Koryu ? C'est quoi ?

[bokken]

Juste pour partager avec vous un article que j'apprécie sur ce qui pourrait définir une koryu (littéralement "ancienne école") :

http://www.koryu.com/koryu.html

Un petit extrait (en anglais, désolé) :

Classical traditions (however you date them) do have several defining characteristics.
They were developed by and for the bushi, or warrior class, and they have some sort of lineage that runs back through each headmaster or menkyo kaiden (or equivalent) to the founder of the tradition.
This is the "stream" of the tradition; although there may be branches (in some traditions each generation was expected to found their own "sub-tradition"), in general the structure is one of a single "flow" from one (usually) head instructor through students to the next generation.
The student-teacher relationship is central to transmission of techniques, and these techniques were initially designed to ensure victory on the battlefield.