List of koryū schools of martial arts
- List of koryū schools of martial arts
This is a list of schools of martial arts that are considered "koryū" (lit. "traditional schools", or "old schools"). These are schools of martial arts that originated in Japan, and were founded prior 1876, when the act prohibiting the wearing of swords ("Haitōrei") came into effect after the Meiji Restoration. [cite web
last = Skoss
first = Diane
title = A Koryu Primer
publisher = Koryu Books
date = 2006-05-09
url = http://www.koryu.com/koryu.html
accessdate = 2007-01-01]
Alphabetical listing
Comprehensive systems
*Araki-ryū
*Asayama Ichiden-ryū
*Kashima Shin-ryū
*Tatsumi-ryū
*Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū
*Takenouchi-ryū
*Yagyū Shingan-ryū
Grappling/close-quarters ryu (armoured, unarmoured)
*Araki-ryū
*Gyokko-ryū
*Hontai Yōshin-ryū
*Kiraku-ryū jujutsu
*Kitō-ryū
*Kotto-ryū Koppojutsu
*Kukishin-ryū
*Sekiguchi-ryū
*Shindo Yoshin-ryū
*Sosuishi-ryū
*Takeda-ryū
*Takenouchi-ryū
*Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū
*Yagyū Shingan-ryū
*Yōshin-ryū - Founded by Akiyama Yoshitoki
*Yōshin-ryū (Yōshin Koryū) - Founded by Miura Yōshin
Gunnery ryu (hojutsu)
*Seki-ryū Hojutsu
word-drawing ryu (Batto, iai)
*Araki-ryū
*Hoki-ryū
*Mugai-ryū
*Musō Jikiden Eishin-ryū
*Musō Shinden-ryū
*Shinmusō Hayashizaki-ryū
*Shojitsu Kenri Kataichi-ryū
*Suio-ryū Iai Kenpo
*Tamiya-ryū
*Yagyū Seigo-ryū
word-fighting ryu (kenjutsu, tojutsu)
*Asayama Ichiden-ryū
*Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū
*Ittō-ryū
**Hokushin Ittō-ryū
**Itto Shoden Muto-ryū
**Kogen Ittō-ryū
**Mizoguchi-ha Ittō-ryū
**Nakanishi Ittō-ryū
**Ono-ha Ittō-ryū
*Kage-ryū
*Kage-ryū (Aizu)
*Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū
*Kashima Shintō-ryū
*Kurama-ryū
*Maniwa Nen-ryū
*Nen-ryū
*Tennen Rishin-ryū
*Shingyotō-ryū
*Shinkage-ryū
*Suihasu-ryū
*Yagyū Shinkage-ryū
*Yoshioka-ryū
pear/polearm-fighting ryu (sojutsu, naginatajutsu)
*Anazawa-ryu
*Chokugen-ryu
*Higo Ko-ryū
*Hōzōin-ryū
*Owari Kan-ryū
*Tendō-ryū
*Toda ha Buko-ryū
tick/Staff ryu (jo, bo)
*Chikubujima-ryu
*Shintō Musō-ryū
Various weaponry
*Isshin-ryū - "Not to be confused with Isshin-ryū karate"
*Ogasawara-ryū Kyubajutsu - "Mounted archery"
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