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Legend has it, Yagyū Shingan-ryū was founded in Sendai (Miyagi Prefecture) in the early 1600's, by one of Japan's most revered samurai, Araki Mataemon [1594-1634]. Araki was a practitioner of Yagyū Shinkage-ryū, under Yagyū Munenori. Originally, the style was known as Araki-dō (荒木堂). The name Yagyū Shingan-ryū was conceived after Yagyū Jubei offered to append the Yagyū family name. The word "Shingan" was chosen to describe a fundamental concept of the style (Zen origin). Shingan, literally translates as "Heart's Eye" (Soul's Eye), and refers to the faculty of inner-perception or intuition. When the mind is calmed and the emotions are tamed, we are able to attune with others, predicting and controlling there reactions. www.arakido.org/

@@mekugi The official name of the school is Yagyu Shingan Ryu Taijutsu