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. Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... The Meiji Restoration (Japanese: 明治維新, Meiji-ishin), also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to a change in Japans political and social structure. ... Gendai Budō (現代 武道) means Modern martial arts in Japanese. ... Judo (Japanese: 柔道, jÅ«dō; gentle way) is a martial art, sport, and philosophy originated in Japan. ... Kendo Kendo (剣道 Kendō, 劍道) , which is the modern martial art of Japanese fencing, developed from traditional techniques of Japanese swordsmanship known as kenjutsu. ... Respect due to the sword (To Rei) before and after the practice Iaido (居合道 iaidō) is a sword-based Japanese martial art that trains the motions associated with drawing a katana(刀) from its sheath, striking an opponent, removing blood from the blade, and then re-sheathing the katana with smooth, controlled... Aikido (合気道 Aikidō, also 合氣道 using an older style of kanji), literally meaning harmony energy way, or with some poetic licence, way of the harmonious spirit, is a gendai budo — a modern Japanese martial art. ... Feudalism comes from the Late Latin word feudum, itself borrowed from a Germanic root *fehu, a commonly used term in the Middle Ages which means fief, or land held under certain obligations by feodati. ...

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
• Isshin-ryu
• Kage-ryu
• Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryu
• Kashima-Shinryu
• Kashima Shinto-ryu
• Katayama Hoki-ryu
• Kito-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
• Shindo Yoshin 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
• Togakure Ryu
• Toyama-ryu
• Uchida-ryu
• Yagyu Seigo-ryu
• Yagyu Shingan-ryu
• Yagyu Shinkage-ryu
• Yoshin-ryu

Daitō-ryÅ« (大東流), aiki-jÅ«jutsu, originally called Daito ryu jujutsu, is a Japanese martial art that first became widely known in the early 20th century under the headmastership of Sokaku Takeda (武田惣角). Takeda had extensive training in several martial arts (including Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage ryu and sumo) and referred to the... The Hozoin-ryÅ« sōjutsu (寳藏院流,宝蔵院流), a school of martial arts, was founded by Hozoin Kakuzenbo Hoin ln-ei in the late Muromachi Period (c. ... Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryÅ« is a style of classical Japanese swordsmanship conceived by the legendary warrior Miyamoto Musashi. ... Dojo at Kashima Shinden. ... Kashima Shin-ryu sword techniques are the adopted sword techniques incorporated in some Aikido Schools, such as the Iwama Aikido, by M.Saito. ... Kito Ryu is an unarmed variety of the Japanese martial art of Jujutsu which is centered around throwing the opponent to the ground. ... History Kogen Itto-ryu kenjutsu is perhaps most famous as the ryu studied by the mad swordsman in the novel and film titled Daibosatsu Toge (the English title is Sword of Doom). It is an amalgamation of the household martial traditions of the Henmi family and Mizoguchi-ha Itto-ryu. ... Today, the most widely practiced style of iaido in central Japan is Musō Jikiden Eishin-ryū, meaning Peerless, Direct Transmission, True-Faith Style. ... Muso Shinden-ryu (夢想神伝流 Musō Shinden ryÅ«) is a branch of the discipline iaido which can be traced back to the originator of iaido, a samurai named Hayashizaki Jinsuke Minamoto no Shigenobu. ... Ono-ha Itto-ryÅ« is recognized as the senior line of the Itto-ryu styles of swordsmanship. ... An old style of personal combat developed in feudal Japan. ... Shintō Musō-ryū (also Shindō Musō-ryū) is a koryu style of jojutsu. ... Suio RyÅ« Iai Kenpo is a style of classical Japanese swordsmanship. ... Hinoshita Toride Kaizan Takenouchi RyÅ« (Japanese: 日下捕手開山竹内流) is one of the oldest, if not the first, jujutsu koryu in Japan. ... Tendo-ryu (天道流 Tendō-ryū) is a koryu (school of traditional Japanese martial arts) founded in 1582 by Saito Hangan Denkibo Katsuhide. ... Tenjin Shinyo-ryu (Note: the correct spelling is Tenjin not Tenji in the translated Japanese English language) can be classified as a koryu (traditional) form of jujutsu. ... Tennen Rishin-ryu @$$(&#228 ---25;然理心流 Tennen Rishin ryÅ«) was a sword style practiced by the Shinsengumi. ... Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryÅ« (天真正伝香取神道流) is one of the oldest extant martial arts in Japan, an exemplar of koryÅ« bujutsu. ... The Togakure ryu is a ninjutsu ryuha that some Bujinkan practitioners claim was founded at least 900 years ago by Daisuke Nishina (Togakure), who had learnt shugendo practices as well as hakuun ryu ninjutsu from Kagakure Doshi. ... Toyama-ryu is the sword technique used by the Japanese Imperial Army, circa 1945. ... Yagyu Shingan-ryu is over 400 years old Japanese koryu martial art. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

External links

• Koryu.com