List of koryū schools of martial arts

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This is an incomplete list of koryū (lit. "traditional schools", or "old schools")^{[citation needed]}. 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

• Araki-ryū
• Asayama Ichiden-ryū^[2]
• Kashima Shin-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Tatsumi-ryū^[3]
• Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Takenouchi-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Yagyū Shingan-ryū^{[citation needed]}

Grappling/close-quarters ryu (armoured, unarmoured)

• Araki-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Hontai Yōshin-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Kiraku-ryū jujutsu^{[citation needed]}
• Kitō-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Kotto-ryū Koppojutsu^{[citation needed]}
• Kukishin-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Kurokawa-ryū^{[citation needed]}- Founded by Kurokawa Yoshiro^{[citation needed]}
• Sekiguchi-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Shindo Yoshin-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Sosuishi-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Takeda-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Takenouchi-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Yagyū Shingan-ryū^[4]
• Yōshin-ryū^{[citation needed]} - Founded by Akiyama Yoshitoki^{[citation needed]}
• Yōshin-ryū (Yōshin Koryū)^{[citation needed]} - Founded by Miura Yōshin^{[citation needed]}

Gunnery ryu (hojutsu)

• Morishige-ryu Hojutsu^[5]
• Seki-ryū Hojutsu^{[citation needed]}
• Yoshida Ha Satake-ryū Hojutsu^{[citation needed]}

Sword-drawing ryu (Batto, iai)

• Araki-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Hoki-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Mugai-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Musō Jikiden Eishin-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Musō Shinden-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Shinmusō Hayashizaki-ryū^[6]
• Shojutsu Kenri Kataichi-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Suiō-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Tamiya-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Yagyū Seigo-ryū^{[citation needed]}

Sword-fighting ryu (kenjutsu, tojutsu)

• Abe ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Asayama Ichiden-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū^[7]
• Ittō-ryū^{[citation needed]}
  • Hokushin Ittō-ryū^{[citation needed]}
  • Itto Shoden Muto-ryū^{[citation needed]}
  • Kogen Ittō-ryū^{[citation needed]}
  • Mizoguchi-ha Ittō-ryū^{[citation needed]}
  • Nakanishi Ittō-ryū^{[citation needed]}
  • Ono-ha Ittō-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Jigen-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Kage-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Kage-ryū (Aizu)^{[citation needed]}
• Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū^[8]
• Kashima Shintō-ryū^{[citation needed]}
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• Maniwa Nen-ryū^[9]
• Nen-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Tennen Rishin-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Shingyotō-ryū^[10]
• Shinkage-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Yagyū Shinkage-ryū^[11]
• Yoshioka-ryū^{[citation needed]}

Spear/polearm-fighting ryu (sojutsu, naginatajutsu)

• Anazawa-ryu^{[citation needed]}
• Chokugen-ryu^{[citation needed]}
• Higo Ko-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Hōzōin-ryū^{[citation needed]}
• Owari Kan-ryū^[12]
• Tendō-ryū^[13]
• Toda ha Buko-ryū^{[citation needed]}

Stick/Staff ryu (jo, bo)

• Chikubujima-ryu^{[citation needed]}
• Shintō Musō-ryū^{[citation needed]}

Kyujutsu

• Heki-ryu^{[citation needed]}
• Yoshida-ryu^{[citation needed]}
• Yoshida Ha Satake-ryū^{[citation needed]}

Various weaponry

• Isshin-ryū^{[citation needed]} - Not to be confused with Isshin-ryū karate
• Ogasawara-ryū Kyubajutsu^{[citation needed]} - Mounted archery

References

1. ^ Skoss, Diane (2006-05-09). "A Koryu Primer". Koryu Books. http://www.koryu.com/koryu.html. Retrieved 2007-01-01. 
2. ^ Skoss, Diane (1997) (in English). Koryu Bujutsu Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan. Koryu Books. p. 63. ISBN 1-890536-04-0. 
3. ^ Skoss, Diane (1997) (in English). Koryu Bujutsu Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan. Koryu Books. p. 144. ISBN 1-890536-04-0. 
4. ^ Skoss, Diane (1997) (in English). Koryu Bujutsu Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan. Koryu Books. p. 83. ISBN 1-890536-04-0. 
5. ^ Skoss, Diane (1997) (in English). Koryu Bujutsu Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan. Koryu Books. p. 73. ISBN 1-890536-04-0. 
6. ^ Skoss, Diane (1997) (in English). Koryu Bujutsu Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan. Koryu Books. p. 79. ISBN 1-890536-04-0. 
7. ^ Skoss, Diane (1997) (in English). Koryu Bujutsu Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan. Koryu Books. p. 65. ISBN 1-890536-04-0. 
8. ^ Skoss, Diane (1997) (in English). Koryu Bujutsu Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan. Koryu Books. p. 67. ISBN 1-890536-04-0. 
9. ^ Skoss, Diane (1997) (in English). Koryu Bujutsu Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan. Koryu Books. p. 71. ISBN 1-890536-04-0. 
10. ^ Skoss, Diane (1997) (in English). Koryu Bujutsu Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan. Koryu Books. p. 77. ISBN 1-890536-04-0. 
11. ^ Skoss, Diane (1997) (in English). Koryu Bujutsu Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan. Koryu Books. p. 85. ISBN 1-890536-04-0. 
12. ^ Skoss, Diane (1997) (in English). Koryu Bujutsu Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan. Koryu Books. p. 75. ISBN 1-890536-04-0. 
13. ^ Skoss, Diane (1997) (in English). Koryu Bujutsu Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan. Koryu Books. p. 81. ISBN 1-890536-04-0.