Shotokai (松濤會, Shōtōkai) is the organisation formed originally in 1930 by master Gichin Funakoshi to teach and spread the art of karate-Do. Nowadays,...
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Shotokan (redirect from Shōtōkan-ryū)
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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both 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...
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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...
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years of instruction with Ryu Ryu Ko and founded what would become Naha-te. One of his students was the founder of Gojū-ryū, Chōjun Miyagi. Chōjun Miyagi...
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Vitor Belfort (born 1977), Shotokan Steven Bellamy (born 1950), Wadō-ryū and Gōjū-ryū Randy Blake (born 1986), style unspecified Billy Blanks (born 1955)...
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compared to other variants of Shotokan karate such as Shigeru Egami's Shotokai, Hirokazu Kanazawa's Shotokan Karate International or SKI. Since the style...
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Keiko Fundamentals". Shotokai, Tokyo. Retrieved 2007-05-09. (in Japanese) "Mawashi-ryū Stances". Mawashi-ryū Karate-do. Retrieved 2007-05-09. (in French)...
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association is the heritage of master Funakoshi's Karate-do .[citation needed] "Shotokai" should be considered the "approved" evolution of Roushi ( Funakoshi )...
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1981) was a pioneering Japanese master of Shotokan karate who founded the Shōtōkai style. He was a student of Gichin Funakoshi, who is widely recognized as...
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International Shotokan Karate Federation (Teruyuki Okazaki), Japan Karate Shotokai (Tetsuhiko Asai), Japan Shotokan Karate Association (Keigo Abe), Shotokan...
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Kisshomaru Ueshiba Mitsusuke Harada – head of KDS Shigeru Egami – founder of Shōtōkai karate Tsutomu Ohshima – Chief Instructor of Shotokan Karate of America...
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Mitsusuke Harada, 4th dan in Shotokai karate, and student of Shigeru Egami Tadashi Abe Tsuneyoshi Ogura, 10th dan in Goju Ryu karate Inviting many Japanese...
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University'). During this period, his sister Toyoko began studying Tendō-ryū naginata under a female instructor named Mitamura Chiyo (in Japan, arts focusing...
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