Ko-ryū

Ko-ryū (Japanese: 古流, 'old school') is a Japanese term for any kind of Japanese school of traditional arts.

The term literally translates as "old school" (ko—'old', ryū—'school') or "traditional school".

Koryū is often used as a synonymous shorthand for Ko-budō (古武道), ancient Japanese martial arts that predate the Meiji Restoration of 1868.

[1][2][3] In English, the International Hoplology Society draws a distinction between Koryū and Kobudō martial arts based on their origin and the differences between their ranking of priorities concerning combat, morals, discipline, and/or aesthetic form.

[4] Ko-ryū is one of the oldest and most traditional schools of Ikebana.