13 Jo kata

as taught by Morihito Saito sensei

Start in jo kamae, (left hanmi, jo vertical in left hand, tip on ground)

  1. Choku tsuki - in left hanmi
  2. Jodan gaeshi + shomenuchikomi - stepping forward to right hanmi
  3. Jodan gaeshi - sliding back, still in right hanmi
  4. Choku tsuki - right hanmi
  5. Hasso gaeshi - turning 180 deg to right, left hanmi
  6. Shomen uchi komi -stepping forward to right hanmi
  7. Chudan gaeshi - turning 180 deg to left, right hanmi
  8. Choku tsuki - right hanmi
  9. Gedan gaeshi - slide back in right hanmi
  10. Chudan gaeshi - step forward into left hanmi
  11. Jodan tsuki - left hanmi
  12. Tsuki kamae - slide back in left hanmi
  13. Choku tsuki - left hanmi