History
Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu (MJER) as created by Hayashizaki Jinsuke Minamoto Shigenobu in the early 1600s and is one of the more widely practiced Iai styles. Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu means peerless, directly transmitted school of Eishin. MJER consists of solo forms (kata) as well as paired forms (kumitachi).
Curriculum
Seiza no bu (正座之部) contains the following techniques
- 前 Mae
- 右 Migi
- 左 Hidari
- 後 Ushiro
- 八重垣 Yaegaki
- 受流 Ukenagashi
- 介錯 Kaishaku
- 附込 Tsukekomi
- 月影 Tsukikage
- 追風 Oikaze
- 抜打 Nukiuchi
Tatehiza no bu (立膝之部) contains the following techniques
- 横雲 Yokogumo
- 虎一足 Toraissoku
- 稲妻 Inazuma
- 浮雲 Ukigumo
- 颪 Oroshi
- 岩波 Iwanami
- 鱗返 Urokogaeshi
- 波返 Namigaeshi
- 瀧落 Takiotoshi
- 真向 Makkō
Okuiai Iwaza no Bu (奥居合居業之部) contains the following techniques
- 霞 Kasumi
- 脛囲 Sunegakoi
- 戸詰 Tozume
- 戸脇 Towaki
- 四方切 Shihōgiri
- 棚下 Tanashita
- 両詰 Ryōzume
- 虎走 Torabashiri
Okuiai Tachiwaza no Bu (奥居合立業之部) contains the following techniques
- 行連 Yukizure
- 連達 Tsuredachi
- 惣捲 Sō Makuri
- 惣留 Sō Dome
- 信夫 Shinobu
- 行違 Yukichigai
- 袖摺返 Sode Surigaeshi
- 門入 Mon’iri
- 壁添 Kabezoe
- 受流 Ukenagashi
- 暇乞其の一 Itomagoi Sono Ichi
- 暇乞其の二 Itomagoi Sono Ni
- 暇乞其の三 Itomagoi Sono San
Tachi uchi no Kurai (Paired Kumitachi) contains the following techniques
- 出合 Deai
- 附込 Tsukekomi
- 請流 Ukenagashi
- 請込 Ukekomi
- 月影 Tsukikage
- 水月刀 Suigetsutō
- 絶妙剣 Zetsumyōken
- 独妙剣 Dokumyōken
- 心明剣 Shinmyōken
- 打込 Uchikomi
