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Exam program 3rd KYUPrerequisites:th A minimum of 8 months practice three times a week since the last exam (4 KYU)
ththth Knowledge of the techniques and theory required for 6 , 5 and 4 KYU exams
 Consent of the dojo’s technical director.
The literal translation of some Japanese terms is placed between quotation marks “…“.

Dojo behavior(Continuation)

Notions to understand / know

Suburis (“exercises”)
with weapons
bokken and jo

Etiquette/behavior rules with weapons:
 Acknowledge respect to the weapon in direction of the kamiza when you take it fortraining (jo, bokken, hojo, shinai, tanto,…). Repeat this at the end of the training before
you put it back.
 While sitting in seiza, the weapon has to be laid on the right side (exception: the hojo
bokken and shinai has to be laid on the left side), (the edge of the blade pointed at you)the handle not further than your knee.
 If the weapon has to be laid on the side of the tatami, observe the following rules:
 No weapon, except the one of the Sensei, has to be laid on the side of the kamiza
wall For swords, knives and other weapons with a sharp tip/blade, they never point indirection of the kamiza when the are laid on the side of the tatami. The edge of theblade points always to the outer side of the training surface.
 On the side in front of the kamiza, beginning in the middle of the tatami, the weapons
are pointed at the lateral direction.
 One never walks over a weapon. Either one avoids it, or one takes it, acknowledges
it, passes and puts it down again.
“draw the sword”
bakkenno kenmigi
hidariuchidachishidachiharu no tachi
tai atarishomen uchi cut
kiri oroshi cut
yokomen uchi cut
kessagiri cut“sheath the sword”“right”“left”
role of the “father” in the hojo katarole of the “son” in the hojo kata“sword of spring”“body check”
vertical cut to chudan levelvertical cut to gedan level
diagonal cut at jodan level
diagonal cross cut from hasso to gedan

defence ikkyo

similarmovement toikkyo omote

defence uke nagashi

protection of thehead, tip
directedtowards thepartner, taisabaki: tenshin

attack tsuki

to stab: bokken and jo, chudan and jodan

movement makiotoshi

These exam programs are built up following the teaching systematic ofth
Aikido conceived by Sensei Masatomi Ikeda, 7 dan, former technicaldirector of the Swiss Aikikai.

shimohanen(the drawing atleft is based on
the grip katate
tori gyakuhanmi)© Eric Graf, 13/03/2016

PAGE 2Kamae (“positions”)
with weapons
bokken, jo, hojo

Specific movement in hojo

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movement tekubigaeshikamihanen(the left drawing
is based on thegrip katate tori
gyaku hanmi)

tenchinage

position tip infront, hands
higher than thepoint

genkei kokyu nage

position tip infront, hands
lower than thepoint

jodan no kamae

position weapon
over the headwaki gamae

position yang,weapon
horizontal
pointedbackwards;
migi, hidari

hasso kamae

position yin ;weapon holdingnear the temple;
migi, hidari

chudan no kamae (or seigan
pointing to third eye)position weapon
in front pointed
direction thethroat of thepartner

naname or gedan no kamae

position weapon
diagonal
downwards;
migi, hidari

unpo

specific way of walking withthe feet parallel,
synchronized with thebreathing, the gaze straightahead, sink in the knees,
the hands open around thecenter (hara)

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Technical program
Attacks

Techniques

Explanations, theoreticalcomplement“practice on the knees”

SUWARIWAZA
Shomenuchi kiawase
Katatetori gyakuhanmi

1Ikkyo omote / ura

For ura: basic and variation

2

Nikyo omote / ura

For ura: through hijikime osae

3Iriminage

until osae

4

Shihonage

hanmi hantachi: 2 forms, 1. tori stays in suwari
waza, 2. tori stands up after the attack

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Iriminage
Kotegaeshi
Sumiotoshi
Aikigoshi
Shihonage
Udekimenage
Uchikaitennage
Ikkyo ura
Ikkyo omote / ura
Nikyo omote / ura“standing practice”

TACHIWAZA

Shomenuchi kiawase

Katatetori aihanmi

enter irimi tenkan sabaki, 2 forms

25 Kotegaeshi

Yokomenuchi

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omote: enter with little tenkan tenshin
ura: irimi tenkan

20 Torifunekokyunage
21 Genkeikokyunage

24 Hikiotoshi

Katatori menuchikakarigeiko (3 uke): gyaku!

