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Black Belt, known as Kuro-obi (黒帯) in Japan, is a 2007 Japanese martial arts drama film directed by Shunichi Nagasaki. It focuses mainly on the martial art of karate. It is notable for excluding the usual exaggerations of the genre. The lead roles were played by karate experts, and no special effects were used.
Upon release, he offers 5 million yen to the invincible professional bodyguard Kiba of the Kaito Karate dojo to escort him to the hidden loot so that he can find his girlfriend Yoko, a Taiwanese prostitute, and escape forever. Junpei is ambushed outside of the prison but Kiba fights off the attackers.
Jōdō (杖道), meaning "the way of the jō", or Jōjutsu (杖術) is a Japanese martial art using a short staff called jō. The art is similar to bōjutsu, and is strongly focused upon defense against the Japanese sword. The jō is a short staff, usually about 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 m) long.
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Ninja is a 2009 American martial arts film directed by Isaac Florentine and starring Scott Adkins, Tsuyoshi Ihara and Mika Hijii.The film's plot revolves around an American martial artist named Casey Bowman, who is asked by his sensei to travel to New York City and protect the Yoroi Bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last Kōga ninja.
The Wuguan is a central establishment in many kung fu movies, such as those of the Shaw Brothers company, and the films about late Wing Chun grandmaster Yip Man and martial arts folk hero Wong Fei-hong. Dojo/dojang is pronounced in Mandarin as daochang and Cantonese as dou cheung due to its Chinese characters used for the Japanese and Korean ...
Minoru Mochizuki (望月 稔, Mochizuki Minoru, April 7, 1907 – May 30, 2003) was a Japanese martial artist who founded the dojo Yoseikan.He was a 10th dan in Aikido, 9th dan in Jujutsu, 8th dan in Iaido, 8th dan in Judo, 8th dan in Kobudo, 5th dan in Kendo, 5th dan in Karate, and a 5th dan in Jojutsu.
In the history of Japanese martial arts, dojoyaburi (道場破り, doujouyaburi, lit. "dojo breaking"), also known as dojoarashi (道場荒らし, doujouarashi, lit. "dojo devastation") or as "dojo storming" in English, [1] is the action of visiting a rival martial arts school in order to challenge its members. [2]