short sword slightly from the scabbard to draw out with hisright hand, Uke slashes straight on Tori ’s forehead with Kiai while raising hisleft toe and stepping forward with his right foot (Photo 2).
Responding to Uke , Tori raises his left toe, dodges Uke ’s slash by raising his
right knee with his left kneecap as pivot to turn his body to his right andgrasps Uke ’s right wrist (the right hand close to Uke ’s wrist, left hand furtheraway) while retreating his right foot to turn his body to his right without
resisting the slash (Photos 3, 4- ①② ). Tori pulls Uke to break the balancediagonally forward to the right (Photos 5- ①② , 6) and holds Uke ’s right arm
under his left armpit to lock with “Udehishigi-waki-gatame ” (Photos 7- ①②③ ).

Uke returns to his previous position and sits in Seiza facing Tori (in the
distance of Toma (about 1.2 m)). After bearing the short sword in the left
side of his hip, Uke returns it into his jacket as a dagger.

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8. Yoko-tsuki
Uke rises and moves forward to Tori ’s right side (Photo 1) and sits in Seiza
alongside of Tori in a distance of about 20cm (about 7 sun ) (Photo 2).
Uke presses the outside of his jacket over the scabbard with his left hand,draws out the dagger with his right hand while raising his right toe, steps
leftward with his left foot and, with Kiai , stabs into the right side of Tori ’s
abdomen while facing the blade edge of dagger upward (Photos 3- ①② ).

Responding to Uke , Tori raises his left toe, dodges Uke ’s stab by raising his
right knee with his left kneecap as pivot to turn his body 180°to his right,
sweeps Uke ’s right arm just above the elbow passing through with his left
hand (the four fingers down and the thumb up) and breaks Uke ’s balancein that direction. At the same time, with Kiai , striking Uke ’s Uto (between
eyebrows) with his right fist (the back of hand down) (Photos 4- ①② ), Tori
immediately grasps Uke ’s right wrist from above with his right hand andpulls it to his right hip (the back of Uke ’s right hand up) to put on his rightthigh (Photos 5- ①② ). While reaching over Uke ’s left shoulder and grasping
Uke ’s right collar deeply with his left hand to control Uke ’s neck, Tori locks
Uke ’s right elbow joint with “Udehishigi-hara-gatame ” (Photos 6, 7, 8- ①② ).

Tori and Uke return to their previous positions (Uke in the right side of Tori ).
Uke rises after inserting the dagger into his jacket, and sits in Seiza facing
Tori in the distance of Toma (about 1.2 m). Then, Uke rises to move toward
the sword behind him and sits in Seiza to put down the dagger in the initial
position.

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Tachiai (Set 2)

1. Ryote-doriTori and Uke move forward each other to stand facing each other in a
distance of one step (about 40cm or 1 shaku 3 sun ) (Photo 1).
Uke steps forward with his right foot and grasps, with Kiai , both of Tori ’s
wrists with both of his hands (the thumbs inside) in a regular grip to attempt
to control Tori (Photo 2).

Responding to Uke , Tori breaks Uke ’s balance forward by spreading both of
his arms outward and pulling both of his hands behind him (Photo 3) and,with Kiai , kicks the vital point of Uke ’s groin with the ball of his right toe(Photo 4). Tori immediately puts his right foot back in the previous position,
moves his right hand upward to grasp Uke ’s left wrist from below (Photos 5① ② ). Tori pulls his left hand inward/upward to release Uke ’s grasp, turns
his body to his left, while retreating his left foot, and pulls Uke ’s left arm
forward along his body. Tori puts his left hand (the four fingers outside andthe thumb inside) on Uke ’s left arm to grasp together with right hand (the left
hand closer to Uke ’s palm than the right hand) (Photos 6- ①② ) and holds it
under his right armpit (Photos 7-①② ) to lock it with “Udehishigi-waki-gatame ”(Photos 8- ①② ).

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2. Sode-tori
Uke moves toward the behind of Tori through the right side of Tori andstands close to Tori on the left behind (Photo 1).
Uke grasps the back of Tori ’s left middle-rear-sleeve with his left hand (Photo2), then grasps it (just about the elbow) with his right hand in a regular grip
(lifting Uke ’s forearm forward naturally without turning inward or outward,
the thumb on the outside of Uke ’s body) (Photo 3) and moves to push Tori
forward while twisting Uke ’s sleeve slightly up to control Tori (Photo 4).

