Each summer the Kodokan hosts a 7-day international kata camp where all seven Kodokan kata are studied and practiced under the watchful eyes of the Kodokan’s highest ranking instructors. The seven kata include nage-no-kata, katame-no-kata, kime-no-kata, ju-no-kata, Kodokan goshin-jutsu, koshiki-no-kata, and itsutsu-no-kata.

This years camp had over 160 judoka from 40+ countries including Japan, Korea, France, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Argentina, Australia, and the USA

Final day of the Kodokan Kata Camp with Mark Lonsdale (USA), Canada’s world championship team of Gord Okamura (CAN) and Kelly Palmer (CAN), and Kodokan instructor Naoki Murata, 8th dan