"head of the Japan Karate Association's Brazilian branch. Action movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme holds a 2nd ""dan"" black belt in Shotokan and used the style when he competed both in traditional and in full contact karate competitions in the 1970s and 1980s. Michael Jai White has a 3rd ""dan"" in Shotokan, although he has long practiced other karate styles such as Kyokushin and Goju Ryu. Wesley Snipes has a 5th dan black belt in Shotokan. Shotokan Funakoshi had many students at the university clubs and outside dojos, who continued to teach karate after his death in 1957. However, internal"
"Wadō-ryū The name ""Wadō-ryū"" has three parts: ""Wa"", ""dō"", and ""ryū"". ""Wa"" means ""harmony,"" ""dō"" (same character as tao) means ""way,"" and ""ryū"" means ""school"" or ""style"". Harmony should not be interpreted as pacifism; it is simply the acknowledgment that yielding is sometimes more effective than brute strength. From one point of view, Wadō-ryū might be considered a style of jūjutsu rather than karate. It should be noted that Hironori Ōtsuka embraced Shotokan and was its chief instructor for a time. When Ōtsuka first registered his school with the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai in 1938, the style was called ""Shinshu"
"Shibu-kai). Chitō-ryū Chitō-ryū is generally classified as a Japanese style because Chitose formulated and founded Chitō-ryū principally while living in Kumamoto, Japan. However, some modern practitioners feel it is better categorized as an Okinawan style given that its roots and techniques are firmly grounded in and derived from traditional Okinawan Tōde (唐手). This belief is warranted since the style's founder, Tsuyoshi Chitose, received first the rank of Judan, in 1958, and then the rank of Hanshi, in 1968, from the Zen Okinawa Karate Kobudo Rengo Kai (All Okinawa Union of Karate-do and Kobu-do). (Okinawan: ""Chinen"") was born on October 18,"
"Chitō-ryū Chitō-ryū is generally classified as a Japanese style because Chitose formulated and founded Chitō-ryū principally while living in Kumamoto, Japan. However, some modern practitioners feel it is better categorized as an Okinawan style given that its roots and techniques are firmly grounded in and derived from traditional Okinawan Tōde (唐手). This belief is warranted since the style's founder, Tsuyoshi Chitose, received first the rank of Judan, in 1958, and then the rank of Hanshi, in 1968, from the Zen Okinawa Karate Kobudo Rengo Kai (All Okinawa Union of Karate-do and Kobu-do). (Okinawan: ""Chinen"") was born on October 18, 1898"
"Kenpo"" to assert their emphasis in the Jujutsu roots of Wado. Currently Wadokai and Wadoryu have spread to several other countries under the governing bodies in Japan. Several dojos have transitioned between the two associations with slight variations in the styles. Wadōkai In 1938 Hironori Ohtsuka registered his mixed style of karate-jujutsu with the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, originally under the name of ""Shinshu Wadoryu Karate-Jujutsu"", soon shortened to ""Wado-ryu"" (和道流). A Wadoryu Honbu (headquarters) was established in the Meiji University dojo in Tokyo, Japan in 1952. The Shintani Wado Kai Karate Federation of North America officially joined Otsuka's federation"
"Ryoi-shito-ryū Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu 良移心当流 柔術, (also known as Fukuno-ryū 福野流, Shintō Yawara 神当和, or Ryōi Shintō-ryū Yawara 良移心當流和) is a traditional school (Koryū 古流, old style) of Jujutsu (柔術), founded in the early 17th century by Fukuno Shichirouemon Masakatsu (福野七郎右衛門正勝). Edo Period Together with the Takenouchi-ryū (竹内流) and the Yōshin-ryū (楊心流), the Ryōi Shintō-ryū was one of the three most important and influential Jūjutsu schools of the Edo period (江戸時代 Edo jidai 1603 - 1868). It's descendant styles include: the Kitō-ryū Jūjutsu (起倒流柔術), Jikishin-ryū yawara jo (直心流柔序) and Ise Jitoku Tenshin-ryū Jūjutsu (為勢自得天眞流柔術) aka Jigō Tenshin-ryū Jūjutsu (自剛天真流 柔術)."
