Aiki Kenpo Jujutsu Core Practices
#1. Giving & receiving percussive impact/blunt force trauma: Uchi/Uke-waza [29 techniques] 


#2. Negotiating the clinch: Tegumi: Kotekitai, Kakie, Ude Tanren and Muchimi-di, etc. [36 techniques]


#3. Joint manipulation, cavity seizing & limb entanglement: Kansetsu/Tuite-waza [72 techniques]


#4. Chokes/strangles-air/blood deprivation: Shime-waza [36 techniques]


#5. Balance displacement: Nage-waza [55 techniques]


#6. Ground-fighting & submission: Ne-waza [72 techniques]


#7. Escapes & counters: Gyaku-waza [36 techniques]
 
#8. Swordsmanship: A contemporary/modified interpretation of Sugino-ha [Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu 天真正伝香取神道流] Kenjutsu, based upon using the Tachi [太刀/sword, 12 kata], Kodachi [小太刀/short sword, 3 kata] and Ryoto [両刀/two swords, 4 kata]. Curriculum also includes Iai-jutsu [居合術/sword-drawing, 16 kata], Tameshigiri [試し斬り/test cutting, 4 kata] and free-style fighting [without protective equipment] with bokken [wooden] and live metal [non-sharpened] blades.