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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 ...
The influence of Kyokushin can be seen in the K-1 kickboxing tournament that originated out of the Seidokaikan karate organization, [72] which is an offshoot from Kyokushin. [ 69 ] [ 70 ] Kyokushin is the basis of glove karate, a knockdown karate format wearing boxing gloves and allowing punches to the head.
Shotokan was the name of the first official dojo built by Gichin Funakoshi, in 1936 [3] at Mejiro, and destroyed in 1945 as a result of the Tokyo air raids. [4] Shoto ( 松涛 , Shōtō ) , meaning "pine-waves" (the movement of pine needles when the wind blows through them), was Funakoshi's pen-name, [ 5 ] which he used in his poetic and ...
Kyokushin is largely a synthesis of Shotokan and Gōjū-ryū. It teaches a curriculum that emphasizes aliveness, physical toughness, and full contact sparring. Because of its emphasis on physical, full-force sparring, Kyokushin is now often called "full contact karate", or "Knockdown karate" (after the name for its competition rules). Many ...
One major format of full-contact sport karate is known as knockdown karate or sometimes Japanese full contact karate.This style of sport fighting was developed and pioneered in the late 1960s by the Kyokushin karate organization in Japan, founded by Korean-Japanese Masutatsu Oyama (大山倍達, Ōyama Masutatsu).
[1] [2] The JKF is officially affiliated with the Japan Olympic Association (JOC), World Karate Federation (WKF), Japan Sports Association (JSA), and Japanese Budō Association (JBA). [2] The styles recognized by the JKF are Gōjū-ryū, Shitō-ryū, Shotokan, and Wadō-ryū. [3] [4] Its headquarter is located in Tokyo, Japan.
The genealogy of Shuri-te Ankō Itosu, often called the "Father of modern karate". Shuri-te (首里手, Okinawan: Suidii) is a pre-World War II term for a type of indigenous martial art to the area around Shuri, the old capital city of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
Mas Oyama was born as Choi Yeong-eui (Korean: 최영의; Hanja: 崔永宜) in Kintei, Korea, Empire of Japan.At a young age, he was sent to Manchukuo to live on his sister's farm.