This is an incomplete list of '' koryū'' (lit. "traditional schools", or "old schools"). Koryū are schools of martial arts that originated in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, and were founded prior to 1876, when the act prohibiting the wearing of swords ('' Haitōrei'') came into effect after the Meiji Restoration.

Alphabetical listing

Comprehensive systems

Asayama Ichiden-ryū Asayama Ichiden-ryū (浅山一伝流) is a Japanese '' koryū'' martial art founded in the late Muromachi period by Asayama Ichidensai Shigetatsu (浅山一伝斎重晨). Asayama Ichidensai Shigetatsu There are often conflicting stories among M ...

* Kashima Shin-ryū * Kukishin-ryū * Sekiguchi Shinshin-ryū * Suiō-ryū * Tatsumi-ryū * Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū * Tenshinsho Jigen Ryu *

Takenouchi-ryū is one of the oldest jujutsu koryū in Japan. It was founded in 1532, the first year of Tenbun, on the twenty-fourth of the sixth lunar month by Takenouchi Chūnagon Daijō Nakatsukasadaiyū Hisamori, the lord of Ichinose Castle in Sakushū ...

Tendō-ryū , also known as , is a koryū (school of traditional Japanese martial arts) founded in 1582 by Saito Hangan Denkibo Katsuhide. The current headmaster (as of 2020) is the 17th sōke Kimura Yasuko. Although Denkibo was already an incredibly tale ...

Yagyū Shingan-ryū , is a traditional school ('' koryū'') of Japanese martial arts. Different styles of Yagyū Shingan-ryū, such as Heihojutsu and Taijutsu, assert different founders, Takenaga Hayato and Araki Mataemon respectively, but they all go back to Ushū ...

Grappling/close-quarters ryu (armoured, unarmoured)

* Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu *

Hontai Yōshin-ryū is a traditional ('' koryū'') school of Japanese martial arts founded from the original teachings of Hontai Yoshin Takagi Ryu, c. 1660, by Takagi Shigetoshi. Some sources give Takagi's middle name as Setsuemon, while others give it as Oriemo ...

Kitō-ryū is a traditional school ('' koryū'') of the Japanese martial art of jujutsu. Its syllabus comprises ''atemi-waza'' (striking techniques), ''nage-waza'' (throwing techniques), ''kansetsu-waza'' (joint locking techniques) and ''shime-waza'' ( ...

* Kukishin-ryū *

Sekiguchi-ryū , or , is a Japanese martial arts, Japanese martial art founded in the mid-17th century, notable for its Kenjutsu, Iaijutsu, and Jujutsu, including the art of kyusho-jutsu. History The founder of Sekiguchi ryu was Sekiguchi Yarokuemon Ujimune, a ...

* Shindo Yoshin-ryū * Sosuishi-ryū * Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū *

Yōshin-ryū ("The School of the Willow Heart") is a common name for one of several different martial traditions founded in Japan during the Edo period. The most popular and well-known was the Yōshin-ryū founded by physician Akiyama Shirōbei Yoshitoki a ...

- Founded by Akiyama Yoshitoki * Yōshin-ryū (Yōshin Koryū) - Founded by Miura Yōshin

Sword-drawing ryu (Batto, iai, etc.)

* Hoki-ryū * Musō Shinden-ryū *

Musō Jikiden Eishin-ryū is a Japanese sword art school and one of the most widely practiced schools of iai in the world. Often referred to simply as "Eishin-ryū," it claims an unbroken lineage dating back from the sixteenth century to the early 20th century. 17th und ...

* Sekiguchi-ryu * Tamiya-ryū (Kuroda) *

Tamiya-ryū (Tsumaki) Iaijutsu is a Japanese koryū martial art founded by Tamiya Heibei Narimasa in the late 16th century. Lineages Three main lineages are usually recognized as being from Tamiya-ryū: Ko Tamiya-ryū, Kishū Tamiya-ryū and Shin Tamiya-ryū. Ho ...

Sword-fighting ryu (kenjutsu, tojutsu)

* Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū * Ittō-ryū ** Hokushin Ittō-ryū ** Itto Shoden Muto-ryū ** Kogen Ittō-ryū ** Mizoguchi-ha Ittō-ryū ** Nakanishi Ittō-ryū ** Ono-ha Ittō-ryū * Jigen-ryū *

Kage-ryū is a Japanese koryū martial art founded in the late Muromachi period c. 1550 by Yamamoto Hisaya Masakatsu. __TOC__ About The system teaches battojutsu using very long swords known as choken. The kanji for Choken Battojutsu Kageryū (''景 ...

* Kage-ryū (Aizu) * Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū * Kashima Shintō-ryū * Maniwa Nen-ryū *

Mugai-ryū or "Outer Nothingness School" is a Japanese '' koryū'' martial art school founded by on 23 June 1680. Its formal name is Mugai Shinden Kenpō (無外真伝剣法). History The founder of Mugai-ryū, Tsuji Gettan Sukemochi (辻月丹資茂) ...

* Nen-ryū * Tennen Rishin-ryū * Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū * Tenshin-ryū Hyou-hō * Shingyotō-ryū * Shinkage-ryū * Yagyū Shinkage-ryū

Spear/polearm-fighting ryu (sojutsu, naginatajutsu)

* Higo Ko-ryū * Hōzōin-ryū * Toda ha Buko-ryū * Yoshin-ryu (not to be confused with

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Stick/Staff ryu (jo, bo)

* Shintō Musō-ryū

Various weaponry

* Isshin-ryū (not to be confused with Isshin-ryū karate)

References

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