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This is an instructional video that goes through all the twelve basic ZNKR seitei Iaido kata. However, there is a section at the end (at 35:09), where he goes through all the kata without stopping. This man is 8th dan, which will not happen in my lifetime. I started too late. It takes about thirty years (or more!) to get to that level.<br /><br />There are certain moves that I am absolutely in love with - like the kesa version of chiburi, which you see in the first kata - the wide swinging arch of the sword as you bring it to your side, and the flick of it from your temple downwards. This move is for shaking the blood off your blade before you re-sheath it. Also, the way you sink as you re-sheath during the first kata.
It's all so engrossingly elegant.
I may be biased.