Jukendo Kata: Mokuju vs Tanken #5 銃剣道 形 （木銃と短剣）

• Starting from 9 steps apart.
• Ju takes a fairly straight geidan
• Tan covers with a twist of the forearm so the blade is now pointing over the right shoulder of the gun barrel and the base of the tanken is to the left of the gun barrel. Still very vertical 
• 3 steps in each
• Tan has decided to attack before reaching centre and so isn't pressured into making a mistake like in #1
• Tan quickly steps in with one step (right foot first)attempting to pressure the mokuju similar to in the previous kata
• Ju evades the pressure stepping straight back and almost immediately launching an attack.
• Tan strikes the mokuju barrel (Uchiotoshi), fairly close to Ju's front hand knocking the mokuju down and away.
• Tan steps forward (left foot) simultaneously putting the tanken on his hip (aimed at Ju's kidney) and grabs Ju's front arm just above the elbow. Tan grabbing hand has thumb on the right.
• Tan's left arm is straight, pushing Ju's elbow down and back
• Ju is off balance, maintaining eye contact Tan uses the hip rotation stabbing technique.
• Tan performs zanshin by Ju's front arm and running the point of the tanken down the arm as he steps away
• As Tan moves back to centre the tip of tanken follows the line of the arm and then the base of the blade controls the barrel. The tanken is between Tan and the mokuju
• Return to chudan
• Drop weapon point down releasing pressure on opponent, At this Tan's back hand goes down as well.
• 5 steps back
• Return to Chudan, Tan's back hand comes up to hold the (imaginary) bayonet scabbard

Important Points:

• When Ju makes the attack it is nice of her to aim slightly to the front and down of Tan's body, makes it easier for the Uchiotoshi technique
• The Uchiotoshi strike of the mokuju is like a drummers strike. It isn't a slap or a sliding technique. It is an abrupt hard strike using wrist movement (not arm).
• The contact point of the tanken and the mokuju is blade to back of mokuju.
• If your opponent has massive arms and your delicate hands cannot grip properly you can instead grab the fabric of the sleeve. This is not ideal though I don't think.
• I don't tend to actually grip the opponents arm as much as just use their elbow joint as a big bump to push down against. The important thing is the lack of balance on Ju's behalf and the control of Ju's body by Tan

What we did wrong (this time it is actually hard, sensei said this one was very good for our level):

• My uchiotoshi was kind of weak and afterwards my tanken was out of position
• When Ewa has the mokuju we are too close at the beginning which then makes my strike too close which makes uchiotoshi very hard for her.
• I also strike too high with the mokuju making it even harder.
• Both of us pause between the uchiotoshi and the arm grab. It should be one movement I think.
• Ewa's zanshin starts with no control over me