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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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Shotokan Karate Kanazawa Mastering Karate 9 DVD

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Shotokan Karate Kanazawa Mastering Karate 9 DVD English | DVDRip | 720×480 | PAL (29.97fps) | DivX | AAC 128 Kbps | 4.4 GB Master Hirokazu Kanazawa and his assitants Manabu Murakami, Nobuaki Kanazawa and Paul Walker you will not only learn the katas leading up to Dan rank but also the bunkai of each and every move in these katas Including the Heians and Tekkis Only a true master of the art of Karate can teach this information as he learnt it from his teachers and as well in the JKA Instructors Training program back in the mid 1950s. Related eBooks: Machida-Do Karate ... Read Full Story

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The True Kata Applications...Part 1

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From: riposte.org

Mon 05:32 PST. Posted by staff@riposte.org. From conspiracy theorists to profiteers to well intentioned, committed students, all karate-ka (it seems) have a take on the mystery of kata application and relevance. Ideas like: “Only a few select people are still alive who know the REAL bunkai for these kata”, “It is the OLD way of training and Karate has outgrown it”, and “It’s the best/worst training for a real fight”. If any of these things were true, common sense would say that whoever was touting / teaching them would be the only instructor left. Everyone would be running to him because the word would ... Read Full Story

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Shodan Kata?

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Mon 05:30 PST. Posted by staff@riposte.org. I am often surprised by how many kata a shodan (1st degree black belt) will know in different Karate systems, including my own. When I ask a shodan how many kata he knows, the answer will often be, "all of them." This is often said with the connotation of, "why all of them, of course." Like why would I even ask? Should a shodan know all the kata of a system or ryuha of Karate? I know that this is up to the Sense. Read more: continue Read Full Story

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Karate at White Tiger

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From: shirotoratiger.blogspot.com

For those wanting to grade in Traditional Karate-Do there is a kata assigned to each belt level: 9th Kihon kata 8th Heian Shodan 7th Heian Nidan 6th Heian Sandan 5th Heian Yondan 4th Heian Godan 3rd Tekki Shodan 2nd Bassai Dai 1st kyu Kanku Dai black belts: 1st dan Jion 2nd Jitte The kata we practice here is Japanese Shotokan kata. However we also look at the ShotoKai versions of the kata for a more fuller understanding, and the Okinawan versions of the kata. The Heians are called Pinan on Okinawa and performed slightly different. The Tekki are called Naihinchi, etc. Nobody has to ... Read Full Story

The First Kick You Learn In Shotokan Karate

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From: themartialartsreporter.com

Back To Basics. The First Kick You Learn in Shotokan Karate. Read Full Story

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Nijushiho shotokan kata yoko geri kekomi

A video grab taken from a nijushiho video tutorial on www.shotokanunleashed.com

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