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
Comprehensive systems
- 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)
- 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.)
- Hoki-ryū
- Musō Jikiden Eishin-ryū
- Sekiguchi-ryu
- Tamiya-ryū (Kuroda)
- Tamiya-ryū (Tsumaki)
- Yagyū Shinkage-ryū
Sword-fighting ryū (kenjutsu, tōjutsu)
- 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)
- 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)
Various weaponry
- Isshin-ryū (kusarigamajutsu; not to be confused with Isshin-ryū karate)
References
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