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Isshin-Ryū (一心流, Isshin-ryū) is a style of Okinawan karate created by Tatsuo Shimabuku (島袋 龍夫) in approximately 1947/1948 (and named its present name on January 15, 1956).
Wanshū (ワンシュー, also 腕秀 and 汪輯) is the name of several katas in many systems of karate, [1] including Isshin-Ryu, Shotokan (under the name Empi), Wadō-ryū, and others. The name Wanshū (腕秀) in Mandarin means "Excellent Wrist" and refers to a typical technique of this form.
Gary Alexander is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served in the Pacific with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, Fleet Marine Force during the mid-to-late 1950s, and has acted in films and on television, specifically Avenging Force (1986) with Michael Dudikoff for Cannon Films and Gideon Oliver (1989) with Lou Gossett, Jr. for ...
1977 Co-founded the United Isshin-ryu Karate Association with Harold Mitchum. [10] 1983 Made three Escrima Videos for Panther Productions. 1986 Published author in Black Belt Magazine & Wholeheart News. 1987 Black Belt Magazine Co-instructor of the year with Ray Dalke. [11] 1988 Featured in Karate/Kung-fu Illustrated. [12] [13]
There he studied karate under Tatsuo Shimabuku, who had started the Isshin-Ryu school. [1] [2] He was promoted to 8th-degree black belt in 1966. [3] The IIKA (International Isshinryu Karate Association) promoted Don Nagle to 9th-Degree black belt on November 2, 1984. [4] He died on August 23, 1999, a day after heart surgery at age 61. [5]
I set a goal to transform 50 percent of my body weight into muscle within a year. So, I took Orangetheory circuit training classes three times a week, working on both strength training and cardio.
Isshin-ryū (一心流) is a traditional school of the Japanese martial art of kusarigamajutsu, the art of using the chain and scythe (). [1] Its exact origin is disputed, and may have been founded as early as the 14th century by the samurai Nen Ami Jion 念阿弥慈恩 (b.1351-?), but the modern-day techniques were compiled and incorporated no later than the 17th century, by the unification ...
More than 50 people — adults and children, families and people on their own — lined up outside the Albuquerque Indian Center Wednesday before the doors opened at 11 a.m. for dinner.