Araki-ryū

Araki-ryū
Ko-ryū
Foundation
FounderAraki Mujinsai
Arts taught
ArtDescription
JujutsuHybrid art, unarmed or with minor weapons
BōjutsuStaff art
KenjutsuSword art
BakkenSword drawing art
NaginatajutsuGlaive art
HojōjutsuRope-tying and restraining art
KusarimonoChained weaponry
KenshibuDance with sword and fan
ShiginSinging of poetry
Ancestor schools
Takenouchi-ryū
Descendant schools
Araki-ryū gunyo-kogusoku
Maebashi-Han Araki-ryū

Araki-ryū (荒木流) is a Japanese koryū martial art founded during the Sengoku jidai by Araki Mujinsai Minamoto no Hidetsuna (荒木夢仁斎源秀縄). Araki-ryu is a comprehensive system that specializes in the use and application of many traditional Japanese weapons such as spear, glaive, long and short sword, staff, rope, chain and sickle, and torite-kogusoku (grappling in light armor with weapons).