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The modern Nihon Kendo Kata should be practised and studied with great reverence and respect, partly because of the important tradition and partly as an acknowledgement of the many schools and styles associated with those great men.

‘By practising now in the present, we pay homage to the past and safeguard its continuation for the future’.

Perhaps this is the only justification necessary for Kendo, whose essence and entity is the true ethic of swordsmanship.

In reference to the Nihon Kendo Kata as practised today, the Kata was performed by myself and Mr. Yoshinori Inoue, both of us Yondan (4th Degree). This was done with the intention of establishing some reference points in order to facilitate the study of the Kata. Neither of us confess to being experts in Kata but tried only to perform to the best of our ability and limited understanding.

It may be necessary throughout the book to refer to the Glossary of Terms .

Teikoku Kendo Kata-Kinnosuke Ogawa on the right, Shigesaburo Miyazaki on the left.