Koryu
Categories: Koryu bujutsu | Martial arts terms
Koryu (古流 koryū) is a Japanese word that translates literally as "old school" or "old tradition". It refers to schools of martial arts that predate the Meiji restoration, a political event that precipitated Japan's modernization. While arts post dating this event (gendai budo such as judo, kendo, iaido and aikido) are valued either as sports or arts for self-improvement, the koryu are the teachings of a feudal military culture. Koryu styles often contain both armed fighting with several different weapons and unarmed techniques.
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Koryu traditions
- Araki-ryu
- Asayama Ichiden-ryu
- Daito-ryu
- Higo Ko-ryu
- Hoki-ryu
- Hokushin Itto-ryu
- Hontai Yoshin-ryu
- Hozoin-ryu
- Hyoho Niten Ichi-ryu
- Kage-ryu
- Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryu
- Kashima-Shinryu
- Kashima Shinto-ryu
- Kogen Itto-ryu
- Kurama-ryu
- Maniwa Nen-ryu
- Mizoguchi-ha Itto-ryu
- Mugai-ryu
- Muso Jikiden Eishin-ryu
- Muso Shinden-ryu
- Ono-ha Itto-ryu
- Owari Kan-ryu
- Sekiguchi Shinshin-ryu
- Shingyoto-ryu
- Shinkage-ryu
- Shinmuso Hayashizaki-ryu
- Shinobi-ryu
- Shinto Muso-ryu
- Shojitsu Kenri Kataichi-ryu
- Sosuishitsu-ryu
- Suio Ryu Iai Kenpo
- Takenouchi-ryu
- Tamiya-ryu
- Tatsumi-ryu
- Tendo-ryu
- Tenjin Shinyo-ryu
- Tennen Rishin-ryu
- Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-ryu
- Toda-ha Buko-ryu
- Uchida-ryu
- Yagyu Seigo-ryu
- Yagyu Shingan-ryu
- Yagyu Shinkage-ryu
- Yoshin-ryu
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