Editing Kukishin-ryū (section)

==About the Name==
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*九 "Ku" stands for “nine" in Japanese.
*鬼 "Ki" as seen on the far left is actually an incorrect kanji for the name. It is supposed to be an older Chinese based kanji meaning "Kami" or god but it is now long obsolete (compare above). This is because over the years the older character became lost due to the need to simplify/unify the Chinese characters used in Japanese writing. So, the similar, original character of 鬼 ([[Oni (folklore)|oni]] or demon) is used in its stead. This inadvertently changes the meaning of the name to modern readers, who rightly believe that it reads "Nine Demons;" yet in fact the character was originally pronounced as "Oni-gami"(holy spirit) as opposed to "Oni" (evil spirits). The name "Ku-ki" is therefore actually "Ku-kami" yet, it has been customarily pronounced as "Kuki" since the Edo period.<ref name="zensho"/>
*神 "Shin" or "kami" means god or spirit- the English interpretation of "spirit" works better as "Nine Gods God School" sounds redundant and creates problems in comprehension.
*流 "[[Ryū (school)|Ryū]]" translates originally as "flow," however when related with the transmission of traditions as martial arts and appended to the name of a style or system, it means "school."<ref>{{cite book
| last =  Nelson
| first = Andrew N
| title = The Modern's Reader Japanese-English Character Dictionary
| publisher = Charles E tutle Co Publishers
| place= Tokyo, Japan
| year = 1992
| page = 553
| isbn = 4-8053-0529-0
}}</ref><ref name="Furyū">{{Cite news
| last= Muromoto
| first= Wayne
| year= 1997
| title= What is a Ryu?
| periodical= Furyu the Budo Journal
| volume= 2:4
| issue= #8
}}</ref>