Mugai Ryu Anyone?

[NewEnglandBudo]

Please find a link to Shogyo Kuniba's rendition of Mugai Ryu Iaido. This part 4 of a 5 part series about Kuniba's Seishin-kai Organization from the early 80's. The iaido starts at about 3:25:



If you want to d/l the entire tape you can find it on my Veoh Site at:

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v1450521KyDNy85w

Shogyo Kuniba

For Kuniba's background in Mugai Ryu and his own version of "Kuniba ha Mugai Ryu" see:

http://ejmas.com/tin/2007tin/tinart_rivers_0711.html

Enjoy, Gambatte!

[Kumaken]

Is that like Moo Goo Gai Pan?

No, seriously, that is some pretty crisp sword work especially the return to scabbard.

[kempo_jujutsu]

very nice.
interesting that in japan many people did not want to accept kuniba ha shito ryu, so he kept teaching motobu ha shito ryu there, but here in the states he taught kuniba ha. this is what i was told by a shito practitioner. is there really that much of a difference between the two?

I agee, every performance of his looks very good to me. then again, that seems to be one of the defining characteristics of good shito ryu guys, their kata are very asthetic, crisp, and...perfect (so to speak) ..often more so than other styles. must be something they stress alot.

[shindojo]

As the person who wrote the article for EJMAS I can assure you that they are worlds apart. Just noticed how old the thread is but thought I would respond if anyone wanted to discuss.