This is an incomplete list of koryū (lit. "traditional schools", or "old schools") martial arts. These are schools of martial arts that originated in Japan, and were founded prior to 1876, when the act prohibiting the wearing of swords (Haitōrei) came into effect after the Meiji Restoration.[1]
Alphabetical listing edit
Comprehensive systems edit
- Asayama Ichiden-ryū[2]
- Kashima Shin-ryū[3]
- Kukishin-ryū
- Sekiguchi Shinshin-ryū
- Suiō-ryū
- Tatsumi-ryū[4]
- Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū[4]
- Tenshinshō Jigen-ryū
- Takenouchi-ryū[4]
- Tendō-ryū[2]
- Yagyū Shingan-ryū
Grappling/close-quarters ryū (armoured, unarmoured) edit
- Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu
- Hontai Yōshin-ryū
- Kitō-ryū
- Kukishin-ryū[5]
- Sekiguchi-ryū
- Shindō Yōshin-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 ryū (battōjutsu, iaijutsu, etc.) edit
- Hoki-ryū
- Musō Jikiden Eishin-ryū
- Sekiguchi-ryu
- Tamiya-ryū (Kuroda)
- Tamiya-ryū (Tsumaki)
- Yagyū Shinkage-ryū
Sword-fighting ryū (kenjutsu, tōjutsu) edit
- 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]
- Mugai-ryū
- Nen-ryū
- Tennen Rishin-ryū
- Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū
- Shingyotō-ryū[2]
- Shinkage-ryū
- Yagyū Shinkage-ryū[2]
Spear/polearm-fighting ryū (sōjutsu, naginatajutsu) edit
- Higo Ko-ryū
- Hōzōin-ryū[4]
- Jikishinkage-ryū Naginatajutsu
- Toda ha Buko-ryū[4]
- Yōshin-ryū[4] (not to be confused with Hontai Yōshin-ryū)
Stick/Staff ryū (jōjutsu, bōjutsu) edit
Various weaponry edit
- Isshin-ryū (kusarigamajutsu; not to be confused with Isshin-ryū karate)
References edit
- ^ Skoss, Diane (2006-05-09). "A Koryu Primer". Koryu Books. Retrieved 2007-01-01.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Skoss, Diane (1997). Koryu Bujutsu Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan Vol.1. Koryu Books. p. 63. ISBN 1-890536-04-0.
- ^ Friday, Karl F.; Seki, Humitake (1997). Legacies of the Sword: The Kashima-Shinryu and Samurai Martial Culture. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0824818791.
- ^ a b c d e f g 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).