Mugai-ryū
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Mugai-ryū (無外流?) is a Japanese koryū martial art school founded by Tsuji Gettan Sukemochi (辻月丹資茂?) (sometimes written as Sukeshige) in 1695.
The ryū retains both iaijutsu and kenjutsu in its curriculum, and has a strong connection with Zen due to Gettan's belief that the "sword and Zen are the way of the same Truth".1 The name "Mugai" comes from the following poem:
一方実無外
乾坤得一貞
吸毛方納密
動着則光精
Ippou jitsu mugai
Kenkon toku ittei
Suimo hou nomitsu
Douchaku soku kousei
There is nothing other than the One True Way
Heaven and Earth profit from this single Virtue
The fluttering feather knows this secret
To be settled during confusion is to be enlightened and pure
[edit] LINKS
[1] Meishi-ha Suimo-kai Japanese homepage
[2] Suimo-kai English homepage
[3] Gyokufu-kai homepage
References:
1. [4]
