page_title: Jōdan-no-kamae
hierarchical_section_title: Jōdan-no-kamae
caption_attribution_description: Kenjutsu at the Japanese Garden in en:Devonian Botanical Garden.
context_page_description: Jōdan-no-kamae, also known as jōdan-gamae, and frequently shortened simply to jōdan, is a basic kenjutsu posture. Jōdan-no-kamae means upper-level posture.
context_section_description: Jōdan-no-kamae (上段の構え:じょうだんのかまえ), also known as jōdan-gamae, and frequently shortened simply to jōdan, is a basic kenjutsu posture.  Jōdan-no-kamae means upper-level posture (lit. 'high/upper degree posture').
caption: Two kenjutsu practitioners face off, both in jōdan-no-kamae, at the Devonian Botanical Garden at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (June 5, 2005).
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