Recommended Reading   

A Special Transmission Through Direct Experience

Tsuji Gettan Sukemochi was known not just as a master of the sword, but as an enlightened Zen philosopher and scholar. As evidenced by his writing, the “Mugai Shinden Kenpō Ketsu” shows heavy influences from Zen and Chinese philosophy.  His mastery of the sword was coupled with his mastery of Zen.  For additional reading on Tsuji Gettan, Mugai Ryu and Japanese Budo in general, we recommend the following:

“In the Dojo” – by Dave Lowry

“Zen and Japanese Culture” – by D.T. Suzuki

“The Unfettered Mind” – by Takuan Sōhō