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Ryu (/ r i ˈ uː / ⓘ; Japanese: リュウ, Hepburn: Ryū) is a character and the protagonist of Capcom's Street Fighter series. Introduced in Street Fighter (1987), Ryu appears as the game's lead character alongside his best friend and friendly rival Ken Masters. Other games in the series show Ryu's training and dedication to being the ...
Ryu Higashi, a character from J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai; Ryu Jose, a character from Mobile Suit Gundam; Ryu Kumon, a minor character in Ranma 1/2; Ryu Nakanishi, Science Ninja Team member G-5; Ryu Tanaka, a character from Haikyuu!! Ryu Tendoh, a character from Choujin Sentai Jetman; Ryū Tsuji, a character from Special A "Wooden Sword" Ryu, a Shaman ...
Until 1998, the only karate styles recognized as Koryu Bujutsu were newer styles founded in mainland Japan such as Wado Ryu and Itosu Ryu. Gōjū-ryū was the first style recognized by the NKK(Nippon Kobudo Kyokai), and Gōjū-ryū's official representative with the NKK was Morio Higaonna, and the organization he founded, the IOGKF was Gōjū ...
一 - Ichi - (as prefix to Ryu, meaning first class, foremost) 流 - Ryū - flow, a style, method (school of thought) Note: the no-longer used combination of "Ichi-Ryu" referred to the aristocratic class of society who practiced Kyushin Ryu Jujutsu, rather than implying the school was more "superior" than any other.
The group claims that they directly originate from Bitchu Takenouchi-ryu, a branch of Takenouchi-ryu that spread at the early 17th century. The Bitchu Takenouchi-ryu lineage was developed through Takeuchi Seidaiyū Masatsugu, a disciple of the third headmaster of the family line of Takenouchi Ryū, who moved to Okayama, the capital of Bitchū ...
Hyohō Niten Ichi-ryū (兵法 二天 一流), which can be loosely translated as "the school of the strategy of two heavens as one", is a koryū (ancient school), transmitting a style of classical Japanese swordsmanship conceived by Miyamoto Musashi.
Chōshin Chibana was a top student of the great master of shuri-te, Ankō Itosu.Ankō Itosu was the top student of Matsumura Sōkon, who was a renowned warrior in his time; bodyguard to three kings of Okinawa, he has been called the Miyamoto Musashi of Okinawa and was dubbed bushi, or warrior, by his king.
Shintō Musō-ryū Jōdo, like many other ryu such as Katori Shinto-ryu, was temporary banned and forbidden to be taught. The occupation forces were weary of the nationalistic overtunes of some of these ryu and feared it would be used as a political tool for extreme-right nationalists.