Tori moves forward from his right foot and, at the third step, steps diagonallyforward to his right with his right foot to break Uke ’s balance in that
direction (Photo 5). With Kiai , Tori kicks down on Uke ’s right knee with hisleft foot (in the little toe side) from the diagonal right forward (Photos 6, 7- ①
② ), immediately puts down his left foot to the outside of Uke ’s right foot andturns his body to his left. Tori grasps Uke ’s right middle-inner-sleeve with hisleft hand, while grasping Uke ’s left collar with his right hand (Photo 8), andthrows Uke with right “Osoto-gari ” (Photos 9, 10, 11).

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3. Tsukkake
Tori and Uke stand facing each other in a distance of about 1.8m (about 1ken ) (Photo 1).
Uke bends his left arm slightly, raises his left fist to the eye-level and his
right fist around in front of his Suigetsu (stomach) to assume left stance (Photo2) and approaches Tori from his left foot by Tsugi-ashi . After feinting a blow
to strike with his left fist (Photo 3), Uke immediately takes wide stride and,with Kiai , starts to strike Tori ’s Uto (between eyebrows) with his right fist (theback of hand down) (Photo 4).

Responding to Uke , Tori quickly turns his body to his right, at the same time
grasping Uke ’s right forearm with his right hand (Photo 5) and pulls it down
to break Uke ’s balance forward (Photo 6). When Uke tries to recover hisbalance, taking advantage of this reaction, Tori steps forward to the behindof Uke with his right foot first and then left foot, while moving to slide hisright hand over Uke ’s right arm, reaches over Uke ’s right shoulder to put his
right hand on Uke ’s throat and breaks Uke ’s balance backward (Photos 7①② ). Tori crosses his right hand with his left hand (the right hand on top)
above Uke ’s left shoulder (Photo 8) and chokes Uke with “Hadaka-jime ” byretreating his left foot to take slightly Jigo-tai (Photos 9- ①② ).

Uke tries to resist by grasping Tori ’s right elbow with both of his hands, but
he signals “Mairi ” when he cannot resist any longer.

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4. Tsuki-age
Tori and Uke stand facing each other in a distance of about one step (Photo 1).
Uke takes a small step forward with his right foot and, with Kiai , starts toknock up Tori ’s chin with his right fist (the back of hand forward) from below(Photos 2, 3).

Leaning back his upper body to dodge Uke ’s strike, Tori grasps Uke ’s rightwrist with both of his hands (the right hand above and the left hand below)
and pulls up the arm (Photos 4- ①② ). Tori retreats with his right foot to turnhis body to his right (Photos 5- ①② ), at the same time holding Uke ’s rightarm under his left armpit (Photos 6- ①② ) to lock Uke ’s right elbow joint with
“Udehishigi-waki-gatame ” (Photos 7- ①②③ ).

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5. Suri-age
Tori and Uke stand facing each other in a distance of about one step (Photo 1).
Uke takes a small step forward with his right foot, extends the fingers and thethumb of his right hand while holding them together and, with Kiai , starts tostrike Tori ’s forehead with his palm by sliding on it backward/upward (Photo
2).

Leaning back his upper body, Tori dodges Uke ’s right arm from below
at around the elbow passing through with his left forearm (turning it
inward) (Photo 3) and, at the same time, with Kiai , strikes Uke ’s Suigetsu(stomach) with his right fist (the back of hand down) (Photos 4- ①②③ ). Tori
immediately steps forward, with his left foot first (Photos 5- ①② ) and thenright foot (Photos 6- ①② ), and throws Uke with left “Uki-goshi ” (Photos 7, 8).

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6. Yoko-uchi
Tori and Uke stand facing each other in a distance of about one step (Photo 1).
Uke takes a small step forward with his right foot and, with Kiai , starts tostrike Tori ’s left Kasumi (stomach) with his right fist (Uzumaki ) (Photo 2).
Tori dodges Uke ’s right fist (arm) by lowering his body, steps forward withhis left foot to the right side of Uke and controls Uke backward by putting
his right hand on Uke ’s breast (Photos 3- ①② ). Tori grasps Uke ’s left lapel

with his right hand (the thumb inside) (Photos 4- ①② ), immediately moves
his right foot forward behind both of Uke ’s feet (Photo 5) and then left footbehind his right foot while reaching over Uke ’s left shoulder with his left
hand to grasp Uke ’s right collar (the thumb inside) (Photos 6- ①② ). Tori puts
his forehead into the back of Uke ’s head, retreats his left foot while lowering
his body and strangles Uke with ”Okuri-eri-jime ” while controlling Uke
further backward (Photos 7- ①②③ ).

