| Go no sen no kata | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Kata |
| Sub classification | Non-Kodokan kata |
| Kodokan | No |
| Technique name | |
| Rōmaji | Go-no-sen-no-kata |
| Japanese | 後の先の形 |
| English | Forms of counter attack |
Gonosen-no-kata (後の先の形,Forms of post-attack counter attack) is a judokata that focuses on counter-attacks to throwing techniques. It is not an officially recognized kata ofjudo, but has acquired disproportionate significance by its inclusion in Kawaishi'sThe complete seven katas of judo. Writing in the early post-war period, Kawaishi described the kata as "being practiced less in Japan than in Europe".[1]
However, according to recent scholarly research, gonosen-no-kata likely never even existed as any sort of kata inJapan. After Japanesejudoka fromWaseda University inTokyo visitedEngland in the 1920s and publicly demonstrated several counter-techniques developed at their home University, the exercises were henceforth in Britain (and later in France and other parts of Europe) misrepresented as a formalizedkata and practiced and taught that way by Japanese judo teachers based in Europe, such asKawaishi Mikinosuke,Koizumi Gunji,Ōtani Masutarō, andTani Yukio.[2]