Ni Sei Shi Sho

This Chito Ryu kata is performed in the following manner at Grand River. This document should not be taken as describing all relevant details in the kata. Your sensei will instruct you in the finer points.

N.B. The compass directions relate to "North" as being the direction faced when starting the kata.

Begin with the standard Chito Ryu kata opening, ending in kiba dachi ("horse" or straddle stance).

  1. Bow and move to a narrow shiko dachi (sumo stance), feet no wider than shoulder width apart; look left, then right.
  2. Shift into sanchin dachi (hourglass stance), hands ryo ken koshi (left and right fists chambered on left and right sides).
  3. Perform morote uchi uke (simultaneous left and right inside middle blocks).
  4. Take a very short step forward with the right foot, keeping the foot turned in, hands in hidari ken hidari koshi and migi ken migi koshi.
  5. Thrust the hips upward and forward and push forward with slow dynamic tension using morote chudan tsuki (double middle straight punches).
  6. Bring the left foot forward and shift into sanchin dachi, hands ryo ken koshi.
  7. Take a very short step forward with the right foot, keeping the foot turned in, hands in hidari ken hidari koshi and migi ken migi koshi.
  8. Thrust the hips upward and forward and push forward with slow dynamic tension using morote chudan tsuki.
  9. Snap the left fist back into hidari ken hidari koshi (bunkai: left rear elbow strike).
  10. Step forward into hidari zenkutsu dachi (left front stance) and execute hidari jodan tsuki (left high punch), followed by migi chudan tsuki (right middle punch).
  11. Pull the left foot back into hidari neko ashi dachi (left cat stance) and shift the right foot to point Northeast, while performing hidari gedan shuto uke (left low inside open hand block) over the left knee and migi jodan shuto uke (right open hand high block).
  12. Turn into a locked hidari ashi mae kosa dachi (left foot in front, cross-legged stance) while executing migi jodan shuto uchi (right high open hand strike) to the opponent’s collar bone and blocking with hidari jodan shuto uke (left open hand high block).
  13. Kick with migi mae geri (right front kick) and land in kiba dachi (straddle stance) with the hips facing West and the head looking North.
  14. Execute migi osae uke (right pressing block) while stepping up with the left foot into migi ashi mae kosa dachi (right foot in front, cross-legged stance).
  15. Grab the opponent’s wrist with hidari tsukami uke (left hand grasping block). Augment the block with the right hand (facing upward) over the left.
  16. Step back into kiba dachi while pulling the hands across the body to the left shoulder height. Strike with migi haito uchi (right ridge-hand strike) to the opponent’s armpit, with left fist hidari ken hidari koshi.
  17. Turn counter-clockwise to the South in a hidari zenkutsu dachi (left front stance) while executing migi jodan shuto uchi (right high open hand strike) to the opponent’s collar bone and blocking with hidari jodan shuto uke (left open hand high block).
  18. Kick with migi mae geri (right front kick) and land in kiba dachi (straddle stance) facing East.
  19. Execute migi osae uke (right pressing block) while stepping up with the left foot into migi ashi mae kosa dachi.
  20. Grab the opponent’s wrist with hidari tsukami uke. Augment the block with the right hand (facing upward) over the left.
  21. Step back into kiba dachi while pulling the hands across the body to the left shoulder height. Strike with migi haito uchi to the opponent’s armpit, with left fist hidari ken hidari koshi.
  22. Look to the North, shift to hidari zenkutsu dachi and execute migi jodan shuto uchi (with kiai) to the opponent’s collar bone while blocking with hidari jodan shuto uke.
  23. Step up with the right foot into heisoku dachi (feet together, pointed forward) and strike to the right with migi yoko shuto uchi (right side open hand strike).
  24. Close.