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  2. Michael G. Foster - Wikipedia

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    Michael G. Foster (19 April 1940 – 11 February 2021) was a U.S. karate pioneer and the founder and head of Yoshukai International, a world-wide organization of Yoshukai Karate schools. Yoshukai is a Japanese karate style adapted from Chito-ryu by Yoshukai founder Mamoru Yamamoto. [1]

  3. Yoshukai Karate - Wikipedia

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    However, the standardized English translation is "Striving for Excellence." Yoshukai Karate has been featured in Black Belt Magazine. [1] [2] [3] Yoshukai karate is a separate Japanese style from Chito-ryu (which still retains its strong Okinawan roots). Kata, kobudo, kumite, and all karate aspects are drawn from the Founder, Mamoru Yamamoto.

  4. Category:Japanese martial arts - Wikipedia

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    Magyar; Македонски ... Kata; Kiai; Maai; Nippon Kempo * ... Yoshukai Karate; Z. Zero Range Combat This page was last edited on 14 September 2024, at 21:36 ...

  5. Chitō-ryū - Wikipedia

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    Yoshukai is a Japanese karate style adapted from Chitō-ryū by Mamoru Yamamoto. [28] Foster was originally named the Director of the U.S.A. Yoshukai Karate Association in 1966 by Mamoru Yamamoto, when it was affiliated with the United States Chitō-ryū Karate Federation. In this capacity, Foster established and headed a number of karate ...

  6. Black Belt (2007 film) - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. Karate kata - Wikipedia

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    Karate kata are executed as a specified series of a variety of moves, with stepping and turning, while attempting to maintain perfect form. The kata is not intended as a literal depiction of a mock fight, but as a display of transition and flow from one posture and movement to another, teaching the student proper form and position, and ...

  8. John Corcoran (martial arts) - Wikipedia

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    In 1993, Corcoran wrote the screenplay for the film American Samurai starring Mark Dacascos. [ 4 ] [ 6 ] He was a primary technical consultant for the A&E channel’s 1998 documentary, Mystic Origins of the Martial Arts, and worked in that same capacity in 2002 on Modern Warriors , produced by documentarian Peter Spirer.

  9. Tai sabaki - Wikipedia

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    These kata were named Tai sabaki Shodan, Tai sabaki Nidan and Tai sabaki Sandan and are some of the original kata of Shindo Jinen-ryu style of karate, created by Yasuhiro Konishi. All three katas were created on the basis of the Tai sabaki movements and the circular motions of aikido. Although they do not contain complex movements, the whole ...