Switzerland
Motoha Yōshin-ryū 元派楊心流
Jūjutsu from the Takagi line: fast joint locks, throws and strikes, together with Kodachi, Hanbō and Tantō. The only school in Switzerland that teaches the authentic Takagi Ryu.
- Founded
- Takagi-ryū 17th c. — own line since 1990
- Founder
- Takagi Oriemon Shigetoshi / Yasumoto Akiyoshi
- Type
- Jūjutsu with short weapons
- Line in CH
- Shinden Motoha Yoshin Ryu Jujutsu International Association, Sōke Yasumoto Akiyoshi. Swiss Dōjō in Cham ZG and Boswil AG.
2 Dōjō in Switzerland
Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū 天真正伝香取神道流
The oldest continuously transmitted martial arts school in Japan. Not a single discipline but a complete system of war: sword, staff, halberd, spear, throwing blade — together with strategy, fortification and divination.
- Founded
- c. 1447
- Founder
- Iizasa Chōisai Ienao
- Type
- Sōgō bujutsu — complete system
- Line in CH
- SHIBU Suisse — official Swiss delegation of the Sugino line, Honbu Sugino Dōjō Kawasaki. Technical direction in Switzerland: Loris Petris, 6th dan, Neuchâtel.
Governing body
SHIBU Suisse KSR — delegation of the Sugino line
The club list is kept by the federation itself and stays current there.
Yagyū Shingan-ryū Heihōjutsu 柳生心眼流兵法術
"Heart and eyes." A rough, physical system from northern Japan — developed for fighting in full armour and without it, with a tradition of its own in physical conditioning and healing.
- Founded
- 17th century
- Founder
- Takenaga Hayato
- Type
- Jūjutsu and weapons, with healing arts
- Line in CH
- Line of Shimazu Kenji, 19th Sōke. In Switzerland since 2005 at CERN in Meyrin near Geneva.
1 Dōjō in Switzerland
- Meyrin GE CERN Martial Arts Club — Bujutsu School Main Dōjō Website →
Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu 大東流合気柔術
Aikijutsu in its original form: joint locks and throws led through aiki — the breaking of posture and balance before the technique has even begun. The school from which Aikidō emerged.
- Founded
- taught publicly from 1898
- Founder
- Takeda Sōkaku
- Type
- Aiki-jūjutsu
- Line in CH
- Aikijutsu in Switzerland: related classical Jūjutsu in Motoha Yōshin-ryū in Cham and Boswil.
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Kashima Shin-ryū Kenjutsu 鹿島神流
Pure sword, pure paired work. A strictly built curriculum in which every level asks a different question — basic form, distance, battlefield.
- Founded
- Kashima tradition, Kunii line
- Founder
- Kunii-Familie
- Type
- Kenjutsu
- Line in CH
- Through the Kenjutsu section of Shung Do Kwan Budo in Geneva, the oldest martial arts club in the city.
1 Dōjō in Switzerland
- Genève Shung Do Kwan Budo — Section Kenjutsu Main Dōjō Website →
Second section
Related classical arts
For these arts koryu.ch lists no individual Dōjō but points to the governing body — its club list is always more current than this one could be. Iaidō, Kendō, Kyūdō and Naginata are moreover organised as gendai budō; Shintō Musō-ryū is a genuine Koryū whose Swiss Dōjō are covered in full by the FEJ.
Shintō Musō-ryū Jōdō 神道夢想流杖道
The stick against the sword. Born out of a defeat by Miyamoto Musashi — and the only Ryūha whose European history begins in Switzerland.
- Founded
- c. 1605
- Founder
- Musō Gonnosuke Katsuyoshi
- Type
- Jōjutsu with associated arts
- Line in CH
- Fédération Européenne de Jōdō, founded in Geneva in 1979 by Pascal Krieger (Menkyo Kaiden). Around ten Dōjō from Geneva to Zurich — the list is kept by the FEJ.
Governing body
Fédération Européenne de Jōdō (FEJ)
The club list is kept by the federation itself and stays current there.
Iaidō 居合道
Drawing, cutting, cleaning and returning the blade — thought of as a single movement. The lines practised are genuine Koryū; the framework is modern.
- Founded
- Hayashizaki Jinsuke Shigenobu, 16th c.
- Type
- Sword drawing
- Line in CH
- Schweizerischer Kendo und Iaido Verband; alongside it the Europe Shibu of the All Japan Iaido Federation and the Fédération Européenne de Iaï.
Governing body
Schweizerischer Kendo und Iaido Verband (SKI)
The club list is kept by the federation itself and stays current there.
Kendō 剣道
The direct descendant of Koryū Kenjutsu: armour, bamboo sword, free fighting. What the old schools preserve in the Kata is fought out here.
- Founded
- modern form from the 19th c.
- Type
- Swordsmanship in armour
- Line in CH
- Schweizerischer Kendo und Iaido Verband — affiliated to the Zen Nippon Kendō Renmei, the European Kendo Federation and the International Kendo Federation.
Governing body
Schweizerischer Kendo und Iaido Verband (SKI)
The club list is kept by the federation itself and stays current there.
Kyūdō 弓道
The asymmetric longbow, over two metres tall. The target is hit not by aiming but by the form being right.
- Founded
- Heki-ryū 15th c.
- Founder
- Heki Danjō Masatsugu
- Type
- Archery
- Line in CH
- Schweizerischer Kyudo Verband, founded in 1978, with around 150 active members in regional groups. The Chikurin-ha groups additionally stand in the Heki-ryū tradition.
Governing body
Association Helvétique de Kyudo — Schweizerischer Kyudo Verband
The club list is kept by the federation itself and stays current there.
Naginata 薙刀
The polearm with a curved blade — reach against the sword. In Switzerland practised above all in the modern competitive form.
- Type
- Halberd
- Line in CH
- Swiss Naginata Federation, affiliated to the All Japan Naginata Federation.
Governing body
Swiss Naginata Federation
The club list is kept by the federation itself and stays current there.
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