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Right. Although your kick will usually come from the back, with your left foot in front.
Bo . Although most bo's are about six feet high, they can be fitted to each persons height.
t. In karate, the kata was made so that the monks could practice their deadly moves so that onlookers would not know what they were doing. It looked more like a dance to the untrained eye.
False . The weapon that looks like and really is a sickle, is called a kama.
Gi. The traditional color is white. Today however it has become common to wear other colors such as black and red, some are even red, white and blue with stars. In traditional tournaments this is forbidden.
True . It is a form of martial arts, but not a form of karate.
| True or false, it is a form of respect to bow before and after you leave a karate ring in a tournament? | Simple Karate Lesson
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True . The main element about karate and most, if not all of the martial arts is respect. This is a must.
Dojo. A dojo is anyplace that you learn karate, it can be anyplace from a gym to your bedroom.
Black. Although some American choose to wear a red belt, this is not a traditional color. Some say it is a masters belt, and others a color of a teacher, but there really is no place for it in traditional karate.
False . Sensi is the name for teacher.
Chojun Miyagi. Miyagi created the syle from the Shoreiryu system he learned from his teacher, Kanryo Hiagoanna
| How many kata does the Matsubayashi Ryu branch of Shorinryu karate have? | Advanced Karate
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18. Nagamine Shoshin the founder of this karate style taught these 18 original kata in their unchanged form, as handed down from generation to generation.
jodan aze uke. Jodan means upper body, aze means rising,and uke means block.
Ankon Itosu. Itosu created the kata's to help school children learn karate more easily.
| Former World karate Champion Bill Wallace is know by what nickname? | Advanced Karate
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superfoot. He was nicknamed the' superfoot' because of his lighting fast kicks using only his left leg.He retired undefeated in karate competitions and kickboxing.
| Who was the first American to teach karate in the United States? | Advanced Karate
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Robert Trias. Robert Trias open the first karate school in America in Pheonix, Arizona in 1946.
Tokey Hill. Tokey Hill was the first and Only American to win a Gold metal in the WUKO World Championship.That was in 1980 in Madrid Spain.
red and white belt. The red and white kyoshi belt was first used in Judo.It is mainly used in ceremonies like belt tests and special classes.
seienchin. The kata is a traditional Gojuryu kata. Means to march far quietly. Comes from a very old Chinese form.
Tatsuo Shimabuku. Shimabuku founded the Isshinryu style by combining the Naha te(Gojuryu) and the Shurite(Shorinryu) types of ancient karate.
| What is the highest title one can achieve in the art of karate? | Advanced Karate
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hanshi. Hashi is reserved for master who have reached the highest levels of karate 9th or 10th degree black belt. They can wear a black belt or a solid dark red belt.
| What is the Japanese term for the shrine in the front wall of the training area of a dojo? | Advanced Karate
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kamiza. It usually hold a picture of the styles founder or some type of shrine everyone bows to to show respect for the founder of the dojo or style.
Ed Parker. Ed Parker founded the American kenpo system in the 1950's to be an ever evolving form of self defense. He had many famous students including Elvis Presley who became one of his black belts.
mawashi geri. Mawashi means roundhouse or rounded and geri means kick.
| Which Shotokan kata is the only one that you perform roundhouse kicks in? | Advanced Karate
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Unsu. Unsu is the only traditional shotokan kata that has roundhouse kicks in it. Most traditional kata only have either a front kick and,or side kick in them. Some have a crescent kick in them but no other one has a roundhouse kick in them.
Kanryo Hiagoanna. Master Hiagoanna was Miyagi's main teacher on Okinawa. He was a strict disciplinarian and spent many years studying in China.
Suparempei. The 108 is related to prinicples of Buddism. It is a very old kata originating in China.
Hidenori Otsuka. Otsuka was a master of Jujitsu, before he started studying karate with Gichin Funakoshi of Shotokan. He combined the concepts of Jujitsu and karate to develop the Wado ryu style, which is one of the 5 major karate styles in Japan.
Kanken Toyama. Master Onishi spent many years studying with Kanken Toyama. Toyama gave Onishi his masters liscense and helped him develop the Koei kan style.
Kyokushinkai. Mas Oyama as he was know by, created the Kyokushinkai style from the elements of Shotokan and Goju ryu karate. Oyama built up his system, to be one of the 5 major styles of karate in Japan. He is actually Korean by birth.
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