Karate

Karate

A community portal about Karate with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Karate is a martial art of Ryūkyūan origin. The word "karate" comes from kara, meaning empty, and te meaning hand. Karate has a rich and diverse... [more]

A community portal about Karate with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Karate is a martial art of Ryūkyūan origin. The word "karate" comes from kara, meaning empty, and te meaning hand. Karate has a rich and diverse history of development, incorporating countless influences from other martial arts and cultures. Today, karate is known primarily as a hard style striking art, featuring linear punches, blocks, kicks, knee/elbow strikes and open handed techniques. However, soft style punches and blocks, grappling, joint manipulations, locks, restraints, throws, and vital point striking are often an inherent part of many karate styles.

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Bas Rutten Displays The Lighter Side Of Karate Kata Read Full Story
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The Martial Arts Reporter Reveals Two Of His All-Time Favorite Shotokan Karate Katas Read Full Story
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Jean Frenette, once trailblazing Goju Ryu kata performer, now stunt coordinator in the movie industry. Read Full Story
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Back in the day or should I rather say in the late 70s, when I was actively practicing Shotokan karate, some of my buddies and I would go check out Taekwondo schools on our “off” days. But there never were any real “off” days, because we were just so karate-crazy. Can any of you relate? I must [...] Read Full Story
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Karate is made up of 3 parts - kihon, kata and kumite. Kata I've explained in it's own post. Kihon is a set of moved you practice on your own. Single punches, kicks, blocks and strikes. These are first practiced on the spot, then moving - forward, backward, and turning. Then you practice combinations. Kumite is pre-arranged partner exercises. Tori steps forward and punches, uke steps back and blocks. That sort of thing. There is 5 step, 3 step and one step sparring, then one step semi free. Free kumite is free sparring. In a way kata incorporates kihon and kumite, if done to ... Read Full Story
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