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Kuji-kiri
is a practice of using hand gestures found today in Shugendō and Shingon Mikkyō. It is also present in some old and traditional schools (" ryūha") of Japanese martial arts including but not exclusive to schools that have ties with ninjutsu.
The Nine Cuts
- (臨)Rin - Power
- (兵)Hyo/Pyo - Energy
- (闘)Toh - Harmony
- (者)Sha - Healing
- (皆)Kai - Intuition
- (陣)Jin - Awareness
- (列)Retsu - Dimension
- (在)Zai - Creation
- (前)Zen - Absolute