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    Shōrin-ryū (少林流) is one of the major modern Okinawan martial arts and is one of the oldest styles of karate. It was named by Choshin Chibana in 1933, but...
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  • Shorin-ryu Shidokan (小林流志道館, Shōrin-ryū Shidōkan) is the main branch of Shorin-ryū style of Okinawan karate, started by Katsuya Miyahira, Hanshi 10th Dan...
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  • Matsubayashi-ryū is a style of Shōrin-ryū and the terms Matsubayashi-ryū and Shōrin-ryū can be used interchangeably. Normally, the style is referred to as Shōrin-ryū...
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  • Shorin-ryu Shorinkan (小林流小林館, Shōrin-ryū Shōrinkan) is a branch of the Kobayashi Shōrin-ryū style of Okinawan karate, developed by Shūgorō Nakazato, Hanshi...
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  • present name on January 15, 1956). Isshin-Ryū karate is largely a synthesis of Shorin-ryū karate, Gojū-ryū karate, and kobudō. The name means, literally...
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    other schools such as Kobayashi Shorin-Ryu and Matsubayashi Shorin-Ryu. There are two years that define the way Gōjū-ryū has been considered by the Japanese...
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  • Shōbayashi Shōrin-ryu (少林流) (Shōrin-ryū) is a style of Okinawan Shorin-ryu karate founded by Eizo Shimabukuro. Eizo Shimabukuro (1925-2017) dropped the...
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  • The Okinawa Shōrin-ryū Karate-dō Kyudōkan Association (沖縄小林流空手道究道館連合会) is one of the seven branches of Kobayashi Shōrin-ryū style of Okinawan karate,...
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    Shotokan (redirect from Shotokan-ryu)
    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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  • Shorin-ryu Seibukan (聖武館少林流, Seibukan Shorin-ryu), also known as Sukunaihayashi, is one of the many Okinawan Shorin-ryu styles of karate. Seibukan karate-do...
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    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...
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  • WMAC Masters is an American live-action television show produced by Norman Grossfeld featuring choreographed martial arts fights. It was created and produced...
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    of 86. Chitose created Chitō-ryū by combining the strength techniques from Shuri-te (see also Shōrin-ryū and Shōrei-ryū), with those of Naha-te. The influence...
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  • Katsuhiko Shinzato (category Shōrin-ryū practitioners)
    Shinzato Katsuhiko) is an Okinawan martial arts master and head of the Shōrin-ryū Kishaba Juku. Shinzato was born in Manila, in the Philippines. His father...
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  • to Hawaii. Incorporating not only traditional jūjutsu, but also Lua, Shōrin-ryū Karate, Eskrima, Boxing, Chin Na and Folk Wrestling, he began to synthesize...
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  • Maniwa Nen-ryū Ninjutsu Nippon Kempo Niten Ichi-ryū Okinawan kobudō Shindō jinen-ryū Shitō-ryū Shoot Boxing Shoot wrestling Shootfighting Shōrin-ryū Shorinji...
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    idea that karate was divided into two branches: Shōrin-ryū (derived from Itosu's teachings) and Shōrei-ryū (derived from Higaonna's teachings); but Chōjun...
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    Kenpō (redirect from Goshin ryu)
    Motobu-ryu style named as "Nihon Denryu Heiho Motobu Kenpo" ("Japan's traditional tactics Motobu Kenpo") and by the International Shorin-ryu Karate Kobudo...
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  • three of these styles find their origins in the Shorin-Ryu style from Shuri, Okinawa, while Goju-ryu finds its origins in Naha. Shuri karate is rather...
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    Sex/Life. Shahi studied karate in her youth becoming a 1st dan black belt in Shorin-Ryu karate. In 2016, Shahi and Howey were sued by a former nanny of their...
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  • Okinawa Karate-Dō Shōrin-ryū Kishaba Juku, also called, familiarly, Kishaba Juku, is Chokei Kishaba's private academy of the Matsubayashi-ryu style of Okinawan...
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  • Tadashi Yamashita (category Shōrin-ryū practitioners)
    was awarded his black belt when he was 16. He captured the All-Okinawan Shorin-Ryu Free Sparring Grand Championship Title in 1960. He visited Japan in 1968...
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    Chōshin Chibana (category Shōrin-ryū practitioners)
    1885 – 26 February 1969) was an Okinawan martial artist who developed Shorin-ryū karate based on what he had learned from Ankō Itosu. He was the last of...
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  • Seisan (category Gōjū-ryū)
    Chitō-ryū Gōjū-ryū Go-Kan-Ryu Isshin-ryū Isshin Kempo Koryu Uchinadi Meibukan Moo Duk Kwan Ninjutu Shito Ryu Ryū-te Ryūei-ryū Seito Matsumura-ryu Shōrin-ryū...
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    of karate, such as Shito ryu or Shorin ryu. Most of the underlying principles, however, were derived from Shindō Yōshin-ryū, an atemi waza focused style...
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  • Minoru Higa (category Shōrin-ryū practitioners)
    Kaicho or federation president and Grandmaster of the Kyudokan School of Shorin-ryū. His efforts, along with that of his family, have made Kyudokan popular...
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  • Sannosuke Ueshima (redirect from Kushin-ryu)
    styles Shōrin-ryū and Gōjū-ryū. Chōshin Chibana who founder and taught the Shōrin-ryū Kobayashi style. Kanamori Kinjo/Kinsei Kinjo, who taught Shōrin-ryū and...
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    as Ryukyukan from Okinawa and Muso-Kai karate. (Muso-Kai started with Shorin Ryu, Knockdown styles were a huge influence later) Though severely divided...
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    founder of Wadō-ryū Tatsuo Shimabuku, founder of Isshin-ryū Shōshin Nagamine, founder of Matsubayashi-ryū Katsuya Miyahira, founder of Shōrin-ryū Shidōkan The...
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    been the progenitor of many contemporary karate styles: Shōrin-ryū, Shotokan, and Shitō-ryū, for example. Ultimately, all modern styles of karate that...
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