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  2. List of Chinese martial arts - Wikipedia

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  3. Ikken hissatsu - Wikipedia

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    Ikken Hissatsu (一拳必殺 [1]) is a term used in traditional karate, meaning "to annihilate at one blow". [2] This, however, does not mean that any clash can and should be resolved with the use of only one stroke, [3] but it conveys the spirit that the karateka (player) must partake in.

  4. Uechi-Ryū - Wikipedia

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    Uechi-Ryū (上地流, Uechi-Ryū) is a traditional style of Okinawan karate.Uechi-Ryū means "Style of Uechi" or "School of Uechi". Originally called Pangai-noon, which translates to English as "half-hard, half-soft", the style was renamed Uechi-Ryū after the founder of the style, Kanbun Uechi, [1] an Okinawan who went to Fuzhou in Fujian Province, China to study martial arts and Chinese ...

  5. Knifehand strike - Wikipedia

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    In karate, the handsword collarbone chop (tegatana-sakotsu-uchi), the handsword collarbone strike (tegatana-sakotsu-uchikomi) and the handsword face chop (tegatana-ganmen-uchi) all use this fundamental strike as a basis for attack. [7] The knifehand strike can be used with either side of the hand.

  6. Origins of Asian martial arts - Wikipedia

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    The evolution of the martial arts has been described by historians in the context of countless historical battles. Building on the work of Laughlin (1956, 1961), Rudgley argues that Mongolian wrestling, as well as the martial arts of the Chinese, Japanese and Aleut peoples, all have "roots in the prehistoric era and to a common Mongoloid ancestral people who inhabited north-eastern Asia."

  7. Gōjū-ryū - Wikipedia

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    The development of Gōjū-ryū goes back to Higaonna Kanryō, (1853–1916), a native of Naha, Okinawa.Higaonna began studying Shuri-te as a child. He was first exposed to martial arts in 1867 when he began training in Luohan or "Arhat boxing" under Arakaki Seishō, a fluent Chinese speaker and translator for the court of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

  8. Chintō - Wikipedia

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    Matsumura Sōkon, a Karate master and chief bodyguard to the Ryūkyūan king, was sent to defeat Chintō. In the ensuing fight; however, Matsumura found himself equally matched by the stranger, and consequently sought to learn his techniques. Its understood the kata Chintō was well known to the early Tomari-te and Shuri-te schools of karate ...

  9. Open-hand strikes - Wikipedia

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    This is variously referred to in karate as a shōtei (掌打), teishō uchi (底掌打), soko tenohira (底掌) or tenohira soko uchi (掌底打ち) strike. One of the greatest advantages of an open-hand strike is the ability to quickly grab the opponent to perform a follow-up, such as a throw or a pull into another strike.