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Kokū (虚空) “False Void”

 

Both uke and tori begin in hidari ichimonji no kamae.

 

Uke performs migi jodan tsuki. Fall back with your right foot and perform uke nagashi with left hand striking uke’s right hoshi. Immediately take small step with left foot to flatten body facing uke, and twist hips counter-clockwise performing right omote shuto into same kyusho – this is to break the uke’s elbow. This position invites the uke to kick towards the midsection or suzu.

 

Uke brings their left foot in and performs right sokugyakuken. Twist hips clockwise and pull right leg back to avoid kick. Using your left leg kick uke’s right leg before it lands. Immediately strike uke’s butsumetsu with boshiken – knocking them away.

 

Renyo (輦輿) “Palanquin”

 

Both uke and tori begin in hidari ichimonji no kamae.

 

Uke performs migi jodan tsuki. Fall back with your left foot and perform uke nagashi with right hand – deflecting uke’s tsuki with your wrist. Immediately take small step with right foot to flatten body facing uke. This position invites the uke to kick towards the midsection or suzu.

 

Uke brings their left foot in and performs right sokugyakuken. Twist hips clockwise and pull right leg back to avoid kick. Using your left leg, draw out the uke’s kick so that they feel they’re going to slip. The uke will grab you with their right hand. Step in with your right foot and perform migi ura shuto into uke’s uko. Reach over with right hand and begin to perform ura gyaku. As the uke resists this, step back with left foot turning hips counter-clockwise and allow hand to rotate into omote gyaku. Perform a right sokuyakuken to uke’s suigetsu in this motion. Still rotating body, nage uke with omote gyaku in a large circular motion. Finish by lifting uke onto their left side and stomp wakitsubo with your left leg.

 

Danshu (彈手) “Shooting Hand”

 

Uke grabs tori’s right sleeve with their left hand.

 

Step diagonally off line with your right foot back. Slide your right hand underneath uke’s left elbow, and applying light pressure with your palm, rotating elbow upwards and inward. Uke performs right tsuki. Increase pressure on uke’s left elbow to help throw uke’s right tsuki off-course, and daken uke with left hand in an upward direction. Shift your weight to the right pulling the uke into a ura shuto to ademo.

 

Using left hand, perform muso dori and kick to the outside of uke’s left knee with your right foot collapsing them to the ground on to their back breaking the arm.. Finish by performing a sokugyakuken into uke’s butsumetsu.

 

Sakanagare (逆流) “Reverse Flow”

 

Both uke and tori begin in hidari ichimonji no kamae.

 

Uke performs migi jodan tsuki. Fall offline with left foot and receive with right jodan uke. Capture uke’s right hand with your left hand to prepare to perform omote gyaku. The uke performs a right sokuyakuken. Step back with your right foot and turn clockwise, receiving uke’s kick with a right sokkiken – this is like hicho no kamae.

 

Turn counter-clockwise towards uke while taking uke’s right hand upwards into omote gyaku with your left hand. Uke will respond by attempting to strike suigetsu with left fudoken. Sink your hips and receive tsuki with right gedan daken uke, striking at the kyusho nagare with a shuto. Step in slightly with right foot and perform right ura shuto into uke’s uko. Step with your left foot, rotate hips counter-clockwise and perform omote gyaku on uke’s left hand. Lift uke onto their right side, and finish with a stomp into wakitsubo

 

Keō (梟鷗) “Settling Seagull”

 

Uke grabs both the tori’s lapels.

 

In one motion, sink your hips as you hit with fudoken/shikanken to the back of uke’s hands in a downward motion. At the same time, use the inner part of your right foot to strike upwards into uke’s suzu. The uke will let go and recover to throw a right jodan tsuki. Uke nagashi tsuki with your left hand and apply pressure to their arm with your forearm to throw off their balance. Strike uke’s kasumi with a right ura shuto before finishing with a sokuyakuken to butsumetsu.

 

Hanebi (跳火) “Leaping Fire”

 

Uke grabs tori’s collar from behind with their right hand.

 

Reach back and cover uke’s right hand with your right hand. The uke will perform a right sokuyakuken into tori’s back. Step forward with right foot and turn hips counter-clockwise while sinking to face uke. Receive to inside of uke’s keri with gedan uke nagashi. Using your left hand shuto down through uke’s right grabbing arm at hoshi while taking uke’s right hand with your right hand into hon gyaku. Apply pressure to wrist to break uke’s balance. Step back with your left foot while perform omote gyaku turning hips counter-clockwise and perform right sokuyakuken into uke’s suigetsu. Continue to turn hips and throw with omote gyaku in large circular motion.

 

Ketō (闕倒) “Watchtower Topple”

 

Both uke and tori begin in Hidari Ichimonji no Kamae.

