List of koryū schools of martial arts
This is an incomplete list of koryū (lit. "traditional schools", or "old schools"). Koryū 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.[1]
Alphabetical listing
Comprehensive systems
- Asayama Ichiden-ryū[2]
- Kashima Shin-ryū[3]
- Suiō-ryū
- Tatsumi-ryū[4][4]
- Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū[4]
- Takenouchi-ryū[4]
- Yagyū Shingan-ryū
Grappling/close-quarters ryu (armoured, unarmoured)
- Hontai Yōshin-ryū
- Kitō-ryū
- Kukishin-ryū[5]
- Sekiguchi-ryū
- Shindo Yoshin-ryū
- Sosuishi-ryū
- Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū
- Yagyū Shingan-ryū[2]
- Yōshin-ryū - Founded by Akiyama Yoshitoki
- Yōshin-ryū (Yōshin Koryū) - Founded by Miura Yōshin
Sword-drawing ryu (Batto, iai, etc.)
- Hoki-ryū
- Mugai-ryū
- Musō Shinden-ryū
- Musō Jikiden Eishin-ryū
- Tamiya-ryū (Kuroda)
- Tamiya-ryū (Tsumaki)
Sword-fighting ryu (kenjutsu, tojutsu)
- Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū[2]
- Ittō-ryū
- Jigen-ryū
- Kage-ryū
- Kage-ryū (Aizu)
- Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū[2]
- Kashima Shintō-ryū
- Maniwa Nen-ryū[2]
- Nen-ryū
- Tennen Rishin-ryū
- Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū
- Shingyotō-ryū[2]
- Shinkage-ryū
- Yagyū Shinkage-ryū[2]
Spear/polearm-fighting ryu (sojutsu, naginatajutsu)
- Higo Ko-ryū
- Hōzōin-ryū[4]
- Tendō-ryū[2]
- Toda ha Buko-ryū[4]
- Yoshin-ryu[4] - Not to be confused with Hontai Yōshin-ryū
Stick/Staff ryu (jo, bo)
Various weaponry
- Isshin-ryū - Not to be confused with Isshin-ryū karate
References
- ↑ Skoss, Diane (2006-05-09). "A Koryu Primer". Koryu Books. Retrieved 2007-01-01.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Skoss, Diane (1997). Koryu Bujutsu Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan Vol.1. Koryu Books. p. 63. ISBN 1-890536-04-0.
- ↑ Karl F Firday, Seki Humitake (1997). Legacies of the sword (Samurai culture and Kamishin Ryu). University of Hawaii Press (July 1, 1997). ISBN 978-0824818791.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Skoss, Diane (1997). Sword & Spirit Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan Vol.2. Koryu Books. p. 70. ISBN 1-890536-05-9.
- ↑ Watatani Kiyoshi, Yamada Tadashi (1969). Bugei Ryuha Daijiten (武芸流派大事典) (Large Encyclopedia of Martial Arts) (in Japanese). Shin Jinbutsu Ourai Sha (人物往来社).
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