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Komei Jyuku - Muso Jikiden Eishin RyuIn most schools the techniques are learned roughly in the order below, however Sekiguchi Sensei believes in

teaching a greater proportion of the forms as soon as possible. This is a great advantage to his internationalstudents since we can learn a great deal of the syllabus from him and then practice it diligently until the next timewe are able to train with him. Students should endeavour to learn as much of the syllabus as possible so that,when the opportunity to train with Sensei arrives, they can make the most of it. It's much easier to learn fromSensei if you already have a handle on the general outline of the form rather than having to pick it all up on the

spot.

Regards grades, I asked Sekiguchi Sensei about the granting of Dan grades, and his reply was "If you feel it inyour heart that someone deserves a Dan grade then you can grant it." The impression I get is that Sensei reallycouldn't be bothered with fancy titles, and is more interested in serious training. Accordingly, Dan grades will beissued not in accordance with any number of techniques learned or other criteria, but rather on the student'soverall performance and personal integrity. And accordingly, little weight is placed on grades what counts is yourswordwork.

Phil Davison,ShibuchoNew Zealand Komei Jyuku

SyllabusNote: all seated techniques may be performed standing, and Sekiguchi Sensei often likes to perform them in

Hayanuki (fast draw) style, where all the techniques are performed rapidly, one after the other, as if one longpattern.

Shoden: Seiza No Bu (Omori Ryu)

First Transmission: Formal Sitting Set (Omori Ryu)This set was created by Omori Rokuzaemon in the early eighteenth century, and studied by practitioners of

the ryu until it was formally included in the style by Oe Sensei. As the name suggests, the forms all begin in seiza.

1. Mae (Front)2. Migi (Right turn to the right before youstart)

3. Hidari (Left)4. Ushiro (From Behind)5. Yaegaki (Barriers Within Barriers)6. Ukenagashi (Flowing Parry)7. Kaishaku (The Helper at Seppuku)8. Tsukekomi (Persuit)9. Tsukikage (Shadow of the Moon)10. Oikaze (Tail Wind)11. Nukiuchi (Draw and Strike)

Chuden: Tate Hiza No Bu

Middle Transmission: Standing Knee SetCreated by Hasagawa Eishin in the early eighteenth century these forms are performed from a kneeling

position with one knee raised. This set includes some of the most difficult techniques.

1. Yokogumo (Cloud Side)2. Tora No Issoku (The Tiger's Step)3. Inazuma (Lightning)4. Ukigumo (Floating Cloud)5. Yama Oroshi (Mountain Storm)6. Iwanami (Waves on the Rocks)7. Urokogaeshi (Flashing [fish] Scale)8. Namigaeshi (Wave Turns Over)

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9. Takiotoshi (Waterfall)10. Makko (Finish Cut)

Okuden: Tachi Waza No Bu

Secret Transmission: Standing SetThis standing or walking set is from the earliest techniques created by Hayashizaki Jinsuke in the late

sixteenth century. Originally conceived for tachi (the slung Japanese cavalry long sword) these were later adaptedfor katana worn through the obi by Hasagawa Eishin.

1. Yukizure (Escorted)2. Tsuredachi (Companions)3. Somakuri (All Around)4. Sodome (Everything Stops)5. Shinobu (Stealthy)6. Yukichigai (Passing By)7. Sode Surigaeshi (Brushing Sleeves)8. Moniri (Entering the Gate)9. Kabezoe (Against Walls)10.

Ukenagashi (Flowing Parry)

Okuden: Ittomagoi

Secret Transmission: Farewell visitThese three techniques (really three variations on the same technique) are often considered to be part of the

Okuden Tachiwaza set.

1. Ittomagoi Sono Ichi (Farewell Visit One)2. Ittomagoi Sono Ni (Farewell Visit Two)3. Ittomagoi Sono San (Farewell Visit Three)

Okuden: Suwari Waza No Bu

Secret Transmission: Seated Techniques SetThis set is the companion set to the Okuden Tachiwaza set, and is performed from tatehiza.

1. Kasumi (Haze)2. Sunegakoi (Shin Protection)3. Shihogiri (Four Direction Cuts)4. Tozume (Boxed In by the Door)5. Towaki (Beside the Door)6. Tanashita (Under the Shelf)7. Ryozume (Boxed In on Both Sides)8. Torabashiri (Running Tiger)

Extra Forms

Eishin Ryu Bangai no Bu

Eishin Style Compilation SetBangai means 'not numbered' or 'out of sequence', so my translation of it as 'compilation' may be pushing

things a little, however that would seem to be the sense in which Sensei uses the term. It will be noted that eachof these forms represents two or more of the techniques from the main sets. Sensei usually likes to perform thisset in hayanuki (run-together) style.

1. Hayanami (Fast Wave)2. Raiden (Thunder and Lightning)3. Jinrai (Thunderclap)

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To Ryu Bangai No Bu

To Style Compilation SetThis set is a compilation set unique to Komei Jyuku. The first is normally performed from seiza, the second

from tatehiza, and the remainder standing. When perfomed hayainuki the order may be changed and all thetechniques are done from a standing position.

1. Mae (Fornt)2. Aranami (Stormy Seas)3. Kesa Guruma (Priest's Robe [cut] Wheel)4. Tachi Guruma (Standing Wheel)5. Tatsumaki (Cyclone)

Toho Waza

Sword Method TechniquesThis set was created by the All Japan Iaido Federation as representative of various iai styles, as a sort of

common ground between styles. They are performed with audible kiai. The first two are from seiza, theremainder, standing. The name after the colon in the bracket is the parent style the technique is drawn from.

1. Mae (Front: Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu)2. Zengo Giri (Front and Rear Cuts: Mugai Ryu)3. Kiriage (Rising Cut: Shindo Munen Ryu)4. Shihogiri (Four Direction Cuts: Suio Ryu)5. Kisaki Gaeshi (Flip the Sword's Tip: HokiRyu)

Tachiuchi No Kurai

Two Person Forms

Nanahonme Me No Kata

The Seven KataWhen Oe Sensei reformed the style there were many two person kata, but most of the techniques were the

same basic ones repeated. By removing repetitions Oe Sensei compiled this two person set from the original forms.

1.

Deai (First Meeting)2. Tsukikomi or Kobushi Dori (Take Advantageor Grabbing the Fist)

3. Zetsumyoken (Unbeatable Sword)4. Dokumyoken (Miraculous Sword)5. Tsubadome (Sword Guards Stop)6. Ukenagashi (Flowing Parry)7. Mappo (Finish Cut)

Tsume-Iai

Squeezed-In Sword Drawing'Tsume' is 'to squeeze in' When I asked Sensei about this name he pointed out that the sequence is much

about distance, and that the distance is often too close for comfort. Often these were performed only by veryexperienced practitioners using live blades.

1. Hasso (Early Beginning)2. Kobushidori (Grabbing the Fist)3. Nami Gaeshi or Iwanami (Wave Turns Overor Waves on the Rocks)

4. Yaegaki (Multiple Barriers)5. Urokugaeshi (Flashing [fish] Scale) Alsoknown as Urokogatta

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6. Kuraiyurumi (Loosening the Ranks, or ASituation of Inequality)

7. Tsubame Gaeshi (Swallow Flip)8. Ganseki Otoshi (Dropping Vision)9. Suigetsuto (Solar Plexus Sword)10. Kazumiken (Haze Sword)11. Uchikomi (Clashing Together)

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