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...

Shorinji-Ryu Shōtōkan-ryū Shūdōkan Shūkōkai Shurikenjutsu Sōjutsu Sōsuishi-ryū Suijutsu Sumo Taido Taijutsu Takeda Ryu Nakamura Ha Takenouchi-ryū Tantojutsu...

is merged or confused with the name of the dojo (as is the case with Shōtōkan-ryū karate). High-level practitioners of an established style may splinter...

origins within Shindō Yōshin-ryū jujitsu, as well as Tomari-te (pre-Shotokan) karate, and was also influenced by Shito-Ryu, with Hironori Ōtsuka being...

of techniques both from the fast and dynamic Shōtōkan style as well as from the strength-focused Gōjū-ryū style. The International Karate Association (IKA)...

Shōrei-ryū (昭霊流, Shōrei ryū) is a style of Okinawan karate and is one of the two oldest karate styles, alongside Shōrin-ryū. It was developed at the end...

Ichiden-ryū 浅山一傳流 Araki-ryū Fusen-ryū 不遷流 Gyokushin-ryū Hontai Yōshin-ryū 本體楊心流(Takagi Ryu)高木流 Iga-ryū 為我流 Kashima Shin-ryū 鹿島神流 Kitō-ryū 起倒流 Kukishin-ryū九鬼神流...

the major four styles of karate are considered to be Gōjū-ryū, Shotokan, Shitō-ryū, and Wadō-ryū. These four styles are those recognised by the World Karate...

Shōtōkan system. The embusen (path of movement) of Kankū-shō is similar to that of Kankū-dai, but it begins differently. It is a compulsory Shōtōkan kata...

also used in the Chinese and Japanese words for Shaolin. "Ryū" means "school". Shōrin-ryū combines elements of the traditional Okinawan fighting styles...

Chinese martial arts under various teachers. In 1877 he began to study under Ryū Ryū Ko. Tokashiki Iken has identified him as Xie Zhongxiang, founder of Whooping...

Japanese martial arts at Takenouchi-ryū, Musō-ryū, Jikishinkage-ryū, Kyōshinmeichi-ryū, Ono-ha Ittō-ryū and Shindō Munen-ryū schools. In 1924, he began studying...

such as Chinese xingyiquan, Korean taekwondo and Japanese Shitō-ryū and Shotokan-ryū karate. He is the father of Kane Kosugi and Shane Kosugi, who are...

Shitō-ryū (糸東流) is a form of karate that was founded in 1934 by Kenwa Mabuni (摩文仁 賢和, Mabuni Kenwa). Shitō-ryū is synthesis of the Okinawan Shuri-te and...

of the popular styles of Okinawan karate of the time: Shōrei-ryū and Shōrin-ryū. Shotokan is named after Funakoshi's pen name, Shōtō (松涛), which means...

America (SKA). The name "Shotokan" is used as a synonym for the Shotokan ryu association Dai Nihon Karate-do Shotokan. It is the Shotokan Karate association...

founded the World Karate-Do Shotokan Academy (WKSA). Kase has called his style of karate "Shotokan Ryu Kase Ha," meaning Shotokan with Kase's personal touch...

example Kyokushin, which is an extremely hard style derived from Shotokan and Gōjū-ryū, involves much more breaking and full contact, knockdown sparring...

that time was in Shitō-ryū and Shōtōkan-ryū styles. He held 8th Dan in Shitō-ryū was 6th dan, shihan, and renshi in Chitō-ryū; his karate history spanned...

series. More advanced kata, such as Shotokan's Kanku-Dai and Gojūshiho Dai and Sho kata, as well as the Gōjū-ryū Seipai and Kururumfa kata, for example...

Ryu (/riˈuː/ ; Japanese: リュウ, Hepburn: Ryū) is a character and the protagonist of Capcom's Street Fighter series. Introduced in Street Fighter (1987),...

(front stance) and kiba dachi (horse stance). Also practiced in some Shitō-ryū organizations, emphasis is also placed on Kokutsu dachi, or back stance....

from it: Rōhai shodan, Rōhai nidan, and Rōhai sandan. In Shorin-ryū and Matsubayashi-ryū this kata introduces Gedan Shotei Ate (Lower/Downward Palm Heel...

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...

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...

International Shotokan Karate Federation: Masters Archived 2010-04-28 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on February 13, 2010. International Shotokan-ryu Karate-do...

Shōrin-ryū Seibukan Shōrin-ryū Okinawa Seidokan Shōrin-ryū Shōrinji-ryū Shinki-ryu Shitō-ryū Shorinjiryu Koshinkai Karatedo Shotokan Kaminohenshi-ryu karate...

priority". In addition, dojo of various schools such as Shotokan-ryu, Goju-ryu, Shito-ryu and Shindo Jinen-ryu joined Renbukai since it is a competition group...

officially founded in 1946. Chitō-ryū is generally classified as a Japanese style because Chitose formulated and founded Chitō-ryū principally while living in...

took up Shōtōkan and moved on to other styles later. White holds seven legitimate black belts in Kyokushin Karate, Goju-Ryu Karate, Shotokan Karate, Taekwondo...