Contents

Express assumption of risk
Preface
Acknowledgements
Section One Kodachi Iai ranking system
Introduction/overview
Trilogy of goshindo
Belt advancement timeline
Learning objectives-overview-New student; White level; Yellow level; Orange level; Green level; Blue level; Purple level; Brown 3rd level; Brown 2nd level; Brown 1st level; Shodan level
Performance requirements-Overview-New student test for white; White level student-test for yellow; Yellow level student test for orange; Orange level student test for blue; Blue level student; test for purple; Purple level student test for brown 3rd; Brown 3rd level student test for brwon 2nd; Brown 2nd level student test for brown 1st; Brown 1st level student test for shodan; Shodan level student test for nidan
Home/study course
Testing/video testing
Accelerated advancement via seminars
How to get questions answered and help
Section Two Kodach iai trainng manual
A. Introduction/overview-Kiai the shout of self-encouragement; Warm-up exercises
B. Shoto (wood)
Gripping, grasping and holding the shoto-Short sword grip; Triangle from the hips to the tip of the handle
Vertical and diagonal striking angles-Vertical strikes to the mein, kote, do, ashi; Vertical wrist range of motion; Vertical upward angle; Vertical middle angle; Vertical lower angle; Diagonal strikes to the mein, kote, do, ashi; Diagonal wrist range of motion; Mein downward diagonal cut (1 to 7 o'clock or 11 to 5 o'clock); Kote and do downward diagonal cut (1 to 7 o'clock or 11 to 5 o'clock); Ashi downward diagonal cut (1 to 7 o'clock or 11 to 5 o'clock)
Drawing and sheathing the shoto-Right hand holding and drawing of the shoto (new, white & yellow levels); Left hand holding and drawing of the shoto (orange, green & blue levels)
Stances-Basic stance; Kendo-style short sword stance; Iaido-style offensive short sword stance; Short sword stance; V-stance
Foot placement
Measure your stance with the weapon
Eight basic stances
Basic foot pattern
Stances with the shoto held in right hand (new, white & yellow levels)-Center stance CHU (chudan no kamae); Lower stance GEI (geidan no kamae); Left stance HA (hidari hasso no kamae); Right stance HA (migi hasso no kamae) Left upper stance JO (hidari jodan no kamae); Right upper stance JO (migi jodan no kamae); Left side stance WA (hidari waki no kamae); Right side stance WA (migi waki no kamae)
Stances with the shoto held in left hand (orange, green & blue levels)
Footwork exercises
Offensive and defensive leg placements and knee bends
Feet in place and ready to move to avoid a strike
C. Sword Forms
General concepts
Kihon strikes
Kihon kata-Right hand-front view (new, white, & yellow levels)
Kihon kata-Right hand-side view (new, white &i yellow levels)
Kihon kata-Left hand (orange, green & blue levels)
Learning objectives for traditional kata with the shoto
Shoto kodachi-Iai-Set One (#1-5) Right hand-Form One set one (white, yellow & orange levels); Form Two set one (yellow, orange & green levels); Form three set one (orange green & blue levels); Form Four set one (green blue & purple levels); Form Five set one (blue purple & brown3 levels)
Shoto kodachi-Iai Set Two (#1-5) Right hand-Form One set two (shodan level); Form Two set two (shodan level); Form Three (shodan level); Form Four set two (shodan level); Form Five set two (shodan level)
Kodachi combative-Gripping grasping and holding he kodachi (right hand-new white & yellow levels; left hand -new white & yellow levels)
Combative stance-Right combative stance (new white & yellow levels); Left combative stance (orange green & blue levels)
Combative kihon
Kihon I (individual practice)-Kihon kata front view (new white & yellow levels); Kihon kata side view (new, white & yellow levels)
Kihon II (off setting opponent)-Right hand (new white & yellow levels); Left hand (orange, green & blue levels)
Combative kihon training (block and strike sets)
Getting ready
Combative kodachi-iai Set #1 (new white &i yellow levels)
Combative kodachi-iai Set #2 (white yellow & orange levels)
Combative kodachi-iai Set #3 (yellow orange & green levels)
Combative kodachi-iai Set #4 (orange green & blue levels)
Combative kodachi-iai Set #5 (green blue & purple levels)
Combative kodachi-iai Set #6 (blue purple & brown 3rd levels)
Combative kodachi-iai Set #7 (purple brown 3rd & brown 2nd levels)
Combative kodachi-iai Set #8 (brown 3rd brown 2nd & brown 1st levels)
Combative kodachi-iai Set #9 (brown 2nd brown 1st & shodan)
