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Tsutomu Ohshima (大島 劼, Ōshima Tsutomu, born August 6, 1930) is a prominent Japanese master of Shotokan karate who founded the organization Shotokan Karate of America (SKA). [1] He is the Shihan (Chief Instructor) of the SKA, and to this day holds the rank of 5th dan , which was awarded to him by Gichin Funakoshi . [ 1 ]
The Taikyoku series is a series of kata in use in several types of karate.The name Taikyoku (太極) refers to the Chinese philosophical concept of Taiji.The Taikyoku kata were developed by Yoshitaka Funakoshi and introduced by Gichin Funakoshi as a way to simplify the principles of the already simplified Pinan/Heian series.
Henry Plée was born in Arras, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France on 24 May 1923.His studies were interrupted by World War II in 1940.. An only son, Henry Plée started his sports career with gymnastics, weight lifting, French savate, English Boxing, Greco-Roman wrestling, Ju Jutsu, and fencing with his father Alcide Plée, who was a sword master since 1912.
One Armed Boxer: A Touch of Zen: 1972: Fist of Fury (a.k.a. The Chinese Connection) Hapkido (a.k.a. Lady Kung-fu) Kung Fu: King Boxer (a.k.a. Five Fingers of Death) Way of the Dragon: 1973: Enter the Dragon: Little Tiger of Canton: The Awaken Punch: Fist of Unicorn: Karate Kiba: 1974: Yellow Faced Tiger: Fist to Fist: Black Belt Jones: The ...
Gichin Funakoshi laid out the Twenty Precepts of Karate [7] (or Niju kun [8]), which form the foundations of the art, before some of his students established the Japan Karate Association (JKA). Within these twenty principles, based heavily on bushido and Zen , lies the philosophy of Shotokan.
In the mid-1970s, he competed in karate. [4] He won the US National Tae Kwon Do championship in 1977, followed by a bronze at the 1977 World Taekwondo Championships. [1] [4] Reyes co-founded the West Coast World Martial Arts Association with Tony Thompson. [5] The association has more than 35 schools, teaching more than seven thousand students. [4]
Karate itself was born in Okinawa (actually a string of islands off the coast of Japan known as the Ryukyu Islands). [7] It is said that in ancient times a style known simply as "te" (literally "hand") emerged from the influence of the aforementioned Shaolin Kung Fu .
The 100-man kumite (Japanese: hyakunin kumite) is an extreme test of physical and mental endurance in Kyokushin karate. [1] Kumite is a form of sparring, one of the three main sections of karate training, and involves simulated combat against an opponent. The 100-man kumite consists of 100 rounds of kumite, each between one-and-a-half and two ...