 

Uke performs right sokuyakuken. Step left with left foot and kick with instep to right leg to deflect. Uke responds by pulling their kicking leg back, and performs right tsuki to suigetsu. Respond by moving 45 degrees back right and receiving tsuki with jodan uke – immediately capture uke’s right kote. Perform shakoken into uke menbu (without stepping) – driving both the face and uke’s right arm back to take balance. While still holding face with right shakoken, perform right sokuyakuken into uke suigetsu to knock them over.

 

Yubi Kudaki (指砕) “Finger Break”

 

Uke reaches with right hand and grabs collar from behind.

 

Step forward with right foot and turn hips counter-clockwise to face uke. In same motion perform right reach over with right hand and take uke’s right grabbing hand off by grabbing pinky and rotating hand clockwise. The uke will step back and pull their arm away from the pain. Move with them and perform a left boshiken to butsumetsu. Take their elbow with the left hand and perform hon gyaku on uke’s right hand using the pinky. Kneel back on left knee taking the uke elbow into the ground to throw them on their back.

 

Stand up and stomp wakitsubo.

 

Sakketsu (殺締) “Killing Clamp”

 

Uke grabs tori from behind around arms.

 

Sink pushing hips back assuming hoko no kamae, striking uke’s hips back with your hips. Step 90 degrees to your left and twist hips clockwise to face the uke. In this movement, strike uke’s gorin using a right fudoken in a swinging motion – striking with the back of the knuckles. Swing your right hand up underneath the uke’s left arm and trap in preparation of ganseki nage. Turn hips counter- clockwise and nage uke forward.

 

Ketsu Miyaku (締脈) “Tightening Pulse”

 

Uke approaches tori from behind and performs sankakujime, barring right forearm against throat.

 

Immediately sink hips and bring chin down and to the right to open air way. With right hand secure uke’s right elbow and drive thumb into hoshi. With left hand, take uke’s right hand and rotate palm upwards and extend uke’s arm. Step back with left foot and kneel, rotating hips counter-clockwise and nage uke over right shoulder. Maintain control of uke’s arm and stomp uke’s wakitsubo.

 

Teiken (蹄拳) “Hoof Fist”

 

Uke reaches in under tori’s arms from behind.

 

Immediately sink hips and bring in elbows to trap uke’s arms at your side. Grab fingers of uke’s hand and crush them. Position thumbs on back of uke’s hands and perform ura gyaku on both hands taking them away from your body and up over your right shoulder. In this moment, step back with your left foot and slam your hips into uke’s left hip. As you do this, twist your hips counter-clockwise and in large circular motion nage the uke forward, maintaining control of their left hand. After throwing the uke, lift him onto his right side using his left arm, and stomp wakitsubo with your right heel.

 

CHU RYU NO MAKI

 

Ujaku (烏鵲) “Magpie”

 

Both uke and tori begin in hidari ichimonji no kamae.

 

Uke performs migi jodan tsuki. Step offline with left foot and perform uke nagashi with right hand striking uke’s right hoshi – immediately grab uke’s right sleeve at elbow. Uke performs right sokuyakuken. Twist hips clockwise and strike leg upwards using your right foot’s instep and draw kick outward – this will cause the uke’s balance to come forward. As your right foot plants, step in with your left foot in front of the uke’s right foot and strike uke’s right butsumetsu with a left shito/boshi ken. As you strike, lift uke’s right arm with your right hand – allow your hand to slide from the elbow and catch uke’s hand in omotegyaku.

 

Step underneath the arm and continue to turn clockwise as you move under uke’s arm. Use your left hand to cover any potential attacks in this moment and maintain close distance as you move in front of the uke. Secure uke’s hand with both hands and perform katate nage. Pull up on hand to bring uke onto their side, and finish with a right stomp to uke’s wakitsubo.

 

Seitō (鯖倒) “Mackerel Topple”

 

Both uke and tori begin in hidari Ichimonji no Kamae.

 

Uke performs right tsuki. Move offline to the right and receive with left uke nagashi to hoshi. The uke then performs a right sokuyakuken. Pull left leg back and perform right fudoken into kaku. The uke responds by performing left low tsuki to suigetsu. Respond by moving to the right, and perform left gedan uke nagashi to nagare and then catch kote.

 

Perform shitenken into uke’s eyes. Grab the uke’s left shoulder with right hand, and perform right sokugyakuken into uke’s suigetsu. Immediately kneel back on right and take the uke down onto his back. Stand up and stomp on wakitsubo.

 

Dashin (拏振) “Shake and Pull”

 

Tori is in hidari Ichimonji no Kamae. Uke is in migi Seigan no Kamae holding a shoto.

