RYUSEIKEN BATTO-DO STANDARDS
KIHON KAMAE WAZA (BASIC STANCES)
1. SEIGON KAMAE - FIGHTING STANCE
2. JODAN KAPME - HIGH SECTON STANCE
3. GEDAN KAMAE - LOW SECTION STANCE
4. HASO KAMAE - SIDE SECTION STANCE
5. CHUDAN HASO KAMAE - DIAGONAL STANCE
6. JODAN HASO KAMAE - HIGH SECTION DIAGONAL
STANCE
7. WAKI KAMAE - HIDING THE SWORD STANCE
KIRI WAZA (CUTTING TECHNIQUES)
1. KESA GIRI - LAPEL CUT
2. KIRI AGE - RISING DIAGONAL CUT
3. SUIHEI - HORIZONTAL CUT
4. RYOKESA - DOUBLE LAPEL CUT
5. TSUKI - STAB
6. MAKO GIRl - STRAIGHT OVER CUT
7. NUKITSUKE KESA - ONE HANDED LAPEL DRAW AND CUT
8. NUKITSUKE SUIHEI - ONE HANDEDHORIZONTAL CUT
9. NUKITSUKE KIRI AGE - ONE HANDED RISING DIAGONAL
CUT
10. GYAKU KIRI WAZA - REVERSE HANDED CUTTING TECHNIQUES
RYUSEIKEN BATTO-DO KIHON KATA (BASIC FORMS) 1-6
STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PRACTICE THE KATA AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ON
THEIR OWN. CONTINUED PRACTICE OF THESE FORMS WILL IMMENSELY IMPROVE YOUR
SWORD TECHNIQUE.
VOCABULARY (THESE ARE SOME OF THE TERMS THAT WILL BE
INTRODUCED)
1. KATANA/NIHON TO - JAPANESE SWORD
2. DAITO - LONG SWORD
3. WAKIZASHI - MEDIUM SWORD
4. TANTO - SHORT SWORD
5. SAYA - SHEATH
6. TSUBA - GUARD
7. KISAKI - TIP
8. TSUKA - HANDLE
9. SAGYO - BINDING ROPE
10. YOKOTE - DIVIDING LINE OF SURFACE AND POINT
11. SHINOGI - RIDGE LINE
12. JI - SURFACE
13. NAKAGO - TANG
14. MUNE - BACK OR RIDGE OF SWORD
15. YAKIBA -TEMPER LINE
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