Victory of the Wind

The Victory of the Wind kata is one of the Thousand Years of Steel kata created by Mirumoto Uso and Kakita Kaiten. The kata must be used with a katana or daisho, as in both the art of iaijutsu and skirmishing the master who understands that it is not he who strikes first who is victorious, but he who strikes first with perfect form. The kata enforces the idea that a hindered man strikes slowly and poorly, and a man who can strike with precision and speed is to be feared. By focusing on disabling rather than overwhelming the kata's quick shallow strikes take advantage of opponents who attack with sheer force. (Samurai p. 13)