Zen Nihon Kend? Renmei J?d?

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Zen Nihon Kend? Renmei J'd?, or Seitei J'd? in short, is a modern form of j'd? created by Japanese martial artist Shimizu Takaji and presented to the All Japan Kendo Federation in 1968. The art contains twelve forms (kata) and were developed in part by Shimizu Takaji and by a committee tasked with the creation of a compact J'd? system to be taught mainly in...
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Zen Nihon Kend? Renmei J'd?, or Seitei J'd? in short, is a modern form of j'd? created by Japanese martial artist Shimizu Takaji and presented to the All Japan Kendo Federation in 1968. The art contains twelve forms (kata) and were developed in part by Shimizu Takaji and by a committee tasked with the creation of a compact J'd? system to be taught mainly in Kendo dojos. The result was the Zen Ken Renmei Seitei J'd? system containing twelve forms (kata)and twelve basic techniques (kihon). Both the basic techniques and forms are drawn primarily from the koryu martial art Shinto Muso-ryu. The kata were chosen from the three first series of SMR, Omote, chudan and Ran ai as they were seen to best represent the art. Ten of these kata were taken from the existing SMR kata but with minor modifications as to better suit the requirements of the Kendo Federation. The two other kata was created specifically for the new Seitei J'd? system and was not part of the original SMR-system. Seitei Jodo is today taught as a part of the Zen Nihon Kendo Renmei (All Japan Kendo Federation).