 

The uke performs a tsuki to suigetsu. Pivot on the left foot to the left and lightly catch uke kote with left hand. Perform right shuto onto top of the uke hand to drop the shoto. Immediately take uke te into omote gyaku with both hands.

 

The uke responds by kicking (with either foot). Respond by receiving with right keri turning the uke away. Immediately pull left leg back and finish omote gyaku.

 

Finish with right sokuyakuken into wakitsubo.

 

Korai (虎落) “Tiger Fall”

 

Tori begins in hidari ichimonji no kamae. Uke begins in Daijodan no kamae with shoto in right hand.

 

Uke performs kesa giri. Step back with left foot offline at 45 degrees and catch uke’s right wrist with your right hand. The uke will respond by recoiling arm. Move in with arm and bring hand upwards. Step underneath the arm using your left foot, using left hand to cover from potential attack. Rotate hips clockwise – keep close contact to uke to prevent from attack. Continue to move beyond uke’s left hip and perform katate nage – keeping uke’s right hand at your right hip and controlling the thumb. Finish by stomping on uke’s head with your left foot.

 

Hōsen (蜂先) “Bee Tip”

 

Tori begins in hidari ichimonji no kamae. Uke begins in Daijodan no kamae with shoto in right hand.

 

Uke performs kesa giri. Fall offline back 45 degrees to the left stepping back with left foot – dodging the kiri. Uke responds by preparing for migi kubi giri (cutting to the right side of your throat). In this moment, perform sokugyakuken to uke right elbow knocking the shoto out of uke’s hand. As your foot lands, perform sanshitenken (pinky and thumb held together, middle finger hits uke throat notch with index and ring finger striking above collar bone on both sides) to knock the uke down.

 

Finish by leaping onto the uke, driving knee into uke’s chest

 

Kō (橰) “Well Bucket”

 

Tori begins in hidari ichimonji no kamae. Uke begins in Daijodan no kamae with shoto in right hand.

 

Sono Ichi

Uke performs kesa giri. Step slightly offline outside to the left with left foot and lightly catch uke’s right hand with your right hand. Uke attempts to kick you with right sokuyakuken. While still controlling uke’s right hand, drop your hips low and scoop uke’s kick with right arm and shoulder. Step in with right and tsuki towards uke’s menbu while holding their right hand to nage them backwards.

 

Sono Ni

Uke performs kesa giri. Step slightly offline inside to the right with right foot and lightly catch uke’s right hand with your left hand. Uke attempts to kick you with right sokuyakuken. While still controlling uke’s right hand, drop your hips low and scoop uke’s kick with right arm and shoulder. Step in with right and tsuki towards uke’s menbu to nage them backwards

 

Shien (獅猿) “Lion Monkey”

 

Tori is in hira (shizen) no kamae. Uke is behind tori holding a shoto.

 

Uke thrusts into the back of the tori. Shift offline to the left to evade strike, lifting right arm to evade tsuki. Lightly cover uke’s right wrist with right hand. The uke responds by kicking with right foot. Responds by pivoting clockwise on your right foot lifting the uke’s right hand into ura gyaku and kick with left foot into uke’s kobura.

 

Allow the hand to fall into omote gyaku as you capture with your left hand. Kneel back on left knee and throw uke down using omote gyaku.

 

Stand up and perform right keri into wakitsubo.

 

Hōraku (崩落) “Cave-In”

 

Tori is in hira (shizen) no kamae. Uke is behind tori holding a shoto.

 

Uke thrusts into the back of the tori. Shift offline to the left to evade strike, lifting right arm to evade tsuki. Hug uke’s arm to trap it, and strike down onto uke’s hand using left happaken to knock the shoto out.

 

Take the uke’s hand into take ori, and pivot on right foot clockwise. Strike with right ura shuto to uke kasumi. Stomp on uke’s right toki with right foot as you grab uke’s shoulder with right hand. Kneel back on on right and pull the shoulder down to drive the uke face down into the ground in a manner similar to o’gyaku.

 

Stand up and stomp on uke’s head.

 

GE RYAKU NO MAKI

 

Shunū (隼雄) “Falcon Excellence”

 

Tori begins in hidari Ichimonji no kamae. Uke is hira no kamae with a katana.

 

The uke will step back with left and attempt to perform batto. As the uke begins to draw the katana, step in deep with left foot and stop the draw with your left palm on the butt of the handle. The uke will respond by stepping back with left foot to retreat. In this moment step in with right and perform right boshiken to shinchu. Step back with right foot and take the sword handle with your right hand, drawing it out – blade side up and tip pointed at uke. Support the back of the blade with your left hand or forearm.

