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Dave Humm wrote:
I wonder if any of the board's Japanese speaking or native speaking members might be able to explain the meaning of "muto" in relation or context of sword disarming application.
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Working from memory here--always a scary thought--but didn't Tsukuhara Bokuden claim to be a student of Muto-ryu, "No Sword School", when he answered that famous challenge on the boat?
MUTO was a famous practice of the Yagyus, no? Wasn't Muneyoshi, at the time a famed swordsman himself, bested by Kamiizumi (?) without the latter having even taken up a blade--thus MUTO. The Yagyus then worked out a curriculum for it. IIRC, the old man guessed that as good as he was at it, he could do it successfully only 6 out of 10 times.