41. Karate - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia taekwondo and judo, karate is not yet an olympic sport. NKKB National Kyokushin karateBelgium. Edit this page Discuss this page Page history What links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karate

Karate From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Karate or karate-do Japanese martial art , introduced from Okinawa in In Japanese, kara means empty; te means hand; do means the way, thus karate-do means "the way of the empty hand". Shuri-Te Naha-Te Tomari-Te are the three styles of Te (Hands) that Karate descended from. Chinese Tang dynasty or by extension, "Chinese Hand") due to the influence of Shaolin on the native Okinawan fighting styles that Karate originated from, since merchants and sailors from Fujian Province were travelling back and forth to Okinawa. In Sokon "Bushi" Matsumura Shorin-Ryu " (in Japanese ) or "Forest Style" ( English ). However Matsumura's own students broke the style back down again into more branches and their students continued this break down adding or subtracting whatever suited them. Gichin Funakoshi , a student of one of Matsumura's students named Yatsutsune "Ankoh" Itosu weapons were used. He did this in to better reflect the philosophy of the art; and try to get it noticed and popularized by the Japanese mainland. This was particularly important during this period of rising Japanese nationalism . Thus he founded Shotokan from Itosu's version of Matsumura Shorin-ryu which is commonly called Shorei-ryu Karate , like jujutsu and judo , most likely came to America through two primary paths: Japanese immigrants to Hawaii and the mainland, where it stayed largely inside the

42. Articles of Hapkido USMA OnLine - Martial Art history 1998. Joint Locks for Self DefenseInside karate - March 1995. Dana Hee From olympic Gold Medalist to Hollywood http://www.scottshaw.com/articles/

Here is an Overview of Recently Published Articles on the Martial Arts by Scott Shaw Miko Nishiuchi: The Last Real Samurai Martial Art Success - May 2004 Randy Couture: Lord of the Rings Martial Art Success - April 2004 The Throws of Hapkido: When They Work, When they Don't Taekwondo Times - March 2004 The Art of Attracting the Adult Student Martial Art Success - January 2004 Lean and Fit: More than Just Aerobics for Kicks Martial Art Success - September 2003 Billy Blanks: Tradition with Rhythm Martial Art Success - July 2003 Beyond Fighting Martial Art Success - May 2003 Royce Gracie: From King of the Ring to Road Warrior Martial Art Success - April 2003 Teach 100 Students in One Class with the Rotating Curriculum Martial Art Success - February2003 Krav Maga Martial Art Success - January 2003 The Way of the Sword: The History and Development of Kumdo Martial Arts - December 2002 Mike Swan: Judo Champ Flips into Entrepreneurial Success Martial Art Success - December 2002 Martial Art Industry Association: What a Year Martial Art Success - November 2002 Integrating Taekwondo and Hapkido Taekwondo Times - July 2002 USTU: Taekwondo's Olympic Side Kick Martial Art Success Magazine - July 2002 Movement: Hapkido's Secret of Self Defense Taekwondo Times - March 2002 Self Defense for the Street: The Principals of Continuous Motion World Budo Alliance On-Line Articles - January 2002 The Art of Kumdo Martial Arts Combat Sports - January 2002 Unleash the Pain: Hapkido Joint Locks Taekwondo - November 2001 Foundations of Self Defense Inner Self Magazine - May 2001

43. Taekwondo History In 1943 Judo, karate and Kungfu were Demonstration Sport for the 1988 olympic Gamesin Original Martial Arts Encyclopedia - Tradition, history, Pioneers ( Los http://www.worldtaekwondo.com/history.htm

THE HISTORY OF TAEKWONDO By Glen R. Morris A Report for Recommendation Black Belt Testing 1994 Before I get into the history of Taekwondo, I would like to define what it means. I read the definition from many books and the one that I like best comes from the book Comprehensive Asian Fighting Arts written by Donn F. Draeger and Robert W. Smith. "Taekwondo is an empty-hand combat form that entails the use of the whole body. Tae means "to Kick" or "Smash with the feet," Kwon implies "punching" or "destroying with the hand or fist," and Do means "way" or "method." Taekwondo thus, is the technique of unarmed combat for self defense that involves the skillful application of techniques that include punching, jumping kicks, blocks, dodges, parrying actions with hands and feet. It is more than a mere physical fighting skill, representing as it does a way of thinking and a pattern of life requiring strict discipline. It is a system of training both the mind and the body in which great emphasis is placed on the development of the trainee's moral character." Taekwondo is a martial art that in "todays" form of self defense has evolved by combining many different styles of martial arts that existed in Korea over the last 2,000 years and some martial arts styles from countries that surround Korea. Taekwondo incorporates the abrupt linear movements of Karate and the flowing, circular patterns of Kung-fu with native kicking techniques. Over fifty typically Chinese circular hand movements can be identified in modern Taekwondo.

