Kevin, 2010 Iaido Shinsa (examination), San Antonio, Texas

Shinsa at the 2010 AUSKF Summer Nationals.

This is my instructor, Kevin, taking his test for yondan (4th degree). The kata here were:
1. Ipponme -- Mae (koryu)
2. (koryu?)
4. Yonhonme -- Tsuka Ate
5. Gohonme -- Kesa Giri
10. Jupponme -- Shiho Giri
At the higher levels (4th dan and up), the student must show two koryu (school style) kata, and three pre-determined seitei (common to all styles) kata.

I don't know what his second koryu form was called. I will update the description if/when I find out.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• iaido
• jikiden
• kenzen
• shinsa
• examination
• 2010
• sword
• katana
• yondan

[taihuu25go]

what is this ryuha?

[Dave8972]

@taihuu25go: Our style is muso jikiden eishin ryu.

[Dave8972]

Hmmm... I'm sorry about that comment. I really sounded like a jerk. You gave some great feedback. I apologize.

[Dave8972]

Thanks. But I'm curious... You asked a question about another video of mine that made it seem you were not familiar with Muso Jikiden, or at least AUSKF. But I could be wrong. What style do you practice?

[Naisho07]

Testing 4dan soon. Wanted to point a few areas I see could be improved. #1 the last strike of the kata, the sword strikes further down in koryu. 0:42 is the seitei position. Again if Koryu, the hand should slide down the handle to the end before letting go. #2 if Koryu, the seiza should start with the left leg going back and again at the end the hand should slide down the handle. Important factors to distinguish the difference between seitei and koryu. Proton1san, please correct me if I am wrong

[NeinWunOne]

I could be wrong, but the second koryo form looks like Gyakuto, though there are are stylistic differences between how this candidate performs it and how I do it.

[Proton1]

Tsukekomi.

By the way, did you receive permission from everyone you videotaped when you uploaded your videos?