A
Ainuki, 272
Altar, decorating, 214
Ambushes, 218–19
Arrow-shooting cylinder, 117
Astrology, 243–50
Atari, 151
B
Baker, James, 4
Ball-shooting cylinder, 117
Bee stings, 232
Beginning and end, 117
Bichūken, 282
Bird calls, 197
Birds, observing, 234–35
Bishamonden, 11, 43, 44–47, 237, 254, 255, 256, 262
Bishamonden Kenjutsu, 253, 254, 256, 260, 262
Bishamonten (Bishamon), 43, 44–47
Body, capturing the, 159–60
Buttō, 86
Byōbugaeshi, 57
C
Capturing the Leg and Pulling Down, 122
Capturing the Neck and Bring Down, 122
Capturing with a Musket, 118
Catching the Left Hand, 127
Catching the Sword, 121
Chain
and ball, 115
long, and weights, 124
and sickle, 118–19
with striking stick, 124
and weight, 123
Chinsetsu, 217
Chisai Chōtan, 104
Chūseiken, 280
Circling to the Left, 125
Circling to the Right, 124, 125
Consciousness and the mind, 166–67
Couck, Richard, 4
Crab-eye throw, 295
Crickets, pillow of, 189, 207, 211, 226–27
D
Dagger, hidden, 211
Daihachidome, 105
Deceptive fox throw, 295
Dokko, 128
Dragon-snake chain, 123
Dreznjak, Andrija, 3
E
Enkai, 277
Execution, 167
Eyes, observing, 166–67
F
Face, 121
Figure-Eight Windmill, 120
Fire blade of confusion, 296
Flying stick, 124
Fumi Kaeshi, 137
Furimi, 110
Futarimusubi, 108
Fūyō, 136
G
Gansekiotoshi, 87
Ganshin, 245–46
Gokuhiden Shinobi no Sho, 4
Gokui Seijō no Shina narabini Shinobi-Jutsu, 214–17
Goshinpō, 250–52
Grappling hooks, 198
Gyakuho, 64
Gyōsho, 9
H
Hagiwara Jūzō, 1, 6, 7, 9, 10–12, 13, 14, 19, 37, 43–44, 45, 47, 49, 128, 143, 170, 171, 173, 183, 184, 205, 217, 265
Hagun, 243–44
Hagun Shō no Maki, 243–50
Hanaremi, 113
Hanegarami
sitting, 55
standing, 56
Hassokutō, 91
Hatada Tadanori, 10
Hijikata Ryū, 170
Hikiotoshi, 99
Hikiukeotoshi, 80
Hiryū, 275
Hisshi Sandan Chū, 93
Historical Ninjutsu Research Team, 9
Hogaeshi, 97
Hōgai, 89
Hokuto Ōkami, 246
Holy symbol, 118
Honmyō, 245–46
I
Iho no Maki, 52
Ikada, 67
Ikegami Yōsuke Hisamasu, 15
Ikiaidaore, 96
Inji, 129
Inji Chūdan, 129
Issō Mubyōshi Ryū, 17
Issō Ryū, 17
J
Japanese transcriptions, 315–47
Jōtō Masato, 174
Jūjutsu, 38–39
Junpo, 63
Junrei, 135
K
Kaerimi, 273
Kaishaku narabini Seppuku Dōtsuki no Shidai, 8, 177, 262
Kaisho, 9
Kakegiri, 271
Kakehashi, 53
Kamiizumi Ise no Kami, 158, 166
Karate, 38
Kari Shinajina, 107
Kasadera Shinzaemon, 44
Kasumigiri, 276
Kata, 38–39
Keibukan Military School
history of, 19
lesson timetable for, 303–7
location of, 19
subjects and schools taught at, 301–2
teachers in, 15
Keison-in, 14
Kendō Association, 175
Kensei Kusabuka Jinshirō, 20
Kenshōken, 279
Kiba hachi nin, 160–61
Kiraku Ryū bell-shaped weight, 123
Kishimoto Genshichi Sadanobu, 47
Kitagawa Kin’emon Sadahide, 12, 47
Kiteki, 79
Kobayashi Oboro, 44
Kohō, 132
Kōichi Ueda, 175–76
Koran, 72
Koshiguruma, 132
Koshihiki Tsuriai, 106
Kotezume, 270
Kuden, 253–63
Kumasaka Chōhan, 45
Kumotsuke, 274
Kurikara Fudō, 229
Kurumagaeshi, 52
Kusaridama Kenyō, 102
Kutsugaeshi, 60
L
Letters, secret, 216–17
Lineage chart, 13–17
Lion Dance, 169–73
M
Maeda Harunaga, 19
Maeda Nariyasu, 15
Maeda Tsunanori, 1
Magic, 237–52
Makubishin, 114
Manji, 262
Manshōken, 281
Marumi, 92
Matsukaze, 59
Measurements, 299
Meditation, 214–16
Meirindō school, 19
Mengchang, Lord, 197
Middle point, understanding, 164
Migikiri Hidarikiri, 271
Mind, Scroll of the, 147–67
Mist, 115
Mizuhiki, 133
Mizui Mitsuko, 6
Mizukagami, 4, 6–7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 184, 185–206, 211, 253, 255, 257, 258, 260
Mizukagami Kuden no Oboe, 28, 33, 184, 206–11, 253, 254, 255, 258, 260, 262
Mizukagami Shinsatsu, 28, 184–85, 218–35, 253, 255, 256, 260
Mizuno Chūzaemon, 14
Mol, Serge, 251
