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The whole movie is actually about the rivalry between karate and judo martial artists, and Sanshiro's struggle to do what is right. On one side there is the morally right thing to do, and on the other the rules in the dojo. Eventually he decides to break all of the rules, leave the dojo, fight the American boxer and, also, the karate masters.
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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.
Alexander Knoth of Asian Movie Pulse gave the film a positive review, writing that "Miike manages to keep a fast pace, which is sometimes a problem with his other movies. . This is mainly owed to an interesting mix between yakuza drama and martial arts elemen
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.
Steven Frederic Seagal (/ s ɪ ˈ ɡ ɑː l / sig-AHL; born April 10, 1952) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, martial artist, and musician.A 7th-dan black belt in aikido, he began his adult life as a martial arts instructor in Japan [2] where he became the first American to teach in an aikido dojo. [3]
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 ...
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.