Standing on the Heavens

The Standing on the Heavens kata is one of the Thousand Years of Steel kata created by Mirumoto Uso and Kakita Kaiten. The ultimate teachings of Mirumoto and Kakita were that the blade is a living thing, guided by the soul of samurai, and is bound by the will of the Heavens like antything else living. Mastery of the view of the world and its patterns leads to the ultimate mastery of one's destiny, not the sword. The kata primes the samurai's soul to become an indomitable force that is assured that the outcome of the fight will be victory. (Samurai p. 12)