 

Shunsoku (隼足) “Falcon Feet”

 

Tori begins in hidari Ichimonji no kamae. Uke is in migi bobi no kamae with a katana.

 

As the uke begins to draw the katana, step in deep with left foot and stop the draw with your left palm on the butt of the handle. The uke will respond by striking downward onto your left hand with a fudoken – in a similar manner to a gedan uke. As they do this, drop the sword handle low to avoid the strike as you step in with your right foot and grab the end of the saya with your right hand.

 

Move your left hand to the uke’s left hand and extend their arm outward – anchoring it against your left hip. Step back with your left foot and rotate counter clockwise, barring uke left arm with the saya in your right hand, and drive uke into the ground. Finish with a sokugyakuken to wakitsubo.

 

Ichigeki (一撃) “One Blow”

 

Tori is in hidari Ichimonji no kamae. Uke is in Hira no Kamae with katana.

 

The uke steps back and draws the katana. If necessary leap slightly back to avoid being cut. The uke then raises the katana into Daijodan no Kamae. In this moment, leap in with left foot forward and grab uke’s right elbow with your left hand – pressing your thumb into hoshi, and pressing the arm up and back. Perform right boshiken into uke’s left kimon – making the uke slump and further lose balance. Perform right sokuyakuken into uke butsumetsu to knock them down. Finish in Ichimonji no Kamae.

 

Kaisoku (魁足) “Superior Feet”

 

Tori is in hidari Ichimonji no kamae. Uke is in Daijodan no kamae.

 

The uke cuts down. Step to the left to avoid cut, and perform right sokuyakuken into uke hands to make them drop the katana.

 

The uke will immediately reach to draw his shoto. Depending on the timing, either land from the kick onto his right foot, or step forward with right foot on the top of uke’s right foot. Cover his right (drawing) arm with your left hand, and perform right ura shuto into uke right kasumi. Take uke’s right hand with your left hand in omote gyaku – releasing his grip from the shoto, and reach up underneath his right arm with your right arm and grab is right shoulder.

 

Take the omote gyaku outward with your left – extending his arm out and back. Step in with your left and perform osoto nage with your right foot, dropping the uke onto their back. Pin the uke.

 

Kōryaku (掬掠) “Scoop Up and Throw Over”

 

Tori begins in hidari Ichimonji no kamae. Uke is in Daijodan no kamae.

 

The uke cuts down. Pivot on your left foot counterclockwise 90 degrees, covering the uke hands with you left. Twist your hips counterclockwise and reach with right and grab uke’s right elbow. Apply wringing pressure to the right arm – pushing on the uke’s right hand and pulling the uke’s right elbow. Bring uke’s arm to your chest and drop sliding right leg through (tachi nagare) dropping the uke onto the floor next to you head first. Rise back to your feet and return to Ichimonji no kamae.

 

Iaifū (意合封) “Draw Seal/Close”

 

The tori is hidari Ichimonji no kamae. Uke is in Bobi no kamae with katana.

 

The uke performs drawing cut to do. Leap back to avoid, maintaining kamae. The uke raises the katana to daijodan. Step in deep with your right foot and left fist above your head to protect from the uke’s arms. Perform right boshiken into uke kimon, then imediately kick with right sokuyakuken into uke suigetsu to knock them down. Return to Ichimonji no kamae.

 

Chingan (沈雁) “Wild Goose”

 

Tori begins in Ichimonji no kamae. Uke is in Chudan no kamae.

 

Move to Han no Hanitsu no Kamae; your body is square, with the heel of your left foot in alingment with the toes of your right, resembling a runners stance. The fingers of the middle and ring finger are curled in touching the thumb. The index and pinky finger are extended outwards. The hands are aligned in your midsection.

 

The uke performs tsuki. Step forward 45 degrees with left foot sinking hips deep. Make sure your shoulders rotate clockwise so that your hands point to the uke’s hands. With your left hand on top and right hand underneath, cup the uke’s hands. Stepping with your right foot raising the uke’s hands so that you are in front of them. Pivot on your right foot counter-clockwise circling your left foot back and throw uke in a manner similar to katata nage (but using both hands). Finish with sokugyakuken to uke wakitsubo, then return to Ichimonji no kamae.

 

Fūmo (風盂) “Big Wind”

 

Tori begins in Ichimonji no kamae. Uke is in Chudan no kamae.

 

The uke performs tsuki. Step forward 45 degrees with left foot sinking hips deep. With right hand, press index and right finger just underneath the tsuba – with a finger on each side – to hook the sword. With your left, perform ura shuto into the bridge of the nose (this will loosen the uke’s grip). Then grab the handle of the sword with left hand. Step 90 degrees with left foot and powerfully twist hips counter clockwise to cut the uke across suigetsu with their own sword.