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    Wadō-ryū (和道流) is one of the four major karate styles and was founded by Hironori Ōtsuka (1892–1982). The style itself places emphasis on not only striking...
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    the end of his life. Wadō-ryū (和道流) is one of the four major karate styles and was founded by Hironori Otsuka (1892–1982). Wadō-ryū is a hybrid of Japanese...
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  • styles developed in Japan, especially in Okinawa are Shotokan, Wado-ryu, Shito-ryu, and Goju-ryu; many other styles of Karate are derived from these four....
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    Hironori Ōtsuka (category Wadō-ryū)
    Japanese master of karate who created the Wadō-ryū style of karate. He was the first Grand Master of Wadō-ryū karate, and received high awards within Japan...
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  • Wadōkai (category Wadō-ryū)
    Wado kai (和道会, Wadō kai) is the organization within the Japan Karate Federation (JKF) which practices the Wadō-ryū style of karate. Wado kai has numerous...
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    Association (JBA). The styles recognized by the JKF are Wadō-ryū, Shotokan, Shito-ryu, and Goju-ryu. Its headquarter is located in Tokyo, Japan. In 1959...
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    8th Dan Japanese karateka instrumental in spreading the martial art of Wadō-ryū karate to Europe and the United States. Tatsuo Suzuki as a child had a...
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  • Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū Tenshinsho Jigen Ryu Tessenjutsu Togakure-ryu Tōon-ryū Toyama-ryū Uechi-ryū Wado-ryū Yabusame Yagyū Shingan-ryū Yoseikan Budo Yoseikan...
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    Shotokan (redirect from Shotokan-ryu)
    both of the popular styles of Okinawan karate of the time: Shōrei-ryū and Shōrin-ryū. After years of study in both styles, Funakoshi created a simpler...
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    Jason David Frank (category Mixed martial artists utilizing Wadō-ryū)
    knowledge of many different styles of martial arts, including Shōtōkan, Wadō-ryū, Taekwondo, Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, Jeet Kune Do, and Aikido...
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    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...
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  • Cecil T. Patterson (category Wadō-ryū practitioners)
    Wadō-ryū style of karate into the Eastern United States in 1958. Before his death in 2002, he had firmly established the United States Eastern Wadō-ryū...
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  • Seisan (category Gōjū-ryū)
    Shuri-te derivatives like Shotokan (called Hangetsu) and in Wado-Ryū (called Seishan). Isshin-ryū also adopted this kata. Korean Tang Soo Do adopted it, and...
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    Yōshin-ryū to the Matsuoka family via Tatsuo. On 21 June 1921, Nakayama awarded a Menkyo Kaiden to Hironori Otsuka, later founder of Wado Ryu, who was...
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  • Wado may refer to: WADO, a radio station in New York City; Wadō (era) (Japanese: 和銅), a Japanese era Wadō-ryū (Japanese: 和道流), a style of karate Wadokai...
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  • Yōshin-ryū jūjutsu include: Danzan ryu, Shin Yōshin-ryū, Shinshin-ryū, Sakkatsu Yōshin-ryū, Shin-no-Shindō ryū, Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū, Shindō Yōshin-ryū, Wadō-ryū...
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    Otsuka (Wado Ryu). In 1958, Otsuka invited Shintani to join his organization Wado Kai, and in 1969 he asked Shintani to officially call his style Wado. In...
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  • is an advanced kata practiced in Shotokan, Shitō-ryū, Chito-ryu , Ryūei-ryū Shuri-ryū and Wadō-ryū karate. The origin of Nijūshiho is unknown, but it...
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    training methods, such as Judo, Ninjutsu, Aikido, Uechi-ryu karate, Goju-ryu karate, and Wadō-ryū karate. The methods of effecting kuzushi depend on maai...
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    Masaru Shintani (category Wadō-ryū practitioners)
    Japanese-Canadian master of karate who introduced the Wadō-ryū style of karate in Canada and founded the Shintani Wado-Kai Karate Federation. At the time of his death...
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    Kushin-ryū Yasuhiro Konishi, founder of Shindō jinen-ryū Kōsei Kokuba (Japanese: Yukimori Kuniba), founder of Seishin Kai Hironori Ōtsuka, founder of Wadō-ryū...
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    (in the styles Crane, Shaolin, Snake, and Tiger), kickboxing, judo, and Wadō-ryū karate. "Neil Newbon - Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 11 June 2024. "Neil...
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    Goju-Ryu Karate. Blue Snake Books. p. 3. ISBN 9781623175597. Retrieved 23 March 2022. Gōjū-ryū kata Archived 2006-04-21 at the Wayback Machine "Shitō-ryū kata"...
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  • Isshin-ryū, Wado-ryū, Shūkōkai, Isshin Kempo, Chitō-ryū, Shōrin-ryū, Shitō-ryū, Okinawa Kenpo, Shotokan, Gensei-ryū, Goshin Kagen Goju Matsubayashi-ryū, Bushikan-Ryu...
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  • curriculum of Shitō-ryū, Wadō-ryū, Shōrin-ryū, Kobayashi-ryū, Kyokushin, Seido Juku, Shinki-Ryu, Shōrei-ryū, Shotojuku, Shotokan, Matsubayashi-ryū, Shukokai, Shindo...
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  • Moon Kick/Block). Shito-ryu teaches all three of the Itosu Rohai kata as well as Matsumora Rohai. Some styles such as Wadō-ryū employ only one of Itosu’s...
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  • YouTube, Kim says that the first five forms learned in Goju Ryu, Shotokan, Wado Ryu, Isshin Ryu, and "hard Korean martial arts" are all identical.[clarification...
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    Ananku The successor styles to Tomari-te include Wado-ryu, Motobu-ryū, Matsubayashi-ryu and Shōrinji-ryū Naha-te (那覇手, Okinawan: Naafa-dii) is a pre-World...
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    Kushin-ryū Yasuhiro Konishi, founder of Shindō jinen-ryū Kōsei Kokuba (Japanese: Yukimori Kuniba), founder of Seishin Kai Hironori Ōtsuka, founder of Wadō-ryū...
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    According to early high school colleagues Hironori Otsuka (Wadō-ryū) and Yasuhiro Konishi (Shindō jinen-ryū), while teaching Karate, Funakoshi taught 15 Kata and...
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