Moon
Mori Gohō, 2
Morita Kohei, 15
Mountain bandits, dealing with, 207, 229–30
Mubyōshi Ryū
change and, 266
current training in, 21–26
curriculum for, 27–35
history of, 1–2, 10–12, 43–47, 49
inherited tradition of, 37–41
Japanese literature on, 20
lineage chart of, 13–17
Lion Dance and, 169–73
magic in, 237–52
martial arts of, 49–142
oral traditions of, 253–63
“rediscovery” of, 4–9
saving, 265–66
sixteen poems of, 143–46
Mubyōshi Ryū Kaimokusho. See Kaimokusho
Mudras, 220–21, 237–42, 250–52
Mukaku Ryū
kodachi sword skills of, 269–77
kuji in, 284–87
lineage of, 267–68
nine postures of, 278–83
scrolls of, 267
shuriken-jutsu of, 288–96
Munegarami, 98
Musubiito, 85
N
Nagai Kagami Katayoshi, 13
Nakabayashi Kasuga Shrine, 173
Nakabayashi Lion Dance Preservation Society, 170
Namigaeshi, 134
Namimakura, 68
Nanbu Shōsuke Atsukuni, 13
Nanbu Shōzō Atsuyoshi, 13
Nawa no Maki, 161
Neho, 88
Niki Shinjūrō, 1, 10–12, 13, 14, 19, 37, 43–44, 47, 49, 143, 171, 205, 265
Nishimura Seitarō, 13, 16–17, 171, 172
Nobunga, Lord, 44
Nukiguchi, 95
O
Oikakeho, 75
Omokage, 62
Omomi, 109
Oral traditions, 253–63
Ōta Nabejirō, 17
Ōzume, 270
P
Perception, ways of, 148–49
Peripheral vision, 166
Pillow of crickets, 189, 207, 211, 226–27
Posture of Looking at the Eye, 120
Powder, capturing with, 165
Pressure points, 41
Pulling and Throwing Down, 126
Q
Quarterstaff, 128–42
R
Raikō, 276
Reflecting on the Mind, Scroll of, 147–67
Rope, capturing with, 161
Rōryū, 84
Rossa, Gabriel, 251
Ruses, capturing with, 165–66
Ryōkidachi Tanbō, 142
Ryūbi, 131
S
Saishōken, 278
Sakurai Shigenao, 217
Sangetsu, 58
Sankaku Kore Naka, 94
Sanpōgiri, 269
Sanseiken, 282
Sasen, 74
Sashiai, 138–39
Sawamura Matsuemon Tadanawa, 47
Scrolls. See also individual scrolls
Japanese transcriptions of, 315–47
Seigan, 128
Seikiken, 280
Sen-go, 204
Senjō Kumiuchi Mubyōshi Ryū Nakadōri Oboe, 211–13
Sha, posture of, 163
Shichiyōken, 279
Shimano Zenzaemon Naokata, 13
Shimizu Takashi, 10
Shimomura Fuyuzō, 17
Shinjin Ryū, 1, 4, 10, 11, 14, 15, 20, 43, 49, 171, 174–76, 237
Shinkan no Maki, 147–67, 254, 257, 263
Shinmyōken, 283
Shinobi, 183–235
Sickle and ball, 116
Sitting vs. standing, 39–40
Sodeoka Ryū, 128
Soldier’s Way of Jūji, 240–42
Sōmubōsō, 101
Sotonomono Shōki no Maki, 87
Sōyūkan, 19
Spirit, taking away, 158
Staff with chain and weight, 118
Standing vs. sitting, 39–40
Star Hagun, Scroll of the, 243–50
“Sticking to the circle,” 156
Strength, capturing, 159
Substantial and insubstantial, 161–62
Suga Gensai Masaie, 267
Suicide. See Seppuku
Suikyō, 66
Surinuki, 273
Sutemi, 111
Sword
and brush, 147
scabbard, paper, 190
T
Tachiai no Maki, 72
Tachigari, 141
Tachi haramaki, 215
Takiotoshi, 61
Tanbō, 129
Tappi, 277
Teki Ni Kore Kasa, 100
Teuchi, 167
Tiger at War, 124
Toda Ryū, 123
Tokogaeshi, 70
Tōmi Gen’nai, 12, 13, 14, 15, 47, 49
Tool of ten uses, 116
Tools, Scroll of, 115
Towaki, 90
Tsuchikawa Kakuemon Takayoshi, 13
Tsukahara Bokuden, 14
Tsuki Nin Shiho, 103
Tsukiyoden, 44
Tsumateho, 78
U
Uematsu Tanomonosuke, 267, 296
Uematsu Yoshiyuki Sensei, 2, 8, 13, 17, 21, 37, 49, 51, 128, 171, 265, 267–69, 272, 273, 275, 278, 280–88, 290–91, 293–94, 296
Ukifune, 54
Unryū, 274
Uranami, 69
Usen, 73
Ushi
inside, 82
outside, 83
Uta no Maki, 144
V
Venus, 243
Vital points, striking, 41
W
Walls, crossing, 197–99
Warabi Sōsho Group, 9
Way of the Falling Flower, 120
Way of the Windmill at the Side, 120
Weakness, capturing, 158–59
Windmill above the Head, 120
Y
Yamato Takeru, 229
Yanase Kihei Yoshitomo, 15
Yawara Jo, 1, 7, 8, 49–52, 128, 147
Yorimi, 112
Yoshitsune, 43, 44–46, 211, 218, 233
Yūhikigaeshi, 81
Yumemakura, 71
Yumiteho, 77