Aiki Kengi 3

by R. Kobayashi.

Facing north initially (n,s, etc. indicate ending direction)

  1. shomen (n)
  2. tsuki with slide step (n)
  3. reverse yokomen with step (n)
  4. 180° turn right strike shomen (s)
  5. tsuki with step through (s)
  6. 45° turn to left yokomen strike (se)
  7. lift bokken blade up into upper jo-like ready position (se)
  8. kesa-gakae bounce up and into . . . (se)
  9. another kesa-gakae by turning 135° to the right (w)
  10. turn 45° to left and be in chudan-no-kamae (sw)
  11. slit opponent's throat, 225° to right, jodan-no-kamae (e)
  12. shomen (e)
  13. 45° right, reverse kesa-gakae, step with left foot (se)
  14. kesa-gakae look to nw (se)
  15. turn 180° to left, strike yokomen (nw)
  16. reverse yokomen (nw)
  17. ski look to se (nw)
  18. turn 180° to right chudan-no-kamae (se)
  19. turn 90° left lifting blade into high guard (ne)
  20. reverse yokomen (ne)
  21. strike yokomen, udefuri-choyaku-undo 180° to left (sw)
  22. lift into high guard and (s)
  23. reverse yokomen (sw)
  24. yokomen and bounce into . . . (sw)
  25. 180° turn to left and then do the zig-zag cut (ne)

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