Kakita's First Stance

The Kakita's First Stance kata is one of the first exercices that a student of Kakita's style learns is this stance. This kata has very few movements, instead teaching the bushi to focus the purity of his spirit into a single, perfect cut. This basic kata is practiced daily by even advanced students, as the clarity and focus it grants is instrumental in attaining victory in the art of iaijutsu (3E p. 197)