Jo Do. Zen Nippon Kendo Renmei Jodo

All Japan Kendo Federation's Jodo was established in 1968 and it had contributed to diffusion and development of Jodo for 35 years. Except for minor changes in 1977 and 1987, it was as what the manual had been pubshed first. As a result, often occurred some differences both in instructions among experts and in judgements in the gradings and matches mainly on the issues explicitly explained in the Manual. That was why Iodo Committee carried out review work of the manual as stated below for two years, and in 2001 completed the revision without changing the basic portion of the manual. We hope this revised manual will help promote proper instructions, fair grading, and smooth operation of matches in AJKFJodo, as well contribute much to decent development & disciplines of Jodo.
Salient points in the review are as follows:
To achieve a consensus among the members of Jodo Committee so that no difference occurs in instructions among instructors.
To set the standards of basic movements and to adjust and consolidate the wording.
To verbalize the portion which was not expressed in words so that it is fully understood.
To verbalize Tandoku Dosa of Kihon which was not expressed in words although it was executed conventionally.
To add both points to keep in mind and footwork illustrations for better understanding.
To pay considerable attention to keeping harmony with Nippon Kendo Kta, and so forth.
April 1, 2003
Yoshimitsu Takeyasu
President