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Translation of the Original Edict

Dai Nihon Teikoku Kendo Kata

The kendo schools suffer from a lack of unity, and we the Dai Nihon Butokukai have experienced many difficulties in teaching kendo, and although we feel these schools should keep their various characteristics, we have felt the necessity for unity through a standardisation programme, so in October of 1912 we entrusted research into various schools of swordsmanship, by several kendo masters. As the result of our careful study, we now establish the Dai Nihon Teikoku kendo kata.

It is important to note that not only did Sasaburo Takano (1862-1950) contribute greatly to the Dai Nihon Teikoku Kendo Kata, but that he is directly responsible for the formalisation of the Gogyo No Kata forms. His grandfather was M. Takano, headmaster of the Ono ha Itto ryu. Sasaburo Takano studied and practised fluently in this style as well as teaching modern kendo methods and from the essence of Ono Ha Itto ryu kata he developed the Gogyo No Kata and taught it to the students of the Tokyo koto shihan gakko. This college was the predecessor of the Tokyo University of Education which in turn was the predecessor of the present Tsukuba University where the Gogyo No Kata is still taught in its original forms, as well as at other selected universities.