is a judo
kata
''Kata'' is a Japanese word ( 型 or 形) meaning "form". It refers to a detailed choreographed pattern of martial arts movements made to be practised alone. It can also be reviewed within groups and in unison when training. It is practised ...
that focuses on counter-attacks to throwing techniques. It is not an officially recognized kata of
judo, but has aquired disproportionate significance by its inclusion in Kawaishi's ''The complete seven katas of judo''. Writing in the early post-war period, Kawaishi described the kata as "being practiced less in Japan than in Europe".
However, according to recent scholarly research, gonosen-no-kata likely never even existed as any sort of kata in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. After Japanese
judoka
is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...
from
Waseda University in
Tokyo visited
England in the 1920s and publicly demonstrated several counter-techniques developed at their home University, the exercises were henceforth in Britain (and later in France and other parts of Europe) misrepresented as a formalized
kata
''Kata'' is a Japanese word ( 型 or 形) meaning "form". It refers to a detailed choreographed pattern of martial arts movements made to be practised alone. It can also be reviewed within groups and in unison when training. It is practised ...
and practiced and taught that way by Japanese judo teachers based in Europe, such as
Kawaishi Mikinosuke,
Koizumi Gunji,
Ōtani Masutarō, and
Tani Yukio.
Techniques
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O soto Gari countered by
O soto Gari
*
Hiza Guruma countered by
Hiza Guruma
*
O uchi Gari countered by
okuri ashi barai
*
De ashi Harai countered by De Ashi Barai
*
Ko soto Gake
A KO is a knockout in various sports, such as boxing and martial arts.
K.O., Ko or Kō may also refer to:
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countered by
Tai Otoshi
*
Ko uchi Gari
A KO is a knockout in various sports, such as boxing and martial arts.
K.O., Ko or Kō may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* KO (musician), Canadian musician who plays a fusion of hip hop and folk music
* ''K.O.'' (album), a 2021 ...
countered by
Sasae Tsurikomi Ashi
*Kubi Nage /
Tsuri goshi countered by
Ushiro Goshi
*
Koshi Guruma countered by
Uki Goshi
*
Hane Goshi countered by
Sasae Tsurikomi Ashi
*
Harai Goshi countered by
Utsuri Goshi
*
Uchi Mata countered by
Te guruma
*
Seoi Nage countered by
Sumi Gaeshi
is one of the original 40 throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the fourth group,
Dai Yonkyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo-no-Nagewaza, of Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current 67 Throws of Kodokan Judo. It ...
External links
Video of the Go no sen no kataat the JudoInfo.com web site.
References
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