• karate focus most of their attention on learning striking techniques, karate throws are considered indispensable for self-defense and, although not always...
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    basic-knockdown rules include Ashihara Karate and Enshin Karate knockdown rules that allow one-handed grabbing in order to execute throws to score points. Many other...
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    Karate (空手) (/kəˈrɑːti/; Japanese pronunciation: [kaɾate] ; Okinawan pronunciation: [kaɽati]), also karate-do (空手道, Karate-dō), is a martial art developed...
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  • challenges him to a fight. She holds her own, using the karate she has learned, even when Ned throws sand in her face. Julie defeats Ned and turns her back...
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  • punches found in most other styles of Karate combined with Muay Thai, it also utilizes numerous locks, sweeps, and throws often associated with Judo, Jiu-Jitsu...
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  • The Karate Kid is a 2010 martial arts drama film directed by Harald Zwart and produced by Jerry Weintraub, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Lassiter...
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    Wadō-ryū (redirect from Wado-Ryu Karate)
    sabaki, joint locks and throws. It has its origins within Shindō Yōshin-ryū jujitsu, as well as Tomari-te (pre-Shotokan) karate, and was also influenced...
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    style of Full contact karate Sanda (Chinese kickboxing) — The applicable component of wushu/kung fu of which takedowns and throws are legal in competition...
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    Because of the nature of Karate training which emphasizes striking, kicking, and a more limited range of standing throws compared to Judo the karategi...
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    Gōjū-ryū (redirect from Goju-Ryu Karate)
    for "hard-soft style", is one of the main traditional Okinawa styles of karate, featuring a combination of hard and soft techniques. Gō, which means hard...
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    Shotokan (redirect from Shotokan Karate)
    Shotokan (松涛館, Shōtōkan) is a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka) Funakoshi...
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  • Mr. Miyagi (category The Karate Kid (franchise) characters)
    The Karate Kid (1984), The Karate Kid Part II (1986), The Karate Kid Part III (1989), and The Next Karate Kid (1994). A wise, Okinawan-born karate master...
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  • Enshin kaikan (redirect from Enshin Karate)
    strikes, and punches found in most other styles of karate, it also utilizes numerous grabs, sweeps, and throws often associated with Judo or other grappling...
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  • Kyokushin (redirect from Kyoku shin karate)
    Kyokushin (極真) is a style of karate originating in Japan. It is a full-contact style of stand-up fighting and is rooted in a philosophy of self-improvement...
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    takedowns, trips, throwing (body throws, shoulder and hip throws, joint-locking throws, sacrifice throws, unbalance and leg sweeping throws), restraining...
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    American Kenpo (redirect from Kenpo Karate)
    American Kenpo Karate (/ˈkɛnpoʊ/), also known as American Kenpo or Ed Parker's Kenpo Karate, is an American martial art founded and codified by Ed Parker...
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  • The Karate World Championships, also known as the World Karate Championships, are the highest level of competition for karate organized by the World Karate...
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  • Maan Karate (transl. Deer Karate) is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language sports comedy film written and directed by Krish Thirukumaran. The film was written...
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    The Karate India Organisation (KIO) replaced Karate Association of India (KAI) as the national governing body for karate in India on confirmation from World...
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    Yoshukai (養秀会, Yōshūkai) is a Japanese style of Karate–dō. Karate-do. Karate-do translates as "Way of the Empty Hand." The three kanji (Japanese symbols)...
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    use punches alone, while others such as kickboxing, Muay Thai, Lethwei or karate may use both punches and kicks. Others such as wrestling (excluding professional...
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  • Lawrence is a fictional character of The Karate Kid media franchise, portrayed by William Zabka. Introduced in The Karate Kid (1984) as Daniel LaRusso's rival...
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  • Ashihara kaikan (芦原 会館) is a modern full contact street karate developed from Kyokushin karate by Hideyuki Ashihara with influences from various martial...
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    Kūdō (category Full contact karate)
    name "Karate-do Daidojuku." The in-house martial arts style was also known as Kakutō karate (格闘空手, eng. Fighting Karate) and/or Combat Karate Daidojuku...
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    Enshin Karate Sabaki Challenge Heavyweight champion, an annual full contact karate tournament held in Denver which allows grabs, sweeps and throws, and...
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    non-contact karate competitor who later pioneered full-contact fighting in the United States. He made the transition from point to full-contact karate in 1974...
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  • Ippon (section In karate)
    usually kendo, judo, karate or jujitsu. In judo, an ippon may be scored for a throw, a pin, a choke or a jointlock. For throws, the four granting criteria...
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    combat included striking (kicking, punching), throwing (body throws, joint-lock throws, unbalance throws), restraining (pinning, strangulating, grappling...
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    Kenpō (redirect from Kempo Karate)
    of Karate. It is typically practised wearing protective gear (face, body, crotch, etc.) and gloves and allows full use of stand-up striking, throwing, and...
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  • The Karate Guard is a 2005 American animated cartoon short film, and the 163rd Tom and Jerry short. Directed by Joseph Barbera (Tom and Jerry co-creator...
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