Thousand Years of Steel

The Thousand Years of Steel were a set of kata designed in the twelfth century when Kakita Kaiten and Mirumoto Uso met for a duel of respect. As masters of their respective schools they honored the bloodless challenge between the Mirumoto and Kakita schools that occurs almost every generation. The two swordsmen worked together to settle the differences between their two families by designing the kata, and the kata are now taught by all the major bushi schools of the great clans. (Samurai p. 12)


 * Empire Rests on its Edge
 * Standing of the Heavens
 * Victory of the River
 * Victory of the Wind
 * World is Empty