44. Karate History little agreement about the origins and history of the The first olympic Games judocompetition took place degree that they cannot be distinguished from karate. http://whitecollarboxing.com/karthis.htm

Karate History Learn how to kickbox at home press here Learn self defense at home press here Watch classic fight video clips press here Learn Karate at home press here Martial arts The all-purpose phrase martial arts is used for various fighting methods that evolved from ancient Asian combat skills. The present-day forms have a wide range of applications. These forms are practiced for physical fitness, recreation, and self-defense; as law-enforcement tactics; as competitive sports; and as spiritual disciplines. The teaching methods, selection of technique, style of performance, procedures of play or practice, and underlying concepts vary according to the specialty, the instructor, and the environment. Even in a single specialized branch of the martial arts, differences in style, techniques, attitudes, and objectives exist. Despite expressed adherence to ancient tradition in the martial arts, adaptation to new situations and different cultures is frequent. HISTORY BASIC TECHNIQUES Although hundreds of names exist for different styles and specialties of the martial arts, there is a relatively small group of techniques. All weaponless martial arts methods consist of one or more of the following: hand blows (using the fist, knuckles, fingertips, or the side or palm of the hand); arm blows, blocks, and parries (using the wrist, forearm, and elbow); foot blows (using toes, instep, ball, side, or heel of the foot); knee kicks; throws, trips, and takedowns; grappling and immobilizations (holds, locks, twists, levers, chokes, and escapes). Weapons are used in some martial arts, alone or in conjunction with weaponless techniques. Weapons include stones, sticks, staffs, swords, spears, lances, bows and arrows, and thrown cutting objects.

45. Lukol Directory - Sports Martial Arts Karate Organizations information on national tournaments, world karate and olympic updates. http//www.usankf.org/.American Amateur karate Federation Includes history, news, events http://www.lukol.com/Top/Sports/Martial_Arts/Karate/Organizations/

Lukol Directory - Sports Martial Arts Karate ... USA National Karate Do Federation A representative body governing national competitions and operating as a member of the US Olympic committee. Includes information on national tournaments, world karate and Olympic updates. http://www.usankf.org/ World Karate Federation The representative of world Karate aimed at having kata and kumite competition, governed by a set of rules and guidelines acceptable to the International Olympic Committee, accepted as official events in the Olympic Games. http://www.wkf.net/ Japan Karate-Do Ryobu-Kai A traditional Japanese Karate organization, dedicated to the style called Shindo Jinen ryu, founded by Yasuhiro Konishi. Features membership, directory, events and resources. http://www.jkr.com/ Japan Karate Federation A single organization representing the entire Japanese karate styles world wide comprised of various prefect and regional federations, competitive organizations and schools. Includes an organization history, structure and events calendar. [Japanese/English] http://www.karatedo.co.jp/jkf/jkf-eng/e_index.h...

46. HistoryForSale - Olympic, Auto Racing And Other Autographs CHUCK NORRIS Thanks to the celebrity clientèle of his Los Angeles karate school, Norris wasable to make the right contacts Copyright © 2004 Gallery of history Direct. http://www.historyforsale.com/html/prodetails.asp?documentid=88542&start=1&page=

47. Individual Sports karate s history and Traditions; karate Beginner to Black Belt; karate historyand Tradition; karate Official Shitei Kata; karate olympic Style Kumite; karate http://www.allkindsofgiftsonline.com/Sports/Individual_Sports/K

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48. Guam Olympic Commitee history of Participation. South Pacific Games. Softball, 3, 4, 2, 9. Sailing,3, 3, 7, 12. Basketball, 2, 4, 3, 9. karate, 2, 5, 9, 11. Golf, 2, 3, 6, 11.Table Tennis, 2, 0, 2, 4. http://www.oceaniasport.com/guam/index.cgi?sID=29

49. History and was asked to give a special performance at the 1996 olympic Games held This briefsynopsis of Okinawan karate history is nothing more than just that, brief http://www.karateshorinkan.com/history.htm