Uke tries to resist by grasping Tori ’s left elbow with both of his hands, but hesignals “Mairi ” when he cannot resist any longer.

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7. Keage
Tori and Uke stand to facing each other in a distance of about one step (Photo1).

Uke takes a small step forward with his left foot and, with Kiai , kicks up on
the vital point of Tori ’s groin with the ball of his right foot (Photos 2, 3).
Tori dodges Uke ’s kick by retreating with his right foot to turn his body to hisright while scooping up Uke ’s raising right ankle from the outside with hisleft hand (Photos 4- ①② ). Then, Tori puts his right hand together with hisleft hand (the right hand almost facing the left hand) (Photos 5- ①② ), moves
Uke ’s right leg to Tori ’s left side (Photos 6- ①②③ ) and, with Kiai , kicks on
the vital point of Uke ’s groin with the ball of his right foot while twisting his
hips to his left (Photos 7- ①② ).

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8. Ushiro-dori
Uke moves through Tori ’s right side (Shimoza ) and stands in a distance ofabout 90cm (about 3 jaku ) behind Tori (Photo 1). Tori moves forward fromhis left foot.

Uke also moves forward from his left foot following Tori (Photo 2), thenseizing an opportunity, steps forward with his right foot to grapple over bothof Tori ’s arms (the lower part of upper arms) with both of his arms whileturning his face toward the left side of Tori (Photos 3- ①② ).

At the moment being grappled, Tori immediately spreads both of his arms
outward, grasps Uke ’s right upper arm with both of his hands (Photos 4,5- ① ② ) and throws Uke with right “Seoi-nage ” (Photos 6, 7). Kneeling on
his right knee directly down, with Kiai , Tori strikes Uke ’s Uto (between
eyebrows) with his right Te-gatana (Photos 8, 9- ①② ).
When “Ushiro-dori ” is finished, Uke once stands facing Tori and goes for the
dagger. Uke sits in Seiza , inserts the dagger into his jacket (the blade edgeup) and rises to return to the position facing Tori .

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9. Tsukkomi
Uke stands facing Tori in a distance of about 90cm (about 3 jaku ) (Photo 1).
Uke presses the outside of his jacket over the scabbard of the dagger inside

his jacket with his left hand, draws out the dagger (the blade edge up) withhis right hand and, with Kiai , starts to stab Tori ’s Suigetsu (stomach) while
stepping forward with his left foot (Photo 2).

Tori retreats with his right foot to turn his body to his right (Photo 3), sweeps
Uke ’s right arm (around the elbow) passing through with his left hand (thefour fingers down), with Kiai , strikes Uke ’s Uto (between eyebrows) with hisright fist (the back of hand down) (Photos 4- ① ② ). Tori then grasps Uke ’sright wrist from above with his right hand and pulls it to his right hip to put
on his right thigh (Photos 5- ①② ). At the same time pulling Uke to break hisbalance diagonally forward to the right, Tori reaches over Uke ’s left shoulder
and grasps Uke ’s right collar with his left hand (Photos 6- ①② ). Tori moves
diagonally forward to Uke ’s right, with his right foot first, his left foot andthen his right foot, and locks Uke ’s right arm with “Udehishigi-hara-gatame ”(Photos 7- ①②③ ).

Uke returns to the position facing Tori while inserting the dagger into hisjacket.

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10. Kiri-komi
Tori and Uke stand facing each other in a distance of about 90cm (about 3
jaku ).
Uke takes the dagger out of his jacket with his right hand (using as a

substitute for a short sword) and bears it in the left side of his hip (the bladeedge up) (Photo 1).
Loosening his short sword slightly from the scabbard to draw out with hisright hand, Uke steps forward with his right foot and, with Kiai , slashes
straight on Tori ’s forehead (Photos 2, 3).

