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Okinawa Seidokan is a style of Okinawa classical karate and Kobudo founded in 1984 by Shian Toma. It is a synthesis of the Shorin Ryu katas, Motobu Ryu two-person open hand grappling and weapons techniques, and Kobudo katas mostly of the Ryukyu Kobudo lineages.
This event attracted Dutch Kyokushin fighters Peter Smit and Gerard Gordeau.The former European Kyokushin champion Gordeau was beaten by then unknown Adam Watt who was Seidokaikan first non-Japanese live in students. In March 1992, the Karate Olympics I show was held at the Tokyo Gymnasium with Nobuaki Kakuda fighting
Mao Ishikawa (石川真生, Ishikawa Mao; born in Ōgimi, April 26, 1953 [1] - ) is an Okinawan photographer and activist. [2] Her photographs largely feature bar girls, performers, soldiers, and other fringe members within Okinawan and Japanese society.
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Generally, Okinawan karate schools did not have individual names for styles like schools in Japan. Several branches of traditional Shōrin-ryū exist today in both Okinawa and the western world. While there is a more concentrated population of practitioners in its birthplace of Okinawa, Shōrin-ryū Karate has had many high dan grades outside ...
Very closely resembling the Seibukan Shorin-Ryū Seisan from the same lineage the Okinawa Seidokan system traditionally teaches Matsumura-no-Seisan as the first kata in their curriculum. Though not considered a basic kata, the Okinawa Seidokan version is foundational in teaching koshi (trunkial twist power) from a beginners onset.
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