Skip to: Sakan Monomi Kasumi Tachiotoshi Raiuchi Seigan
Points for grading and refereeing
(Click on a kata name to see the points)
Sakan
Uchi:
1) Are you correctly thrusting Shi's Suigetsu?
2) After the Tachi is struck and you move backwards, are you doing so with your right, then left and right foot?
3) Is your Chudan and Hasso-no-kamae correct?
Shi:
1) Are you taking an appropriate amount of Maai when you go into Ma Hanmi and move backwards to parry the Kensaki that has been thrust at you?
2) When you strike the Tachi is your right foot forwards?
3) Aligning your left foot to your right foot, are you carrying out the Hikiotoshi in a large movement after holding the entire Jo in both hands?
Monomi
Uchi:
1) Are you cutting Shi's Shomen to a line parallel with the floor?
2) Have you correctly adopted Hidari-jodan-no-kamae?
Shi:
1) How is your Ashi Sabaki (footwork)?
2) Are you striking Uchi's wrist after rotating the Jo in a large movement?
3) Are you correctly executing Kaeshizuki?
Kasumi
Ushi:
1) Stepping forwards with your left then right from a Nisoku-ittou-no-maai are you correctly cutting
Shomen?
2) After having Taiatari performed on you are you correctly moving backwards?
Shi:
1) When you strike in Gyakuteuchi how is your posture and attack?
2) Are you correctly performing Hikiotoshi-no-kamae and Taiatari?
Tachiotoshi
Ushi:
1) Are you parrying the Jo after correctly moving your body horizontally to the left?
2) Are you cutting Shi's neck after rotating the Tachi above your head in a large movement?
3) Are you moving backwards correctly after having had Kuritsuke performed on you?
Shi:
1) After moving your body are you correctly carrying out Gyakuteuchi?
2) Are you in a correct posture for Kuritsuke?
Raiuchi
Ushi:
1) Are you correctly cutting Shi's upper arm?
2) After taking a large step backwards with your left foot, are you cutting Shi from their shoulder to their neck?
Shi:
1) Are you correctly thrusting Uchi's Suigetsu?
2) After moving your body diagonally forwards and to the left, are you correctly thrusting Uchi's Hibara?
Seigan
Uchi:
1) In the correct Maai relative to Shi how is your posture when you grip the Tsuka with your right hand?
2) Are you correctly carrying out Katategiri (one handed cut)?
Shi:
1) Are you correctly entering Uchi's Maai to attack their eyes with the Josaki and then correctly thrusting their Suigetsu?
2) After moving your body diagonally forwards and to the left, are you correctly thrusting at Uchi's Hibara?
3) In response to Uchi's Katategiri, do you move your wrist out of reach and strike their Suigetsu from a correct Hasso posture?