Nihon Kendogata

The oldest film of kata and kendo demonstrations; 4 masters perform kata of kendo in two different demonstrations.

1. Demonstration in 1930 :

Nihon teikoku Kendo Kata (Kendo Kata of the Empire of Japan)

- Sasaburo TAKANO  ( Uchitachi ) : The master of Kendo. The strongest kendo to Showa era. A disciple of Tesshu Yamaoka 

- Hakudo NAKAYAMA  ( Shitachi ) : Shinto munen-ryu kenjutsu, Shinto muso-ryu jujutsu shihan, Omori-ryu shihan, hasegawa eishin-ryu shihan

2. Demonstration in 1958 :

Nihon Kendo Kata (Kendo Kata of Japan)

- Goro SAIMURA  ( Uchitachi ) : 10th dan, Hanshi
- Moriji MOCHIDA ( Shitachi ) : 10th dan, Hanshi

Language : Japanese

36mn