Empire Rests on its Edge

The Empire Rests on its Edge kata is one of the Thousand Years of Steel kata created by Mirumoto Uso and Kakita Kaiten. The first thing the two learned about their ancestors' techniques was that they applied the art of the sword to every aspect of their life. Every endeavor requires devotion, training, a purpose and a goal. This kata teaches that everything must be treated as if it rests upon the edge of a sword. (Samurai p. 12)