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. It can also be reviewed within groups and in unison when training. It is practiced in Japanese martial arts ...

that focuses on counter-attacks to throwing techniques. It is not an officially recognized kata of

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, but has acquired 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

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. After Japanese

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from

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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

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

* 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 countered by

Tai Otoshi , is one of the original 40 throws of Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書� ...

* Ko uchi Gari countered by

Sasae Tsurikomi Ashi is one of the traditional forty throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. Sasae Tsurikomi Ashi belongs to the first group, Dai Ikkyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo-no-waza of Kodokan The , or ''Kōdōkan'' (講道館), is t ...

*Kubi Nage /

Tsuri goshi is one of the original 40 throws of Judo as developed by Kano Jigoro. It belongs to the third group of the traditional throwing list in the ''Gokyo no waza'' of the Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current 67 Throws of Kodokan Judo. It is cl ...

countered by Ushiro Goshi *

Koshi Guruma , is one of the original 40 throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the second group, Dai Nikyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo (no waza), of Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current 67 Throws of Kodokan Judo. It i ...

countered by

Uki Goshi is one of the original 40 Throw (grappling), throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the first group, Judo Lists#Dai Ikkyo, Dai Ikkyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo (no waza), of Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the cur ...

Hane Goshi is a throw in judo.Mifune, Kyuzo: ''The Canon of Judo'', Kodansha International Ltd. (Tokyo) 2004, , p.74–75,204 It is one of the original 40 throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the third group, Sankyo, of the traditi ...

countered by

Harai Goshi is one of the original 40 throws of Judo as developed by Kano Jigoro. It belongs to the second group of the traditional throwing list in the ''Gokyo no waza'' of the Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current 67 Throws of Kodokan Judo, and c ...

countered by Utsuri Goshi *

Uchi Mata is one of the original 40 throws of Judo as developed by Kanō Jigorō. It belongs to the second group, Dai Nikyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo (no waza), of Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current 67 Throws of Kodokan Judo. It ...

countered by

Te guruma is a throwing technique described in ''The Canon Of Judo'' as a reference technique and demonstrated by Kyuzo Mifune in the video ''The Essence of Judo''. It is currently illegal in competition as of the 2011 IJF rule changes. Included syste ...

Seoi Nage is a throw in judo. It is one of the traditional forty throws of judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the first group, Dai Ikkyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo (no waza), of Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current of ...

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 kata
at the JudoInfo.com web site.

References

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