Level I
- Buki Handling
- How to carry weapons
- How to hold weapons
- How to remove from wall
- How to put down
- Kamaes with Jo/Ken (Go Gyou No Kamae)
- Chudan no Kamae
- Geidan no Kamae
- Hasso no Kamae
- Jodan no Kamae
- Waki Gamae
- Ken Strikes
- Menuchi (Static, Sliding)
- Yokomen
- Tsuki
Level II
- Can do any of the Level I techniques
- 1st 10 Basic Iwama Jo Suburi
- Basic Katas (18 Count)
- Kaze (wind) Kata [ken]
- Hi (fire) Kata [jo]
- 4 Basic Relations (Bokken or Jo)
- Ikkyo (AwaseShinogi OmoteKukuri OtoshiSabaki)
- Kotegaeshi (AwaseShinogi NagareKukuri MakiUchiTsukiSabaki)
- Iriminage (AwaseShinogi NagareKukuri MenuchiSabaki)
- Shihonage (AwaseShinogi NukidomenSabaki/HibarateTsuneBarai)
Intructional Videos
Kiryu Katas
Kata: Tsuchi (Earth)
The fourth kata in our learning series is parallel with our ken kata kaze (wind). There are a few small changes and the ending has a updated change to reverse the nagare kukuri. However, the kata still ends with the your partner finishing with the menuchi sabaki.