Combative kodachi-iai Set #10 (shodan)
Combative block training (block/deflection/disruption sets)
Blocking
Deflection
Disruption
Blocking deflection and disruption sets-Blocking sets; Deflectin sets; Disruptin sets
Right and left hands-Mein (new white & yellow levels); Kote (white yellow & orange levels); Do (yellow orange & green levels); Ashi (orange green & blue levels); Tsuki (green blue & purple levels)
Combative strike training
Strikes-full arched
Strikes-small arched
Getting to the target
Strikes-single to multiple-Single strikes (right and left hand) (new white & yellow levels); Double strikes (right hand) (orange green & blue levels); Double strikes (left hand) (brown 3rd, brown 2nd, brown 1st levels); riple strikes (fight hand) (purple brwon 3rd & brown 2nd levels); Triple strikes (left hand) ( brown 1st & shodan levels); Quadruple strikes; Eight basic strikes or cuts
Combative technique training-Twenty combative sword techniques to the four body targets right and left hands
Waza
Mein to mein, kote, do, ashi and tsuki (new white & yellow levels)-Mein to mein; Mein to kote; Mein to do; Mein to ashi; Mein to tsuki
Kote to mein, kokte, do ashi and tsuki (white yellow & orange levels)
Do to mein, kote, do ashi and tsuki (yellow orange & green levels)
Ashi to mein, kokte, do, ashi, and tsuki (oange green & blue levels)
Tsuki to mein, kote, do, ashi, tsuki (blue purple & brwon 3rd levels)
Any strike to mein, kote, do, ashi, tsuki (blue purple & brown 3rd levels)
Disrupt to mein, kokote, do, ashi, tsuki (purple brown 3rd & brwon 2nd levels)
Sparring
1-on-1 free sparring (right hand) (new white & yellow levels)
1-on-1 free sparring (left hand) (orange green & blue levels)
2-on-1 free sparring (right hand) (orange green & blue levels)
2-on-1 free sparring (left hand) (purple brown 3rd & brown 2nd levels)
3-on-1 free sparring (right hand) ( purple brown 3rd & brown 2nd levels)
3-on-1 free sparring (left hand) (brown 1st & shodan levels)
King of the hill winner continues (right hand) (new white & yellow levels)
King of the hill winner continues (left hand) (orange green & blue levels)
1-on-1 free sparring (right hand) (new white & yellow levels)
Wakizashi (steel)
Anatomy of the sword (purple)
Bowing with a sword-Looping the sageo; Informal bow (tachirei); Bow of respect (hairei); Bow to the sword into your belt; Tying the sageo
Holding the wakizashi-Right hand (purple brwon 3rd & brown 2nd levels); Left hand (brown 1st & shodan)
Drawing-Right hand (purple brown 3rd & brown 2nd levels); Left hand (brown 1st & shodan levels)
Sheathing-Right hand-Vertically (purple brown 3rd & 2nd levels); diagonally and horizontally (brown 3rd brown 2nd & shodan levels)
Vertical drawing and sheathing-Vertical drawing; Vertical sheathing
Diagonal drawing and sheathing-Diagonal drawing; Diagonal sheathing
Horizontal drawing and sheathing-Horizontal drawing; Horizontal sheathing
Additonal methods of gripping and holding the wakizashi-Underneath the handle grip; Over the top of the handle grip
Underneath the handle drawing and sheathing-Underneath the handle draw; Underneath the handle sheathing
Over the top of the handle drawing and sheathing-Over the top of thehandle draw; Over the top of thehandle sheathing
Left hand-Vertically (brown 1st & shodan levels); Diagonally and horizontally (shodan level)
Stances-Right hand (purple brown 3rd & 2nd levels); Left hand (brown 1st & shodan levels)
Kata
Kodachi-Iai Set One kata series
Kodachi-Iai Set Two kata series
Kodachi-Iai Set One (#1-5) Right hand-Kodachi-Iai Form One (purple brown 3rd & 2nd levels); Kodachi-Iai Form Two (brown 3rd & 2nd & 1st levels); Kodachi-Iai Form Three (brown 3rd & 2nd & 1st levels); Kodachi-Iai Form Four (brown 3rd & 2nd & 1st levels); Kodachi-Iai Form Five (brown 3rd & 2nd & 1st levels)
Kodachi-Iai Íet Two (#1-5) Right hand-Kodachi-Iai Form One (shodan); Kodachi-Iai Form Two (shodan); Kodachi-Iai Form Three (shodan); Kodachi-Iai Form Four(shodan); Kodachi-Iai Form Five (shodan)
Tameshigiri (Cutting)
Overview
Cutting with a shoto
Cutting with a wakizashi
Cutting with a shinken-Single cuts using a half-mat (brown 1st); Double cuts using a half-mat (shodan)
Checklist for safe cutting
Rolling tatami mats for practice cutting
Soaking the rolled tatami prior to cutting
Building a stand for cutting single mats
Examples of tameshigiri
Section Three Kodachi-Iai etcetera
Nihon Taikiku Daigaku
Kodachi-Iai
Final remarks
About the authors
Further readings (bibliography) and sources