Knife Self Defense Kata by Otsuka Hironori

From my study of the Sutrisno Aikido series, practiced against straight punches, technique number 9 parallels the Defense against the knife from the 1938 “Karatedo Taikan” by Nakasone Genwa we can find the ‘Tanken Dori Nana-Hon no Kata’ – Surface Knife Defense Kata by Otsuka Hironori. They are Ceremonial Kinfe Defense kata from Shindo Yoshinryu Jujutsu.

I share the following scans from that book.

The translation of the title of this section was provided by Charles Joseph (Joe-san) Swift, long ago and was greatly appreciated.