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Some later styles of karate have been derived from blending techniques from the four main branches, while others have added techniques from other martial arts. For example Kyokushin, which is an extremely hard style derived from Shotokan and Gōjū-ryū, involves much more breaking and full contact, knockdown sparring as a main part of training ...
Karate competed by men and women at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. Kata contested along with Kumite in seven weight classes for men and four for women. All competition took place at the Qatar Sports Club Indoor Hall on December 12 and 13.
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On the inner crease of the elbow (find the center of the crease, and move inward toward the body one half cun.) Yun Chuan On the sole of the foot just forward of center. Yako Four cun (inches) above the medial epicedial of the femur, between m. vastus medialis and m. Sartorius. One inch below the center of the inner thigh. Bitei
Ippon (three points) . Jodan (head, face, neck) kicks; Any scoring technique delivered on a thrown or fallen opponent; Waza-ari (two points) . Chudan (abdomen, chest, back, side) kicks
age-uke: rising block; empi uke: elbow block (e.g. in the kata, Heian sandan) gedan barai: sweeping low block; gedan morote barai: double sweeping low block (usually while going into kiba Dachi)
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At the 2016 World Karate Championships in Linz, Austria, Shimizu repeated her 2014 success by winning the gold medal in the women's kata event for the second time. [5] [8] In 2017, she won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the World Games held in Wrocław, Poland. [9] [10] [11] In the final, she defeated Sandra Sánchez of Spain. [10]