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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This is a list of some of the larger Shotokan karate organizations and associations in order by year of establishment. International Japan Karate-Do Association...
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in the US France Shotokan Karate was created in 1964 by Tsutomu Ohshima. It is affiliated with another of his organizations, Shotokan Karate of America...
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Gichin Funakoshi (category Shotokan practitioners)
Funakoshi Gichin, November 10, 1868 – April 26, 1957) was the founder of Shotokan karate. He is known as a "father of modern karate". Following the teachings...
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This is a list of techniques practiced in the Shotokan style of karate. Heisoku Dachi: formal attention stance Musubi Dachi: informal attention stance...
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four major karate styles developed in Japan, especially in Okinawa are Shotokan, Wado-ryu, Shito-ryu, and Goju-ryu; many other styles of Karate are derived...
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Dave Hazard (redirect from Academy of Shotokan Karate)
(born 1952 in London) is a British 7th Dan Karateka and instructor of Shotokan karate and was one of the few students present at the very beginning of...
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August 6, 1930)[a] is a prominent Japanese master of Shotokan karate who founded the organization Shotokan Karate of America (SKA). He is the Shihan (Chief...
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Hirokazu Kanazawa (category Shotokan practitioners)
December 2019) was a Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He was the Chief instructor and President of the Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation, an...
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Funakoshi (the founder of Shotokan karate) and is widely credited with developing the foundation of the modern karate Shotokan style. Gigo Funakoshi was...
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Allegheny Shotokan Karate is a Western Pennsylvania-based martial arts school established in 1969 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The dojo was founded by...
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M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Keigo Abe (born 1938), Shotokan Rafael Aghayev (born 1985), Shotokan Gary Alexander, Isshin Ryu Seishō Arakaki (1840–1918)...
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combination of Moo Duk Kwan-style Tang Soo Do, Judo and Karate (Shito-Ryu and Shotokan). Over the years it has been further developed by former black belts of...
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Dōjō kun (category Shotokan)
created by Kanga Sakukawa, an 18th-century Okinawan karate proponent) the Shotokan Karate dōjō kun serves as a set of five guiding principles, recited at...
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Tartaglia, Fiore. Bunkai of the Shôtôkan-Kata Up to Black Belt / Vol. 3: A Reference Book for Karate Kata Shôtôkan Style. www.shotokan-kata.com. ISBN 9783981601473...
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Hironori Ōtsuka (section Shotokan karate)
to become his primary art, however; in 1922, Ōtsuka began training in Shotokan karate under Gichin Funakoshi, who was a new arrival in Japan. In 1927...
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Michael Jai White (category Shotokan practitioners)
of the same name. White is a martial artist in nine different styles: Shōtōkan, Goju-Ryu (for which he studied under Master Eddie Morales where he learned...
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Kwon Do Life Magazine Taekwondo student oath Taekwondo in India Namely Shotokan and Shudokan, which served as basis for styles practiced by the original...
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Tatsuya Naka (category Shotokan practitioners)
達也, Naka Tatsuya) (born May 29, 1964 in Tokyo) is a Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He is a full-time instructor of the Japan Karate Association. He...
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Japan Shotokan Karate Association (JSKA) was founded by Keigo Abe in 1999. Abe was a former instructor graduate of the Japan Karate Association and trained...
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primary historical evidence has been found to substantiate this theory. In Shotokan, the kata has been known as Kankū (観空, lit. 'gazing at the sky') ever since...
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Lorraine Bracco (category Shotokan practitioners)
James Olmos in 1994; they divorced in 2002. Bracco is a practitioner of Shotokan Karate. In 2015, she wrote a self help book, To the Fullest: The Clean...
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referred to simply as Kyokai 協会 in Japan) is one of the oldest global Shotokan karate organizations in the world. Gichin Funakoshi played a major role...
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back and forth in battle. So it is, for example, a straight line for the Shōtōkan Tekki series of kata. It follows the form of a capital letter I for the...
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years of martial arts experience. In college, he earned his black belt in Shotokan karate and competed throughout the state. Later, he studied aikido for...
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Cyril Raffaelli (category Shotokan practitioners)
Quenel-Raffaelli, is a French traceur, martial artist and stuntman. Utilizing shotokan karate and wushu, Raffaelli has been a regular in films with Luc Besson...
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Chintō (鎮東) (In Shotokan, Gankaku (岩鶴)) is an advanced kata practiced in many styles of karate. According to legend, it is named after a stranded Chinese...
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Masatoshi Nakayama (category Shotokan practitioners)
1913 – April 15, 1987)[a] was an internationally famous Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He helped establish the Japan Karate Association (JKA) in 1949...
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In parallel with going to first grade, his parents enrolled him in the Shotokan karate section, where the guy went three times a week. He achieved good...
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mainly in taekwondo and kickboxing, and also judo, aikido, wing chun and shotokan karate. Zaror has appeared in several Spanish language action films, including...
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