Jikyo ryu
Jikyō-ryu (自鏡流) or "Self-Mirror School" is a Japanese koryū martial art school of iaijutsu founded by Taga Jikyōken Morimasa (多賀自鏡軒盛政) during the Tenma years (1681-1683). It is a derivation of the Shin Tamiya-ryū (新田宮流) school. Taga is said to have taught iaijutsu to Tsuji Gettan Sukemochi while in Edo. The Takahashi lineage of Mugai-ryū kenjutsu learned iai from the Yamamura lineage of Jikyō-ryū, generation after generation.
Taga was a high-ranked pupil of the Shin Tamiya-ryū school before moving to Edo to found the Jikyō-ryu school. In Edo, the style spread to the Yamamura and Tsuchiura clans and was practiced in Edo and Tsuchiura until the Meiji Restoration. In the late Edo period, Takahashi Yasuke from the Hashidate clan visited Yamamura Tsuyoshi in Edo and learned Jikyō-ryu. From there, it was also transmitted to the Himeji clan.
Jikyō-ryū's basic curriculum features two sections, which comprise two sets each. They are, in order: Goka 五箇 (5 techniques), Kumiai 組合 (15 techniques), Goyō 五用 (7 techniques) and Naiden 内伝 (14 techniques). After those, there is a further "set", taught only to the most advanced students.
Although this school is usually associated with the Mugai-ryū, it is a school in its own right. Its most famous lineage is the Yamamura lineage, but other, lesser-known lineages exist.
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