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The seventh kata, Juntō was created neither for dueling nor for self-defense, but to serve as kaishakunin.Īccording to his own memoirs, Nakayama Hakudō invented the twelfth kata, In'yō Shintai Kaewaza, as a variation on the fifth kata In'yō Shintai. The kata Ryūtō, which involves the Ukenagashi technique, is often considered as the most difficult kata of the Omori set.
Eishin ryu iaido series#
This series of kata became the first to be learned when the 17th headmaster of the Tanimura branch, Ōe Masamichi, reorganized and rationalized the curriculum of Hasegawa Eishin-ryū at the start of the 20th century. The kata start from the seiza sitting posture.
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Eishin ryu iaido plus#
The word "Shoden", which can be translated as the "first transmission", consists of the kata of Ōmori-ryū iaijutsu plus one kata variation exclusive to Musō Shinden-ryū. The blade and saya should cross your center line at a forty-five degree angle while sheathing. Only when the sword is about two-thirds of the way in the saya is the edge turned to face upwards. In Musō Shinden-ryū, the sheathing is performed horizontally with the blade outwards. The sword should now be right in the middle line of the body, with the tip raised forty-five degrees upward (Chuden) or level with the ground (Shoden) and your left hand hovering just above your forehead. The right hand then raises the sword overhead while the left hand takes its place on the hilt, thus entering in the jōdan stance or kamae. Unlike in Musō Jikiden Eishin-ryū, the sword does not fall off behind the back but always stays over shoulder height. The movement resembles a thrust to the rear. Both arts also differ from many other iaijutsu schools in that the kiai is performed silently, without hassei (shouting).Īfter striking with one hand, primarily on nukitsuke (cutting as one draws the sword out), the sword is brought to a position about ten centimeters above the left shoulder, blade edge up, and with the point facing backwards. Among the most visible are the manner in which the furikaburi (raising the sword overhead, sometimes called furikamuri) and the nōtō (sheathing) are done. The kata from Musō Shinden-ryū have a number of differences from the kata of its sister art, Musō Jikiden Eishin-ryū.