Karate, as we know it today, originated on the Ryukyu Archipelago, more commonly known as the Island of Okinawa, (Birthplace of Karate), Japan. The major sites were the villages of Naha, Shuri and Tomari. Takahara Kusanku Sakugawa Kanga "Tode" (1733-1815) "father of Okinawan karate" Matsumura Sokon "Bushi" Itosu Yasutsune "Anko" Chibana Chosin "Hanshi no Sogo" Nakazato Shugoro "Hanshi JuDan" There are no known authentic pictures of: Sakugawa Kanga "Tode" Matsumura Soken "Bushi" Itosu Yasutsune "Anko" The traditional Kata (forms) have been handed down from instructor to student. To quote Chibana Sensei, " Karate is teaching Kata (form) we have taken from forefathers without changing it at all. " There are 15 traditional Katas and in Kobudo (Okinawan Art of Weaponry) there are 6 weapons with individual Katas for each weapon. Founding Eminent Okinawan Karate Masters of "Karatedo" Association in 1936.

50. FIGHTERS - H Weight Class Light (150) NHB Fight history Titles Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion1996 olympic Greco-Roman KWAN DO - Black Belt AMERICAN karate - Black Belt http://fighters.itgo.com/H.html

Free Web site hosting - Freeservers.com Web Hosting - GlobalServers.com Choose an ISP NetZero High Speed Internet ... Dial up $14.95 or NetZero Internet Service $9.95 Keith "Giant Killer" Hackney Hometown: Medihina/Roselle, Illinouis - USA Styles: WHITE TIGER KENPO - 2 nd Degree Black Belt TANG SOO DO - 2 nd Degree Black Belt TAE KWAN DO - 2 nd Degree Black Belt BOXING DePasquale Yoshitsune Jiu-Jitsu Height: 5’11 ½" Weight: 200 lbs. Date of Birth: 1958 NHB Fight History Titles/Accomplishments: Head Coach for US Olympic Pankration Team Boxing Record: 12-0, w/11 K.O. UFC Record: 2-2 Dennis "Chicken Hawk" Hall Hometown: USA Styles: GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING, Submission Wrestling Weight Class: Light (150-) NHB Fight History Titles: 1995 World Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion 1996 Olympic Greco-Roman Silver Medalist 1992-1997 US National Greco-Roman Champion Mark "The Cobra" Hall Hometown: Murrieta, California- USA Style: STREET COMBAT APPLICATIONS - 5 th Degree Black Belt MOO YEA DO - 4 th Degree Black Belt TAE KWAN DO - Black Belt AMERICAN KARATE - Black Belt Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - Unranked, Private Lessons

51. USOC - Olympic Visitor Center Placid, New York is rich in olympic history, hosting two athletes in a variety ofolympic and Paralympic figure skating, ice hockey, judo, karate, luge, rowing http://www.usoc.org/about_us/visitor_ctr_LP.html

U.S. Olympic Training Centers Colorado Springs, Colo. Chula Vista, Calif. Lake Placid, N.Y. Marquette, Mich. Lake Placid Training Center - Lake Placid, N.Y. The town of Lake Placid, New York is rich in Olympic History, hosting two Olympic Winter Games, the first in 1932 and the second in 1980. The U.S. Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid opened in November of 1982, the present facility opened in 1989. The purpose of the training center is to assist athletes in a variety of Olympic and Paralympic sports. The center also provides assistance to a number of affiliated sports organizations and disabled sports organizations. Sports Sports most frequently training in Lake Placid include biathlon, bobsled, boxing, canoe and kayak, figure skating, ice hockey, judo, karate, luge, rowing, skeleton, skiing, speed skating, synchronized swimming, taekwondo, team handball, volleyball water polo, and wrestling. The housing facility contains 96 spacious rooms, which contain a private bath and television. The facility has 11 multi-purpose rooms. The complex, houses two laundry rooms, which athletes can use free of charge and a number of equipment storage rooms. The athlete center, adjoining the housing complex, contains a 20,000 square foot gymnasium with the capability to hold three events at the same time. The kitchen and dining facilities are located in the center and offer athletes a wide variety of nutritious foods and snacks. Also housed in this area are the administrative offices, sports medicine, weight room with a certified weight trainer and a sports science-testing lab. The lobby area contains a reception area, two large meeting rooms and an official USOC Spirit Store.

