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59 relations: Alexander Gerunov, Ankō Itosu, Antonio Díaz (karateka), Arakaki Seishō, Bunkai, Chōjun Miyagi, Chūdan, Chuck Norris, David Akutagawa, Dojo, Elisa Au, Front stance, Fumio Demura, Gōjū-ryū, Gedan, George Kotaka, Gichin Funakoshi, Gigō Funakoshi, Hachiji dachi, Harold Howard, Higaonna Kanryō, Isaac Florentine, Japan, Jōdan, Kanji, Kansai University, Karate, Kata, Kenwa Mabuni, Kiyou Shimizu, Mabuni Kenei, Manzo Iwata, Naha, Naihanchi, Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawan martial arts, Osaka, Passai, Pinan, Rika Usami, Saifa, Sakura Kokumai, Sanchin, Sōke, Sean Kanan, Seth Petruzelli, Shōgō Kuniba, Shōrin-ryū, Shūkōkai, Shinpan Gusukuma, ... Expand index (9 more) »
Alexander Gerunov
Alexander Evgenevich Gerunov (born December 10, 1979, in Tolyatti, Russia), is a Russian Karateka who won the World Championships (2004), European Championships (2004) and World Games (2005).
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Ankō Itosu
is considered by many the father of modern karate.
Antonio Díaz (karateka)
Antonio José Díaz Fernández (born June 12, 1980) is a Venezuelan karateka.
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Arakaki Seishō
was a prominent Okinawan martial artist and master of Tōde who influenced the development of several major karate styles.
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Bunkai
, literally meaning "analysis" or "disassembly", "is a term used in Japanese martial arts referring to process of analysing kata and extracting fighting techniques from the movements of a 'form' (kata). Shitō-ryū and Bunkai are Japanese martial arts.
Chōjun Miyagi
was an Okinawan martial artist who founded the Gōjū-ryū school of karate by blending Okinawan and Chinese influences.
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Chūdan
is one of the three heights commonly referred to in Japanese martial arts.
Chuck Norris
Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born March 10, 1940) is an American martial artist and actor.
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David Akutagawa
David Akutagawa (1937–2008) was a Japanese Canadian martial artist active during the late 20th century.
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Dojo
A is a hall or place for immersive learning, experiential learning, or meditation.
Elisa Au
Elisa Au (born May 29, 1981, in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American martial arts instructor and karate practitioner.
Front stance
Front stance, sometimes also called forward leaning stance or forward stance, is a basic stance used in various Asian martial arts.
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Fumio Demura
was a Japanese karateka and kobudoka, based in the United States since the mid-1960s.
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Gōjū-ryū
, Japanese for "hard-soft style", is one of the main traditional Okinawa styles of karate, featuring a combination of hard and soft techniques. Both principles, hard and soft, come from the famous martial arts book used by Okinawan masters during the 19th and 20th centuries, the Bubishi. Gō, which means hard, refers to closed hand techniques or straight linear attacks; jū, which means soft, refers to open hand techniques and circular movements. Shitō-ryū and Gōjū-ryū are Japanese martial arts.
Gedan
, meaning roughly "lower level", is one of the three heights commonly referred to in Japanese martial arts.
George Kotaka
George Kotaka (born July 28, 1977, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States) is an American karateka.
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Gichin Funakoshi
was the founder of Shotokan karate.
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Gigō Funakoshi
(1906 – 24 November 1945) was the third son of Gichin Funakoshi (the founder of Shotokan karate) and is widely credited with developing the foundation of the modern karate Shotokan style.
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Hachiji dachi
is a stance used in karate.
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Harold Howard
Harold Clarence Howard (born 1958) is a Canadian retired martial artist who earned a blackbelt in Jujutsu under Steve Reynolds and in Gōjū-Ryū Karate under Yogi Israel and was the first World Sport Jujutsu Heavyweight Champion in 1984.
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Higaonna Kanryō
, also known as Higashionna West, was a Ryukyuan martial artist who founded a fighting style known at the time as Naha-te. He is recognized as one of the first students of Fujian White Crane Kung Fu masters, namely Ryū Ryū Ko, in the Fuzhou region of China who returned with those skills to Okinawa.
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Isaac Florentine
Isaac Florentine (יצחק פלורנטין; born 28 July 1958) is an Israeli film director.
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
Jōdan
, which in a martial arts context means something like "high level", is one of the three heights commonly referred to in Japanese martial arts.
Kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters adapted from the Chinese script used in the writing of Japanese.
Kansai University
, abbreviated as or, is a private non-sectarian and coeducational university with its main campus in Suita, Osaka, Japan and two sub-campuses in Sakai and Takatsuki, Osaka.
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Karate
(Okinawan pronunciation), also, is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. Shitō-ryū and Karate are Japanese martial arts.
Kata
Kata is a Japanese word (型 or 形) meaning "form". Shitō-ryū and Kata are Japanese martial arts.
