Jukendo Kata: Mokuju vs Mokuju #4 (銃剣道 形)

• Shi takes geidan, Uchi remains in chudan
• This geidan is aimed at the front knee of Uchi (unlike the last one which is at the back knee)
• Shi takes 3 steps
• Uchi takes 2.5
• Should be at tomai about 10 cm space between mokuju
• Shi applies seme to shita, small step,swing the mokuju at the kidney ish.
• Should now be close to issoku ito no mai
• As shi applies pressure uchi reacts with a larg-ish covering over the top of the mokuju
• Shi sees the opportunity of nodo due to the movement of Uchi's mokuju to cover his front knee / kidney.
• Shi removes pressure from under uchis blade
• Shi strikes nodo (throat) this comes from uchis right side. It is still "straight". Try not to step around the mokuju.
• Zanshin starts with a large step back by Shi, mokuju should clear each other by about 5cm but I think less is okay here as the throat is further away than the heart.
• Zanshin is completed with a covering of Uchi's front kote
• Uchi starts moving back to issoku  in chudan and Shi follows
• Steps will be required to return to centre, performed by both (this one tends to have more distance to fix)
• Both lower the mokuju to Geidan (opponents back knee)
• Both do 5 small steps back to the starting spot
• Return to chudan  

Important points:

• The opening position is 9 normal steps apart. This means all steps in the kata are all tiny. Pace it out and check.
• As Shi takes geidan Uchi raises kamae a tiny bit. This is to make Shita open already, this might be all of half a centimetre at the tip of the mokuju.
• Shi doesn't use elbows to apply seme, It is almost a swing of the two arms together.
• In a perfect world I think that all of the attacks and counter attacks in all the kata should be performed with timing, speed and technique very similar to shiai. This is a notable difference in my experience to kata in other arts featuring shiai.

What we did wrong (an incomplete list):

• Almost everything mentioned previously (these are from the same series so we do the same dumb stuff for the common elements)
• Ewa's back elbow is bent in to her body. The back elbow should be in the plane it is going to move in. Otherwise you waste time striking.
• I have no idea what my waving the mokuju around as she took geidan was meant to be. Do not do this.
• Ewa missed Nodo and looks to have hit do mune instead.
• My lord that return to chudan by each of us at the end was awful. In this series we have no synchronisation but that was truly awful.
• The one time we managed to be synchronised was when we both leaned forward before walking back. We did it the same amount and at the same time. Pretty impressive. Do Not Lean Forward Before Walking Back.