Ryūkiba Kata — Ryūtsume

 (竜牙型 — 竜爪, Lit meaning; "Dragon's Fang Form — Dragon Claw") is the a of the 's. It is a basic technique devised by Zanjutsu Grandmaster — Ishihara Yamakage — taught to all of his students.

Overview
Unlike most techniques taught by the Sengoku School, Ryūtsume requires no enhanced precision. It is a basic technique mean to pierce through the opponent and only requires strength. While it lacks in precision teaching, it requires more than just running your blade through the target. In order to perfectly execute this technique the user must be able to perfectly rotate their body let it be clockwise or counter-clockwise. This means one would also need perfect body control. Once the blade has made contact with the target, one uses sword control the quickly shift from gripping the handle to pushing against the end of their handle with their palm using a considerable amount of force ribbing straight through the opponent leaving nothing but the end of the blade visible draped in blood; like a dragon's claw. If one applies enough strength they could potentially rip trough more than one opponent.

In Ishihara's case he was able to tear through a steel door with just this technique alone.

Notable Users

 * Ishihara Yamakage
 * Raido Yamakage