Kenwa Mabuni
was one of the first karateka to teach karate in mainland Japan and is credited as developing the style known as Shitō-ryū.
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Kiyou Shimizu
Kiyou Shimizu (清水希容, Shimizu Kiyō, born 7 December 1993) is a Japanese karateka competing in the women's kata event.
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Mabuni Kenei
was a Japanese martial arts expert, holder of the 10th Dan.
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Manzo Iwata
Manzo Iwata (9 February 1924 – 4 June 1993) was a Japanese martial artist.
Naha
is the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture, the southernmost prefecture of Japan.
Naihanchi
(or) is a karate kata, performed in straddle stance (/). It translates to 'internal divided conflict'.
Okinawa Prefecture
is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan.
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Okinawan martial arts
Okinawan martial arts refers to the martial arts, such as karate, tegumi and kobudō, which originated among the indigenous people of Okinawa Island. Shitō-ryū and Okinawan martial arts are Japanese martial arts.
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Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan, and one of the three major cities of Japan (Tokyo-Osaka-Nagoya).
Passai
Passai (katakana パッサイ), also Bassai (バッサイ), is a karate kata.
Pinan
The kata are a series of five empty hand forms taught in many karate styles.
Rika Usami
is a Japanese karateka.
Saifa
Saifa (kanji:砕破, katakana:サイファ) is a kaishugata (kata) of Gōjū-ryū karate.
Sakura Kokumai
Sakura Kokumai (born October 2, 1992) is an American karateka.
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Sanchin
is a kata of apparent Southern Chinese (Fujianese) origin that is considered to be the core of several styles, the most well-known being the Okinawan Karate styles of Uechi-Ryū and Gōjū-Ryū, as well as the Chinese martial arts of Fujian White Crane, Five Ancestors, Pangai-noon and the Tiger-Crane Combination style associated with Ang Lian-Huat.
Sōke
, pronounced, is a Japanese term that means "the head family." In the realm of Japanese traditional arts, it is used synonymously with the term iemoto.
Sean Kanan
Sean Kanan (Perelman; born November 2, 1966) is an American actor, producer, and author, best known for his portrayals of Mike Barnes (in The Karate Kid Part III and Cobra Kai), A. J. Quartermaine (on General Hospital), and Deacon Sharpe (on The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless).
Seth Petruzelli
Seth Christopher Petruzelli (born December 3, 1979) is an American retired mixed martial artist, kickboxer, professional wrestler and entrepreneur.
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Shōgō Kuniba
was a Japanese teacher of karate and iaido.
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Shōrin-ryū
Shōrin-ryū (少林流) is one of the major modern Okinawan martial arts and is one of the oldest styles of karate. Shitō-ryū and Shōrin-ryū are Japanese martial arts.
Shūkōkai
is a style of Karate, based on Tani-ha Shitō-ryū, a branch of Shitō-ryū developed by Chōjirō Tani in the late 1940s, and refined by his students, including Yamada Haruyoshi and Kimura Shigeru. Shitō-ryū and Shūkōkai are Japanese martial arts.
Shinpan Gusukuma
, read as Shinpan Shiroma in standard Japanese, was an Okinawan martial artist who studied Shōrin-ryū karate as a student of Ankō Itosu.
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Shotokan
is a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka) Funakoshi (1906–1945). Shitō-ryū and Shotokan are Japanese martial arts.
Shuri, Okinawa
is a district of the city of Naha, Okinawa, Japan.
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Tanner Boser
Tanner Boser (born August 2, 1991) is a Canadian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter who competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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The Japan Times
The Japan Times is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper.
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Tokyo
Tokyo (東京), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (label), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world.
Uechi-Ryū
is a traditional style of Okinawan karate. Uechi-Ryū means "Style of Uechi" or "School of Uechi". Originally called Pangai-noon, which translates to English as "half-hard, half-soft", the style was renamed Uechi-Ryū after the founder of the style, Kanbun Uechi, an Okinawan who went to Fuzhou in Fujian Province, China to study martial arts and Chinese medicine when he was 19 years old. Shitō-ryū and Uechi-Ryū are Japanese martial arts.
Uni-Ufugusuku
Uni-Ufugusuku (鬼大城), or Ufugusuku Kenyu/Ufugushiku Kenyu/Ōshiro Kenyu (大城賢雄 also 大城賢勇) (fl. 15th century), was a samurai martial arts master and Ryukyuan general who served the Ryukyu Kingdom.
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Yadira Lira
Yadira Lira Navarro (born October 7, 1973) is a Mexican athlete and coach, whose specialty is karate.
Yasunari Ishimi
Yasunari Ishimi (born 30 October 1943) is a Japanese karate expert who spent most of his career as an instructor in Spain.
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References
Also known as List of Shito-ryu techniques, Shito Ryu, Shito-Ryu, Shito-Ryu Karate, Shito-ryū.