enter irimi tenkan sabaki

23 Maeotoshi

Ushiro ryotetori

enter irimi tenkan, like for sumiotoshi

19 Shihogirikokyunage

22 Kiriotoshi
Katate ryotetori

entry counter-attack yokomen uchi

18 Uchikaitensankyo

17 Uchikaitensankyo

Ryotetori

basic (with atemi)

omote: enter with little tenkan tenshin
ura: irimi with cutting kiri oroshi
jodan kuzushi !
1. direct, 2. tenkan tenshin (shimohanen andkamihanen), 3. irimi tenkan tenshin
irimi tenkan sabaki
tenkan sabaki,liberation chudan yang  take sankyo

15 Sankyo omote / ura
16 Shihonage

Katatetori gyakuhanmi

basic and variation

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31
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Tenchinage
Genkeikokyunage
Iriminage
Ikkyo (omote)Kotegaeshi
Ikkyo
Ipponseoi

tanren tenkan sabaki
kigata:1. intial contact chudan yin omote, irimi tenkan
2. intial contact chudan yang ura, tenkan
ushiro ashi tenkan:
1. intial contact jodan yang omote
2. intial contact chudan yin ura (tai no henko)
mae ashi tenkan:
1. intial contact chudan yang omote
2. intial contact chudan yang urakigata, irimi tenkan, intial contact chudan yin
omote
enter mae ashi tenshin: on the first and second
hand (tate ichi monji)tenkan sabaki:
1. shimohanen kata no te
2. kamihanen uchi no teenter ushiro ashi Irimi
tenkan kirioroshi
sankakutai

basic and variation

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Buki waza“weaponspractice”

katas

Explanations, theoreticalcomplement

1”work with bokken”

Kumi tachi
1 Ichi no tachi “father” & “son”
2 Ni no tachi “father” & “son”

1st bokken kata
2nd bokken kata”work with jo”

Kumi jo345
6st

1 kata of Ikeda Senseind
2 kata of Ikeda Senseird
3 kata of Ikeda Senseith
4 kata of Ikeda Sensei

omote kataura kata
hiki otoshi katamae otoshi kata

Hojo

From Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū

7 haru no tachi “father” & “son”“spring sword”

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Theoretical knowledge: Aikido systematicst

Table 1: Kumi jo, 1 kata from Ikeda Sensei (omote)Movement ofthe kata
1tsuki2
3
4uke nagashi
kiri oroshi
shomen uchi
Return tochudan position

5tai / ashi sabaki
mae ashi tenkan
linear, kaiten
irimi(ushiro ashi) tenkan
Irimi
mae okuri ashi or
mae tsugi ashi

Corresponding entry of
the basic techniques tothe attack kiawase

Corresponding to theotoshi techniques to theattack katate ryote tori

iriminage

hiki otoshi omote

ikkyo ura
kotegaeshi
shiho nagemae otoshi omote---

Table 2: Kumi jo, 2
Movement of the katando uchi kaiten nagewith gyakuhanmi
o iriminage on
kiawaseo kimussubi no tekokyu

kata from Ikeda Sensei (ura)Corresponding to theotoshi techniques to theattack katate ryote tori

tai / ashi sabaki(ushiro ashi) tenkan,
mae okuri ashi
uke nagashi
irimi
tsuki (jodan)
mae ashi tenkan, kaiten
shomen uchi
irimi
Return to chudan position mae okuri ashi or mae tsugi ashi

1 tsukimae otoshi ura

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hiki otoshi ura-rd

The whole katacorresponds tost

The whole katacorresponds too soto katien kaiten
nage withgyakuhanmi

ndThe 3 kata is made up of half of the 1 kata (movements 1-2) and the second half of the 2 katathnd(movements 3-4-5). The 4 kata is made up of half of the 2 kata (movements 1-2) and the second
sthalf of the 1 kata (movements 3-4-5).
Table 3: correspondences
Elementotoshi techniques

Fundamental principles

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mae otoshi
hiki otoshi
kiri otoshi
kaiten otoshi

ikkyo / sumiotoshi
nikyo / kotegaeshi
sankyo / iriminage
yonkyo / shihonage

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The exact detailed descriptions of the katas required in the exam are described in the book “Aikido Sanshinkai: Buki Waza,
the practice of weapons in Aikido". This book can be obtained directly from Dojo de Neuchâtel - Espace Culturel or orderedover the internet.
2This kata is the subject of an article in the SSKL N°7 in which it is detailed step by step. This article can be downloaded free ofcharge on the site www.dojo-ne.ch in section San Shin Kai Letter.
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