52. People And Events Of T Aekwondo S Formative Years have any suggestions or corrections regarding this history, please send from its parentart, Okinawan karatedo ( Tang judo) to become an official olympic sport http://www.indiana.edu/~iutkd/history/tkdhist.html

"People and Events of T'aekwondo's Formative Years" by Dakin Burdick, 1996 COMMENTS: This is the most recent published version of my t'aekwondo with a few modifications. The article was published in volume 6, issue 1, of the Journal of Asian Martial Arts (1997), and if you would like to get a copy of that version, you should contact Michael DeMarco and the good folks at ViaMedia , who publish the Journal . Back issues were still available the last time I checked. The changes from that article on this website are: - Surnames have been uniformly listed last rather than mixing Asian and European conventions. - The footnotes have been removed. - Kwan names are listed in an unusual manner. If the diacritical marks had shown up here, this would be clearer, but... Chung Do Kwan is listed as Ch'ongdokwan Moo Duk Kwan is listed as Mudokkwan Ji Do Kwan is listed as Ch'idokwan Han Moo Kwan is listed as Hanmukwan Song Moo Kwan is listed as Sangmukwan Chang Moo Kwan is listed as Changmukwan - The order of Chong-Woo Lee's name has been corrected (thanks to Glenn Uesegi).

53. History The history of Teakwondo. And distributing karate, Japan tried to eradicate taekwondo. Taekwnodowas selected as a demonstration sport for the olympic Games at http://alpha2.mdx.ac.uk/~KC312/page2.htm

54. Future Of Okinawan Karate-do in Sensei Morio Higaonna s book «The history of karate of BushiDo of which Okinawankarate-do is the Olymplc movement, which created the olympic Games, which http://www.iogkf.it/futeng.htm

Future of Okinawan Karate-do Sensei Leon Pantanowitz speech during Budo Sai Symposyum held in Okinawa on August-22-1998 The great Okinawan tradition of «te», a martial art which forges the human body into a weapon and trains it for the needs of self-defence while paradoxically extending the hand in friendship and peace, is a product of a synthesis that occured during the 18th century between the Okinawan art of «te» and the Chinese arts of kempo boxing as practiced at the time in Fuzhou, Fukien Province. The history of the roots and development of this synthesis have been magnificently recorded in Sensei Morio Higaonna's book «The History of Karate Okinawan Goju-Ryu», and needs no further comment except to recommend it as essential reading and a book of study to all serious karate-ka who have not yet done so. My purpose in the short time available to me is to present thoughts of how to preserve and perpetuate this tradition for the future so that future generations can achieve so much of the benefits and pleasure derived frorn the hard training of this tradition as I have. what is Tradition The definition of the word tradition is a «passing over» or «handing down» of some tangible material thing, from one generation to another, from father to son, etc., in its original form with no changes. The «handing down» or «passing on» of a tradition usually has two facets to it: the first being a transfer or teaching of the physical elements of the tradition and the second is the handing down of the oral tradition that compliments, filIs in, explains and thus completes the physical elements of the first phase.

55. United Shotokan Karate Federation KUGB history. karate and is affiliated to European and World Shotokan karate Bodies Thenation championship was been called off to prepare for the Tokyo olympic. http://uskf.org/History.html

USKF History The Blanchardstown Shotokan Karate Club was started in 1990 in Corduff, a small parish in the suburbs of Dublin. The club was started by Sensei David Royle who holds a fourth Dan grade with the Japanese Karate Association. Lucan Shotokan Karate Club was only started in 2001, although the instructor, Sensei Mick Sherlock, who also holds a fourth Dan grade with the Japanese Karate Association, has been a senior instructor for many years. Both clubs are members of the United Shotokan Karate Federation (USKF) and are affiliated to the Karate Union of Great Britain (KUGB). A Brief History of Shotokan Karate China Although the ancient origins of karate are extremely vague, we do know that about 1400 years ago, Daruma (Bodhidharma), the founder of Zen Buddhism, used techniques basic to karate. According to legend, Daruma traveled from India to China to teach Buddhism. His training methods were so demanding that his disciples dropped from exhaustion. In order to build up their strength and endurance, he developed a method of training the mind and body. His training was taught in the monastery of the Shaolin Temple in China, where the techniques were refined and developed into fighting forms known as Shaolin Boxing.

56. Untitled Document s. The history of a structured weaponless fighting system the Pankration way backat the first olympic Games deadly fighting art known today as karate, which is http://domain461571.sites.fasthosts.com/history.asp

