Kyu Shin Kan Judo Club

Go-no-Kata

The Go-no-Kata is believed to be one of the oldest kata in Kodokan Judo and is the complementary kata to the Ju-no-Kata (go meaning hardness and ju meaning softness).
The original Go-no-kata is now lost to some degree in that it was never properly written down and also in that it is seldom taught or practised today – even at the Kodokan. The most noted teacher of the Go-no-Kata is a Japanese Sensei (Sensei Toshiyasu Ochiai) who regularly performs and teaches the kata at a machi dojo in Tokyo. Attempts to find teachers for this kata outside Japan is generally a futile exercise.
In recent years other teachers have developed and demonstrated their own Go-no-Kata to illustrate the principles of hardness, however generally there is little commonality between these kata and the original Kodokan form.
The Go-no-Kata consists of ten techniques, as follows:
· Seoi Nage (Shoulder Throw)
· Ushiro-goshi (Back Hip Throw)
· Sukuinage (Scooping Throw)
· Hidari Seoi Nage (Left Shoulder Throw)
· Uki-goshi (Floating Hip Throw)
· Hadaka-jime / Koshi-kudaki (Naked Lock / Hip Crush)
· Tobi-goshi / Uki-goshi (Jumping Hip Throw / Floating Hip Throw)
· Osoto-otoshi (Large Outer Drop)
· Ushiro-goshi (Back Hip Throw)
· Kata-guruma (ShoulderWheel)