Sue and Paul, 2010 Iaido Taikai (competition), San Antonio, Texas

Taikai (Nakanishi division) at the 2010 AUSKF Summer Nationals.

These are my friends, Sue (5th dan), and Paul (4th dan), competing in the Nakanishi division (4th dan & above). The kata for this division were the following:
1. Koryu (not shown)
2. Koryu (?)
6. Ropponme -- Morote Tsuki
8. Happonme -- Ganmen Ate
10. Juhonme -- Shiho Giri
Sorry... I started the video late, and missed the first koryu (school) form. Which is too bad -- Sue is muso jikiden eishin, and Paul is musho shinden. It would have been nice to see the two koryu styles of mae together. Oh well. And sorry again -- I don't know the names of the first form shown on the video.

Paul won this round, and then went on to win first place overall.

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Sports

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• iaido
• jikiden
• kenzen
• taikai
• competition
• 2010
• sword
• katana

[enfieldk]

I haven't done seitei gata in years, but those kata look like tsukaate, soetezuki, and sogiri to me.