[Jigoro Kano demostrating a part of Koshiki no kata]
It is also known as Kito-ryu no Kata. It consists of 21 techniques originally belonging to the Kito School of jujutsu. Jigoro Kano revised the techniques and incorporated them into a kata in order to preserve the historical source of judo.
Although koshiki no-kata is not often seen in the United States, it is still taught and practiced in Japan. Some striking demonstrations of it from the 1950s can be seen in the film “Classic Judo Kata,” by Hal Sharp. If the description of the kata in that film is correct, it would be the only judo kata that involves attacking the cervical spine.
[Koshi Onozawa and Koji Komata demostrating Kodokan goshin jutsu]
It is the most recent kata of Judo, having been created in 1956. It incorporates techniques from aikido through the influence of Kenji Tomiki. It consists of several techniques to defend oneself from: unarmed attack, attack with a dagger, with a stick, and with a gun.
Techniques list
Against unarmed attack 1. When held
Ryote-dori (Two-Hand Hold)
Hidari-eri-dori (Left-lapel Hold)
Migi-eri-dori (Right-lapel Hold)
Kataude-dori (Single-Hand Hold)
Ushiro-eri-dori (Collar Hold from Behind)
Ushiro-jime (Choke from Behind)
Kakae-dori (Seize and Hold from Behind)
2. At a distance
Naname-uchi (Slanting Strike)
Ago-tsuki (Uppercut)
Gammen-tsuki (Thrust-Punch to Face)
Mae-geri (Front Kick)
Yoko-geri (Side Kick)
The juji-gatame is derived from japanese jujutsu, “cross armlock” or technically referred to as ude-hishigi-juji-gatame. In general, the attacker grabs the wrist of the targeted arm of the opponent, holding and securing it by squeezing it between the thighs of the attacker.
The attacker’s legs end up across the opponent’s chest, with the arm held between the thighs, with the elbow pointing against the thigh or hips. By holding the opponent’s wrist to the attacker’s chest, the attacker can extend the opponent’s arm and hyperextend the opponent’s elbow.
The attacker can further increase the pressure on the elbow joint by arching his or their hips against the elbow. This is extremely effective, especially against unknowledgeable opponents.
This clip contains basic fighting skills for Part 1 Atemi Fighting for Jiu-Jitsu Competition.
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[Sensei Minoru Mochizuki's randori against many opponents]
Sensei Minoru Mochizuki was a Japanese martial artist who founded the dojo Yoseikan. He held the ranks 10th dan, aikido (International Martial Arts Federation); 9th dan, jujutsu; 8th dan, iaido; 8th dan, judo; 8th dan, kobudo; 5th dan, kendo; 5th dan, karate; 5th dan, jojutsu.
Born in 1907 (Shizuoka, Japan,) Mochizuki was one of the direct students of judo founder Jigoro Kano, aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba and Gichin Funakoshi, founder of Shotokan Karate.
Minoru Mochizuki
Believing that the martial arts have become distorted by specialization into separate disciplines and transformation into sports, Mochizuki assembled the major techniques of the Japanese martial tradition into a single coherent structure. He oversaw the development of his system from his home in Shizuoka, Japan, where his dojo, the Yoseikan, was often visited by martial arts practitioners from all over the world. His art is currently practiced in 29 countries around the world, and in such diverse places as Australia and Algeria, where a recent clinic had 240 people in attendance. The organization continues to grow and expand to more countries each year. He died in Aix-en-Provence, France in 2003.
Mochizuki, began by training in kendo at the age of five, at his grandfather’s dojo in Shizuoka. Then he began Judo and joined the Kodokan in 1925 where he became an outstanding competitor. Under the tutelage of Jigoro Kano, the founder of judo, Mochizuki became the youngest member of the Kobudo Kenkyukai -- an organization for the study, preservation and development of classical martial arts -- established within the Kodokan. Here he practiced among others Katori Shinto-ryu. In 1930, he was sent by Jigoro Kano to study aikijujutsu with Morihei Ueshiba. He was the uchideschi of Morihei Ueshiba at the Kobukan dojo for one year before opening his own dojo in Shizuoka City in 1931.
He was awarded two Daito-Ryu scrolls by Ueshiba in June 1932 (“Goshinyo no te” and “Hiden ogi no koto”). Next, he spent eight years in Mongolia where he was named Second Governor. In Mongolia, he was also active as an educator and entrepreneur of projects to improve communications and irrigation. His idea of combating communism with the application of the principles of “mutual welfare and prosperity” and of “the best use of energy” of Jigoro Kano contributed to the development of his region. His irrigation project was even completed after the Second World War by the Chinese authorities. Minoru Mochizuki was the first to teach aikido in the West when he travelled in France from 1951 to 1953 as a judo teacher. He taught at his dojo of Shizuoka until nearly the end of the last millennium and spent the last years of his life in France with his son Hiroo.
