Itsutsu-no-kata (五の形, いつつのかた).

About
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A kata is a prearranged form, performed with a partner to a set pattern, and it teaches the principle behind a technique rather than how to win with it. Gradings ask for them, and not only for the dan grades.

What is here, and what is not
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The sets below and the order of their items are as the Kodokan's own kata textbook lists them. How each is performed, and the photographs that show it, are the Kodokan's and are not reproduced here: the textbook itself is linked below and is the authority.
Your federation's kata syllabus is the authority for what you will be asked to do.

At a glance
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Revised on June 15th, 1992.
Amended on October 1st, 2008.
Sets: The five movements.
Recordings: 9.

Where it is asked for:
  7th Dan, Dan grades (USA Judo): excellent proficiency in Nage-no-kata, Ju-no-kata, Katame-no-kata, Kime-no-kata, Kodokan Goshin-jitsu, and either Itsutsu-no-kata, or Koshiki-no-kata.
  8th Dan, Dan grades (USA Judo): excellent knowledge and skills in Nage-no-kata, Ju-no-kata, Katame-no-kata, Kimenokata, Kodokan Goshin-jitsu, Itsutsu-no-kata, and Koshiki-no-kata.
  Rokudan (6th Dan), Dan grades (USJF): Non-competitor – Ju no Kata (Tori & Uke), Itsutsu no Kata (Tori & Uke).
  Rokudan (6th Dan), Dan grades (USJF): Competitor –Ju no kata (tori & uke), Itsutsu no kata (Tori)
  Shichidan (7th Dan), Dan grades (USJF): Competitor: Itsutsu no Kata (tori & uke) and Koshiki no Kata (tori)
  Shichidan (7th Dan), Dan grades (USJF): Non-competitor: Complete: Itsutsu no Kata (tori & uke) and Koshiki no Kata (tori & uke)

The sets it is divided into
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Revised on June 15th, 1992. Amended on October 1st, 2008.

The five movements
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  1. Ippon-me
  2. Nihon-me
  3. Sanbon-me
  4. Yonhon-me
  5. Gohon-me

Reference pages elsewhere
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Itsutsu-no-kata: the Kodokan’s kata textbook (Kodokan Judo Institute): https://kdkjd.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Itsutsu-no-Kata.pdf

Demonstrations
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Kodokan: 令和8年講道館鏡開式 五の形 / Kodokan Kagami Biraki ceremony 2026 Itsutsu-no-Kata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loxViHaUECw
Kodokan: 令和7年講道館鏡開式 五の形 / Kodokan Kagami Biraki ceremony 2025 Itsutsu-no-Kata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsT7VFcQh3E
Kodokan: 令和6年講道館鏡開式 五の形 取 眞喜志慶治 七段 受 大辻広文 七段 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ila8kg5Xaw8
Kodokan: Itsutsu-no-Kata (English ver.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOs7LNSjYfk
Kodokan: 五の形 日本語版 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_Xezi8nTpA
Akita Judo: Itsutsu-no-kata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e29sbPDuNKs
Assorted: Itsutsu no Kata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgOl8AGAOuc
Assorted: Kyuzo Mifune- Itsutsu-no-Kata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwiaRm0Mw9s
Assorted: Judo: Itsutsu-no-kata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kni91-FC2io

Source: Kodokan KATA Textbook, official English translation, read 2026-08-30.
Sets and the order of the items within them, as the Kodokan’s own textbook lists them. Copyright in that textbook is the Kodokan Judo Institute’s and its instructions and photographs are not reproduced here.

From Waza Book: https://wazabook.com/kata/itsutsu-no-kata/