Responding to Uke , Tori grasps Uke ’s right wrist with both hands (the righthand closer to Uke ’s wrist and the left hand further away) without resisting
the slash (Photos 4- ①② ). Tori retreats with his right foot to turn his body to
his right (Photos 5- ①② ), pulls Uke to break the balance diagonally forward
to the right (Photos 6- ①② ) and holds Uke ’s right arm under his left armpit
to lock with “Udehishigi-waki-gatame ” (Photos 7- ①②③ ).

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When “Kiri-komi ” is finished, Uke once stands facing Tori , puts the shortsword into the scabbard in his left hip and returns it into his jacket (Photo 8).
Then, Uke moves toward the sword behind him (Photo 9), sits in Seiza to put
down the dagger in the initial position (Photos 10, 11) and bears the sword(the blade edge up) in the left side of his hip (Photos 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,18). Uke rises and returns to the position facing Tori (Photo 19).

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11. Nuki-gake
Tori and Uke stand facing each other in the distance of Toma (about 1.2 m)(Photo 1).

Uke steps forward with his right foot and attempts to draw the sword while
gripping the hilt of sword with his right hand (Photo 2).

At that moment stepping forward with his right foot close to Uke ’s right foot,Tori grasps Uke ’s right wrist from above with his right hand to block Uke ’s

drawing of the sword (Photos 3- ①② ) and immediately moves his right footforward to the outside of Uke ’s right foot (Photo 4). Then, Tori takes wide
stride behind Uke with his left foot (Photo 5) and reaches over Uke ’s leftshoulder with his left hand to grasp Uke ’s right collar, while inserting his
right hand under Uke ’s right armpit and scooping up Uke ’s right arm (Photos
6- ①② ). Breaking Uke ’s balance to the left rear corner, Tori strongly inserts
his right hand further behind Uke ’s neck (on Tori ’s left arm) to control Uke ’s right arm (Photos 7- ①② ) and strangles Uke with “Kataha-jime ” while
retreating with his left foot to control Uke to the left rear corner (Photos 8- ①
② ).

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12. Kiri-oroshi
Tori stands in Shizen-hontai .
Uke stands facing Tori in a distance of about 2.7m (about 9 shaku ) bearing
the sword (the blade edge up) in the left side of his hip (Photo 1).

While stepping forward with his right foot, Uke quietly draws out the sword
and assumes the posture of eye-level position (Photo 2). Then, Uke steps
forward slightly from his right foot by Tsugi-ashi to restrain Tori .
Responding to Uke , Tori retreats to maintain the proper distance (Photo 3).

Uke steps further forward with his left foot, assumes the posture of highposition (Photo 4) and, seizing an opportunity, with Kiai , steps forward withhis right foot to cut down straight on Tori ’s forehead.
Tori steps diagonally forward to his left with his left foot and shifts his rightfoot to turn his body to his right. Tori grasps Uke ’s right wrist from above
with his right hand (Photos 5- ①② ), pulls it to his right hip to break Uke ’s balance to the right front corner (Photos 6- ①② ), reaches over Uke ’s leftshoulder and grasp to pull tightly Uke ’s right collar with his left hand (Photos
7- ①② ). Tori moves diagonally forward to Uke ’s right, with his right footfirst, his left foot and then his right foot, and locks Uke ’s right elbow joint
with “Udehishigi-hara-gatame ” (Photos 8- ①② ).

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When Kiri-oroshi is finished (Photo 9), Uke lowers the tip of his sword to
the posture of low position (Photo 10). Uke retreats to his initial position(Photos 11, 12), briefly assumes the posture of eye-level position (Photo 13)
and retreats with his right foot to stands in Shizen-hontai while inserting thesword into the scabbard (Photo 14, 15).

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Ending formalities
Uke returns toward the dagger behind him (Photo 1), sits in Seiza (Photo 2)
and takes off the sword to put in the initial position (Photos 3, 4). Then, Uke

picks up both of dagger and sword together (both blade edges up) with hisright hand (Photos 5, 6), returns to his original position (the place he took
one step forward to stand in Shizen-hontai after bows in the beginning).
During this sequence, Tori also returns to his original position (the similarplace as Uke ) (Photo 7).
Both Tori and Uke take one step backward to stand upright (Photo 8), andthen make seated bows (Photo 9). After the seated bows, both Tori and Uke
stand upright, turn to face Shomen and make standing bows simultaneously(Photo 10).

in Photos：Tori - Tadashi Sato , 8th dan
Uke - Ikuo Hasegawa , 8th dan (at the time of shooting)- 54 -

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