Aikido Kata
** AIKIDO WAZA**
NAGE WAZA/ Throwing techniques
KATAME WAZA/ Locking techniques
ATEMI WAZA/ Striking techniques
KANSETSU WAZA/ Joint techniques
SUWARI WAZA/ Kneeling techniques
TACHI WAZA/ Standing techniques
UKEMI WAZA/ Falling techniques
TANTO WAZA/ Defending Against a Knife
TACHI DORI/ Defending Against a Sword
JO NO BU/ JO DORI Defending Against a Jo
JO NO BU/ JO NO TSUKAI KATA/ Using a Jo
TACHI NO TACHI/ Sword against Sword
** MAJOR KATA FORMS THAT INTEGRATE TECHNIQUES**
TEGATANA NO KATA/ The Walking kata*
HANASU NO KATA/ The 8 Releases*
NI JU SAN HON KATA/ The 23 Main Forms*
O WAZA JU PON/ The Big 10*
KORYU DAI ICHI/The First Advanced Kata
KORYU DAI NI/ The Second Advanced Kata
KORYU DAI SAN/ The Third Advanced Kata
KORYU DAI YON/ The Fourth Advanced Kata
KORYU DAI GO/ The Fifth Advanced Kata
KORYU DAI ROKU/ The Sixth Advanced Kata
The first three kata listed above along with the first five
of the O Waza Ju pon comprise the the requirements for
Shodan or first degree blackbelt.
One of the most important kata we practice is Tegatana
no Kata or The Walking Kata. Since movement is one of
the major Principles in the practice of Aikido, this kata is
practiced every class session for several repetitions in order
to imprint the subconscious of the unusual movements that
the art demands in order to be able to move omnidirectional
with little or no effort and be able to multi channel process
what is appearing in the demand of the moment.
Tegatana no Kata
1) Shomen Ashi forward step feet only
2) Waki Ashi side to side step feet only
3) Tenkan Ashi step feet only
4) Shomen Te Gatana straight hand blade same hand/foot
5) Uchi Mawashi inside sweep hand blade same hand/foot
6) Soto Mawashi outside seep hand blade same hand/foot
7) Uchi Soto Gaeshi forward block & side push same hand/foot
8) Uchi Mawashi Gaeshi inside sweep & turn same hand/foot
9) Soto Mawashi Gaeshi outside sweep & turn opposite hand/ foot
10) Ude Goshi Gaeshi arm & hip turn opposite hand/ foot
11) O mawashi major circle opposite hand/ foot
12) Yoko O mawashi side major circle both hands/ feet
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