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Pattern-chaser
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Shamshir
855Not that per se, but something like Zen.
A supplementary art to Iaido; Iaido being tension and Ryudo being release of tension.
Edit: If one considers Shinto to be reflective, then Ryudo is refractive. Focus and ripples.
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