講 道 館 講道館形教本 Kodokan KATA Textbook 柔の形 Ju-no-Kata English translated version Official translation of the Japanese original Copyright c 2014 Kodokan Judo Institute All Rights Reserved. Ju-no-Kata Revised on July 7th, 1977 Amended on June 1st, 2007 Introduction Ju-no-Kata is a dynamic, expressive and gymnastic composition of attack and defense methods in a series of slow and moderate actions. It consists of 15 techniques, divided into 3 sets of 5 techniques. Ju-no-Kata has the following features: 1. Ju-no-Kata can be freely exercised and practiced anytime and anywhere in whatever types of clothes. 2. Ju-no-Kata enables every man and woman of any age to enjoy learning the logics and principles of Judo. 3. Since Ju-no-Kata is exercised in slow and moderate actions for attack and defense, it facilitates accurate and easy understanding of its reasoning and legitimacy. 4. Since Ju-no-Kata incorporates a variety of extensor muscle exercises or leaning back moves, it can be combined with Randori so as to foster effective and healthy development of the body physique. 5. Ju-no-Kata enhances the cultivation of aesthetic sentiments by acquiring its natural Tai-sabaki and smooth motion shifts and switches. - 1 - Ju-no-Kata: Names of the techniques Dai-ikkyo (Set 1) 1. Tsuki-dashi 2. Kata-oshi 3. Ryote-dori 4. Kata-mawashi 5. Ago-oshi Dai-nikyo (Set 2) 1. Kiri-oroshi 2. Ryokata-oshi 3. Naname-uchi 4. Katate-dori 5. Katate-age Dai-sankyo (Set 3) 1. Obi-tori 2. Mune-oshi 3. Tsuki-age 4. Uchi-oroshi 5. Ryogan-tsuki - 3 - Beginning formalities Tori and Uke take the position by standing on the center line of Dojo facing each other in a distance of about 5.5m (about 3 ken), while Tori stands on the right side and Uke on the left side toward Shomen (Photo 1). Both Tori and Uke turn to face Shomen (Photo 2) and make standing bows toward Shomen simultaneously (Photo 3). Then, both Tori and Uke turn to face each other and make standing bows (Photo 4). After finishing bows, Tori and Uke simultaneously take one step forward from their left feet to take Shizen-hontai in a distance of about 3.6m (about 2 ken)(Photo 5). Then, both Tori and Uke step forward from their left feet (Photo 6), then right foot (Photo 7) and then left foot by about 90cm (about a half ken) in total and both stand facing each other in a distance of about 1.8m (about 1 ken) in Shizen-hontai (Photo 8). - 4 - （Photo 1） （Photo 2） （Photo 3） （Photo 4） （Photo 5） （Photo 6） （Photo 7） （Photo 8） - 5 - Dai-ikkyo (Set 1) 1. Tsuki-dashi Tori and Uke stand facing each other in a distance of about 1.8m (about 1 ken), both in Shizen-hontai, while Tori stands on the right side and Uke on the left side toward Shomen (Photo 1). Uke extends the fingers and thumb of his right hand while holding them together and stretches out his right arm straight, then moves forward from his right foot by Tsugi-ashi, while gradually raising the arm so that it hits Tori’s Uto in the third step (Photos 2, 3, 4-①②). Tori, at first, turns his face to his right to dodge Uke’s attack by retreating with his right foot to turn his body to his right, then, grabs Uke’s right wrist with four fingers facing upward and pulls Uke to the front (Photos 5-①②), (during this sequence, Tori makes Uke move forward by Tsugi-ashi so as to take a position right behind Uke with Tori’s front of body facing Uke, while having Uke’s right and left feet respectively right in front of Tori’s right and left feet), (Photo 6). Tori, then, grabs Uke’s left wrist with his left hand, facing thumb upward, stretches Uke’s right hand diagonally upward to his right and the left hand diagonally downward to his left and leans back to control Uke backward (Photos 7-①②). So as to break through both of his hands held by Tori, Uke lowers his left shoulder and moves his right shoulder slightly forward, then, while twisting his body to his left, he puts his left foot closer to his right foot. While holding back Tori’s left wrist with his left hand (the thumb facing upward), shifting his right foot to the previous position of his left foot and, then, holding back Tori’s right wrist with his right hand (the thumb facing upward) (Photos 8-① ②), Uke turns around his body toward Tori (Uke’s back facing Shomen). - 6 - （Photo 1） （Photo 2） （Photo 3） （Photo 4-①） （Photo 4-②） （Photo 5-①） （Photo 5-②） （Photo 6） （Photo 7-①） （Photo 7-②） （Photo 8-①） - 7 - During this sequence, Tori responds to Uke by twisting his body to his right, puts his left foot closer to his right and, then, shifts his right foot to the previous position of his left foot (Photo 9). Then, while sticking his breast and abdomen area firmly to the back of Tori’s body (Photo 10), Uke stretches Tori’s left hand diagonally upward to his left (Uke’s thumb facing upward) and the right hand diagonally downward to his right (Uke’s thumb facing upward) and leans back to control Tori backward (Photo 11). Tori lowers his right shoulder and moves his left shoulder slightly forward (Photo 12), then, while twisting his body to his right, he puts his right foot closer to his left foot and holding back both of Uke’s hands in the same procedure as before (Photo 13), turns around his body toward Uke (during this sequence, Uke responds to Tori by twisting his body to his left, puts his right foot closer to his left foot and shifts his left foot to the previous position of his right foot to face Shomen) and sticks his body firmly in the same manner as before (Photo 14). Then, Tori stretches Uke’s right hand diagonally upward to his right (Tori’s thumb facing upward) and the left hand diagonally downward to his left (Tori’s thumb facing upward) and leans back to control Uke backward (Photo 15). Tori puts Uke’s left arm on the left side of the body with his left hand and raises his right arm above the shoulder to control Uke with both hands, then moves his left hand to slide up along Uke’s left arm to hold Uke’s left shoulder lightly with four fingers on top of the shoulder. Then, Tori stretches Uke’s right hand upward with his right hand (Photo 16), takes one step backward from his right foot to take Shizen-hontai and breaks Uke’s balance further backward to control Uke (Photo 17). Uke signals “Mairi” by his left hand. In Ju-no-Kata, “Mairi” shall be signaled either by tapping only once with a hand or retreating slightly with either one of the feet. Tori takes one step forward from his left foot to be in Shizen-hontai, lowers Uke’s right hand (Photo 18) and brings Uke back in Shizen-hontai (Photo 19). - 8 -