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    word Kenpō translates thus: "Ken" meaning 'Fist' and "Po" meaning 'Method' or 'Law' as in 'Law of gravity', a correct interpretation of the word Kenpō would...
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    influence from Chinese martial arts. It is a form and descendant of Kenpō. The word Kenpō (or Kempo) is an English transliteration of a Ryukyuan and Japanese...
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    大日本帝国憲法, romanized: Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kenpō), known informally as the Meiji Constitution (明治憲法, Meiji Kenpō), was the constitution of the Empire of...
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    James Mitose (redirect from Kosho-ryu kenpo)
    American martial artist who brought the art of Kenpo to the United States starting in 1936. Many Kenpo teachers trace their lineage to him. Mitose was...
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  • Nuregami kenpō (濡れ髪剣法, Nuregami kenpō) is a 1958 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Bin Kato. Raizo Ichikawa as Gennosuke Matsudaira Kaoru Yachigusa...
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    Constitution", "Post-war Constitution" (戦後憲法, Sengo-Kenpō), or "Peace Constitution" (平和憲法, Heiwa-Kenpō), it is relatively short at 5,000 words, less than...
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    Suiō-ryū Iai Kenpō. The tradition of oral transmission of techniques continues to the present day, in the person of the 15th sōke of Suiō-ryū Iai Kenpō, Katsuse...
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    official name is Nihon Denryū Heihō Motobu Kenpō ("Japan Traditional Fighting Tactics Motobu Kenpō"), or Motobu Kenpō for short. Motobu-ryū has the characteristics...
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  • The Kenpō Fukyū Kai (ja:憲法普及会, Constitution Popularisation Society) was a Japanese group founded in 1946 to promote the reformed Constitution of Japan...
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    Gichin (1922). 琉球拳法 唐手 [Ryūkyū Kenpō Karate] (in Japanese). Bukyōsha. Motobu, Chōki (1926). 沖縄拳法唐手術:組手編 [Okinawa Kenpō Karate-jutsu: Kumite Edition] (in...
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  • Ed Parker (category American Kenpo practitioners)
    American Kenpo. Born in Honolulu, Parker began training in Judo at an early age and later studied boxing. During the 1940s, Parker was introduced to Kenpō by...
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    Elvis Presley (category American Kenpo practitioners)
    Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Known as the "King of Rock and...
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    Kempo (era) (redirect from Kenpō (era))
    Kenpo (建保) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) after Kenryaku and before Jōkyū. This period spanned the years from December 1213 through...
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  • Ryū-te (redirect from Okinawa Kenpo Karate)
    is also influenced by Shigeru Nakamura's Okinawan Kenpo, as Oyata was a member of the Okinawa Kenpo Karate Kobudo Federation from the time of Uhugushiku...
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  • The seventeen-article constitution (十七条憲法, "jūshichijō kenpō") is, according to the Nihon Shoki of 720, a document authored by Prince Shōtoku in 604....
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  • several different weapons/arts such as taijutsu, bōjutsu, naginatajutsu, kenpō, hanbōjutsu, sōjutsu and heiho. Kukishin-ryū and its founder are listed...
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  • Shorinji Kempo was one of 44 sports and disciplines featured at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games.   *   Host nation (Indonesia) 2011 Southeast Asian Games...
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  • Gettan Sukemochi (辻月丹資茂) on 23 June 1680. Its formal name is Mugai Shinden Kenpō (無外真伝剣法). The founder of Mugai-ryū, Tsuji Gettan Sukemochi (辻月丹資茂) was born...
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    拳法極意當身殺活法明解 (in Japanese). 1958., "Kenpō Gokui Atemi Satsu-Kappō Meikai", "The technique of strike the vital points from the Kenpō for kill or revive" In 1972...
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  • (focusing on harmonizing, throwing and joint locks) as well as Karate and Kenpō (focusing through striking). The Japanese anime and manga Naruto mentions...
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    Jeff Speakman (category American Kenpo practitioners)
    1958) is an American actor and a martial artist in the art of American Kenpo and Japanese Gōjū-ryū, earning black belts in each.[citation needed] Between...
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  • Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution (日本国憲法第9条, Nihon koku kenpō dai kyū-jō) is a clause in the Constitution of Japan outlawing war as a means to settle...
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  • possession is one of two that belonged to the Cosmic Kenpō Master Pachacamac (宇宙拳法の使い手パチャカマック, Uchū Kenpō no Tsukaite Pachakamakku), who gave them to Brusa...
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    Chamber of the New Imperial Palace (新皇居於テ正殿憲法発布式之図, Shin kōkyo ni oite seiden kenpō happushiki no zu). The parody replaces the Emperor with a skeleton and is...
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  • Shorinji Kempo (少林寺拳法, Shōrin-ji Kenpō, meaning "Shaolin Temple Pugilism") is a Japanese martial art claimed to be a modified version of Shaolin kung...
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  • Constitution Memorial Day (憲法記念日, Kenpō Kinenbi) is a public holiday in Japan. It takes place on May 3 in celebration of the enactment of the 1947 Constitution...
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  • WMAC Masters (section Kenpo)
    WMAC Masters is an American television show produced by Norman Grossfeld featuring choreographed martial arts fights. It was created and produced by 4Kids...
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    hwa rang do, shoot wrestling, German ju-jutsu, atemi ju-jitsu, JJIF sport jujitsu, danzan-ryū, hakkō-ryū, kajukenbo, kapap, kenpo Olympic sport Judo...
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  • traditional martial arts, the most principal of these being wrestling and kenpo. Shootfighting was previously used synonymously with mixed martial arts...
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    in architecture. An avid martial artist, Williamson holds black belts in Kenpō, Shotokan karate and taekwondo. After playing college football for Northwestern...
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