developed in one of the three lines of SMR of the time. The series contain two kata, both nearly identical in movements but performed with the long and short sword respectively. – longsword – shortsword Kage is the third earliest series of jo-kata (though taught as the fourth series in most SMR-dojos today). Holds the same names as the omote series. The variants are variously called zen/go or omote/ura – Two variants – Two variants Samidare / Satsuki Ame The fourth earliest series of jo-kata. The number of kata in this series are sometimes counted as having five kata plus one variant. Gohon no midare is a new series of jo-kata created and added to the SMR-system by Shimizu Takaji around 1939. The series is taught as number six in the total of eight kata-series in most SMR-dojos today. Gohon is not part of the traditional system though it is being taught by most SMR-groups. Okuden / Shiaikuchi Fifth earliest series of Jo-kata, taught as series number seven in most SMR-dojos today. This list is shown in the order taught by Shimizu Takaji and many of his students today, though not necessarily by all SMR-groups. This series is the last one taught openly to an advanced student and only dedicated and mature students are allowed to study it. Hiden Gokui The sixth traditional (eighth in the system taught by Shimizu Takaji and many of his students & descendants today) and last earliest known series of jo-kata, or secret forms, of the SMR system. After the first kata is taught the student receives a Menkyo scroll. When all five kata have been taught the student is issued a full License of Total Transmission Menkyo Kaiden. See also Bujutsu/Budō – The "Way of War" or the "Way of the warrior". Daimyō – The aristocratic samurai landowners of feudal Japan. Samurai themselves, they employed other lesser samurai as warriors and keepers of orders to expand and police the Daimyō's domains. This arrangement lasted until the Meiji restoration in the late 1860s and the later abolition of the feudal system. Iaidō/Iaijutsu – Martial Art – The art of drawing the Japanese sword. Ko-ryū – Japanese martial arts created before the 1868 Meiji restoration. Any art created that was created post-1868, such as Judo, Karate, Aikido, Taidō, are considered to be Gendai budō. Karate, although preceding 1868, does not qualify as koryū due to the