s The history of a structured weapon-less fighting system it is believed originated in India moving on to China then to ancient Greece with the Pankration way back at the first Olympic Games, which included punching, kicking, throwing and holding. Around the sixth century, an Indian monk named Bodhi Dharma, the founder of zen buddhism left India to travel, on a several thousand mile journey overland to China, to introduce Zen Buddhism as well his Indian fighting art called vajramushti to the Emperor Wu. When he failed to gain favor with the Emperor, he settled at a Shaolin monastery called, Sao-Iin Temple (Shorin-ji) in Hunan Province, China to lecture on Buddhism. He found the monks there to be in very poor physical condition, and it was there that he taught them his exercise system of his fighting art to help them recover their health and stamina. Gradually the exercises it is told developed into self-defense training that enabled the monks to protect themselves when they ventured from the confines of the Temple. Shaolin Ch’uan Fa continued to develop and spread finally filtering across the China sea around 1372 to a small Island called Okinawa just off the Japanese mainland. It was there that the Chinese fighting arts became woven into Okinawa’s own fighting system known as "Toude" or "Todi" (fighting fists or china hand). Around 1609 Okinawa was invaded by the Japanese Satsuma clan who in-forced a ban on all weapons. It was because of this, the Okinawan's incorporated ordinary farming implements into martial art weaponry (Kobudo). In addition to this they combined both the Chinese and the

57. Welcome To The Southern Karate-Do Wado-Kai (SKW) A SHORT history OF WADORYU karate. The Origins of karate can be traced back asfar as the Greek olympic games of 776 BC An event called the Pankration, which http://datahound.co.uk/wado/?page=history

58. Seishin-Do Karate Systems - Jujitsu History become on of the most popular martial arts (or more correctly martial sports) inthe Western World, and was the first martial art to gain olympic recognition http://www.dojo2000.com/seishin-do/jujitsu-info/

This art dates back to ancient times, and is undoubtedly the most common of all the Japanese martial arts. In ancient times, this art was known as taijutsu and hakuda. Jiu-Jitsu is the basis for Judo and heavily influenced the art of Aikido, and includes not only limb twisting and joint locking, but also a vast arsenal of techniques including attacking vital points, choking, and kicking. Since the throwing arts have been known in Japan for about 1000 years it may be assumed that Jiu-Jitsu also originated about this time. Later Chinese styles may have also influenced its development. Jiu-Jitsu is also often referred to as "jujitsu", and is said to have been systematized by one Hisamori Takenouchi in the early 1500's. The most obvious aspect of Jiu-Jitsu is that it is not reliant on muscular skill and strength. Rather, it relies on balance, speed and leverage. It is because these factors are so important, that Jiu-Jitsu tends to "level the playing field" regardless of opponent size. Jiu-Jitsu is open equally to men and women and is a far more devastating art that its modern sporting form known as Judo. In fact, it can be so devastating that advanced level Jiu-Jitsu students must learn the art of "kuatsu", the ancient art of revival and resuscitation. Jiu-Jitsu was probably the first Japanese martial art to be introduced in the West and was taught to most of the Western world's " special forces" troops during World War II, notably to the agents of the U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) as a method of unarmed close quarter combat (CQC) for use in carrying out covert activities behind enemy lines.

59. Webdoc1 witnessed a spectacular event in the history of the to demonstrate Tae Kwon Do atthe olympic games in We at American Shotokai karate take this opportunity to http://www.inet-1.com/~shotokai/history.htm

Our History Shotokai Karate, The Basic History (a brief rundown on Shotokai in general) Shotokai Karate in the USA (a detailed history of Shotokai in America contribute your story! The Martial Arts: A Basic Historical Outline (an overview of all major martial arts) Shotokai Karate, The Basic History Harada Sensei was born in Manchuria, China in 1928 and at age 15 began his karate training in Tokyo. In 1948 he began his study of economics at Waseda University, where he was taught by the legendary founder of modern karate, Master Gichin Funakoshi. One of the Master's students, Shigeru Egami, noticed Harada's abilities and invited him to train with him one-on-one, which he did daily for a year and a half. In only eight years Harada received his 5th Dan (the highest grade possible) from Master Funakoshi. In the early 1960's, Harada Sensei moved to England and formed the Karate-Do Shotokai (KDS), which he continues to direct today. American Shotokai Karate (ASK), formed by Dr. Adrian Hutber in 1993, is a non- profit organization. It is the only Shotokai group in the United States under Harada Sensei's direction, and is visited regularly by KDS representatives. Hutber trained in England until 1993, when he moved to the United States. He received his black belt from Harada Sensei in 1989. Shotokai Karate in The United States of America This section is currently being compiled. If you are someone who currently belongs, or once belonged, to any 'Shotokai' group and came to the United States in an attempt to establish, spread, or simply practice your style of Shotokai (successfully or not) please write us at

60. :: Ez2Find :: Organizations a comprehensive background on the style including history, lineage, technical Includesinformation on national tournaments, world karate and olympic updates http://ez2find.com/cgi-bin/directory/meta/search.pl/Sports/Martial_Arts/Karate/O

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