Kata are used in many modern and koryū martial arts as a way of teaching advanced techniques and maneuvers using a series of scripted movements and actions against an opponent.
In many of the older koryū martial arts, kata are at the center of what is taught with little or even no sparring as compared to more modern martial arts such as kendo and/or judo The modern Shintō Musō-ryū system holds approximately 64[1][2] jō kata divided into several series.
The two specific Seitei jodo are taught in various SMR dojos outside the main series of Kata.
As Shinto Musō-ryū has no current single leader,[2] there exists no strict consensus regarding which order the kata should be taught, though the traditional order when applied is Omote, chudan, ran ai, kage, samidare Gohon (not in every dojo), okuden and hiden gokui.
Gohon no midare (五本の乱) is a new series of jo-kata created and added to the SMR-system by Shimizu Takaji around 1939.
This list is shown in the order taught by Shimizu Takaji and many of his students today, though not necessarily by all SMR-groups.
[2] When all five kata have been taught the student is issued a full License of Total Transmission Menkyo Kaiden.