World is Empty

The World is Empty kata is one of the Thousand Years of Steel kata created by Mirumoto Uso and Kakita Kaiten. Both Kakita and Mirumoto Hojatsu were mortal men, but still mortal men who walked alongside the Kami and fought agains their Dark Brother Fu Leng. Although they were not gods they learned that a even mortals could reach within to find a point of perfection; the Void. They both sought to hone their ability through training with the sword, and this kata draws out and expands upon this inner power in a swift display of awesome skill. The focus of the kata is more intense than most and cannot be maintained for long. (Samurai p. 13)