

Mutō Dori (無刀捕) of the Yagyū Shinkage-ryū (柳生新陰流) from an article (in Japanese) by Watanabe Tadashige (渡 辺 忠 成) published in 'Hiden' magazine December 1996 (translated by Eric Grousilliat, 2017).
手刀勢 "SHUTOSEI (form of the sword hand)
I stand in Muto and the opponent advances in chudan, then attack my head (photo 1). I move deeply with the right foot and at the same time I seize the right arm of the opponent with the right hand - Shuto (photo 2). I control the left fist (sword pommel) of the opponent with the left palm by bringing the left foot closer to the right (photos 3-6). The sword is seized by rotating aite" (attacker).