"several styles and sub-styles. On Okinawa, the three main styles are considered to be Shōrin-ryū, Gōjū-ryū and Uechi-ryū. Internationally, the various styles and sub-styles include Matsubayashi-ryū, Wadō-ryū, Isshin-ryū, Shōrinkan, Shotokan, Shitō-ryū, Shōrinjiryū Kenkōkan, Shorinjiryu Koshinkai, and Shōrinji-ryū. Despite widespread destruction during World War II, there are many remains of a unique type of castle or fortress known as ""gusuku""; the most significant are now inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List (Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu). In addition, and thirty-six historic sites have been designated for protection by the national government. Whereas most homes in"
"name of the Japanese Wadokai federation in English is ""Japan Karatedo Federation Wadokai"". In Japanese it is ""Zen Nihon Karatedo Renmei Wadokai"". Nowadays the full name of Wadoryu is ""Wadoryu Karatedo Renmei"". The full name of Wado Kokusai is ""Wado Kokusai Karatedo Renmei"", also known as ""Wado International Karatedo Federation"" abbreviated as WIKF. Strictly speaking Hironori Ohtsuka founded and developed ""Wado Ryu"". The people who trained with him became the Wado group or ""Wadokai"". So today, the style that is trained within Wadokai is Wado Ryu. The Wadoryu Renmei people (Jiro Ohtsuka's group) sometimes referred their style as ""Wadoryu Jujutsu"
"Yagyū Shingan-ryū , is a traditional school (""koryū"") of Japanese martial arts. Different styles of Yagyū Shingan-ryū, such as Heihojutsu and Taijutsu, assert different founders, Takenaga Hayato and Araki Mataemon respectively, but they all go back to Ushū Tatewaki (羽州 帯刀), referred to in some historical scrolls as Shindō Tatewaki, who taught a system based on Sengoku-period battlefield tactics, that was called Shindō-ryū. The word is rooted in Zen philosophy, and was chosen to describe a fundamental concept of the style. ""Shingan"" means ""mind’s eye,"" or ""heart's eye,"" and refers to the ability to sense or read an opponent's intentions"
"Shintō Musō-ryū , most commonly known by its practice of ""jōdō"", is a traditional school (""koryū"") of the Japanese martial art of ""jōjutsu"", or the art of wielding the short staff (""jō""). The technical purpose of the art is to learn how to defeat a swordsman in combat using the ""jō"", with an emphasis on proper combative distance, timing and concentration. The system includes teachings of other weapon systems which are contained in Shintō Musō-ryū as auxiliary arts (""Fuzoku ryuha""). The school is sometimes abbreviated as SMR. The art was founded by the samurai Musō Gonnosuke Katsuyoshi (夢想 權之助 勝吉,"
"Shintō Musō-ryū , most commonly known by its practice of ""jōdō"", is a traditional school (""koryū"") of the Japanese martial art of ""jōjutsu"", or the art of wielding the short staff (""jō""). The technical purpose of the art is to learn how to defeat a swordsman in combat using the ""jō"", with an emphasis on proper combative distance, timing and concentration. The system includes teachings of other weapon systems which are contained in Shintō Musō-ryū as auxiliary arts (""Fuzoku ryuha""). The school is sometimes abbreviated as SMR. The art was founded by the samurai Musō Gonnosuke Katsuyoshi (夢想 權之助 勝吉,"
"Shindō Yōshin-ryū , meaning ""New Willow School"" is a traditional school (""ko-ryū"") of Japanese martial arts, teaching primarily the art of ""jūjutsu"". The first kanji of the name originally translated into ""新=New"", but in the mainline branch the kanji for ""new"" was eventually changed into the homophonic ""神=sacred"". The name of the school may also be transliterated as Shintō Yōshin-ryū, but the koryu tradition should not be confused with the modern school of Shintōyōshin-ryū which is unconnected. The Shindō Yōshin-ryū tradition was founded late in the Edo period by a Kuroda clan retainer named Katsunosuke Matsuoka (1836–1898) Katsunosuke was born"
"Ittō-ryū , meaning ""one-sword school"", is the ancestor school of several Japanese Koryū kenjutsu styles, including Ono-ha, Mizoguchi-ha, Nakanishi-ha, Kogen, Hokushin, and Itto Shoden. The style was developed by Ittōsai Kagehisa. is the oldest of the many Ittō-ryū styles which branched off from Ittosai Kagehisa's original art. It continues to be one of the most influential of the traditional kenjutsu styles today, exerting a major influence, along with Hokushin branch, upon modern kendo's kata, tactics, and aesthetic. Ono-ha was founded by Ittosai's immediate successor, Ono Jiroemon Tadaaki (1565–1628), from whence the name of the art is derived. Oral tradition indicates"
"Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu , originally called , is a Japanese martial art that first became widely known in the early 20th century under the headmastership of Takeda Sōkaku. Takeda had extensive training in several martial arts (including Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū and sumo) and referred to the style he taught as ""Daitō-ryū"" (literally, ""Great Eastern School""). Although the school's traditions claim to extend back centuries in Japanese history there are no known extant records regarding the ""ryū"" before Takeda. Whether Takeda is regarded as either the restorer or the founder of the art, the known history of Daitō-ryū begins with him. Takeda's"
"Yōshin-ryū reflects the combination of the ""jūjutsu"" teachings of Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū and the Totsuka-ha Yōshin Koryū, its ""waza"" demonstrate a softer, more weapon influenced execution of technique. The Takamura branch includes further influence from Matsuzaki Shinkage-ryū Hyōhō. Shindō Yōshin-ryū was fundamental in the founding of one of Japan's most prominent styles of karate, Wadō-ryū. The founder of Wadō-ryū, Hironori Ohtsuka, studied Shindō Yōshin-ryū under a licensed instructor named Tatsusaburo Nakayama. Nakayama was the chief instructor of the Genbukan dojo in Shimotsuma city and the physical education teacher at Shimotsuma Middle School. Shindō Yōshin-ryū , meaning ""New Willow School"" is a"
"in the syllabus, though only the first three are generally taught outside Japan. There are minor variations in kata between schools that commonly teach it. Kenshin-ryū Kenshin-ryū is a style of Okinawan kobudō that focuses on the use of the bō staff that is taught as a complementary style to Shito-ryū karate. As a supplementary style, it is known across the Japan, the US and Europe. One of its primary teachers is Akio Minakami. In theory, Kenshin-ryū was the ""peasants' art"", and consists of several blocks, strikes, thrusts, and evasions. It is, however, an effective and powerful style that provides"
"was one of the styles studied by Edward William Barton-Wright, the founder of Bartitsu, and one of the first Westerners to practice Japanese martial arts. Shinden-Fudo-ryū Shinden-Fudo-ryū (Immovable Heart School) was a school of Japanese martial arts. Founded in around 1130CE by Ganpachiro Temeyoshi, Shinden-Fudo is one of the oldest styles of ninjitsu. It focuses on working with one's natural surroundings, and as such most training takes place outside using natural objects as training aids. As an extension of this principle, the school has no formal stances (""kamae""); all techniques start from a natural standing posture. The curriculum is entirely"
"end of the Bakumatsu period in 1868. Though based on Chiba, it had its main field of operations in Tokyo and was reputed to have three thousands trainees in said city only. In contrast, the Kodokan school wasn't created until 1884, when a practitioner of the Kitō-ryū and Tenshin Shinyō-ryū styles named Jigoro Kano established the foundations of his own martial discipline, judo, with a handful of apprentices. The fast rise in popularity and success of the Kodokan was a source of conflict with the rest of national jujutsu schools, among them the Totsuka Yoshin-ryū, which saw Kano's style as"
"refers to old music. Kokyoku is idiom. Shakuhachi (尺八) music began in the Edo period. Buddhist monks played the shakuhachi as a substitute for a sutra. Sometimes the shakuhachi is played along with other instruments. Sōkyoku (筝曲) uses the ""Chinese koto"" (guzheng), which differs from the Japanese koto (琴). There are two schools of sōkyoku. Traditional Japanese musicians sometimes collaborate with modern Western musicians. Also, musicians create new styles of Japanese music influenced by the West but still using traditional musical instruments. Traditional Japanese music Traditional Japanese music is the folk or traditional music of Japan. There are three types"
"styles, with alterations according to the general precepts of that style. Depending on your variant of Goju Ryu there are alternative Dojo Kun. For the Okinawan Goju Ryu of Eiichi_Miyazato or Teruo Chinen, as published on the walls of their dojo, the Dojo Kun consists of eight rules and are (in English) as follows: The translation above is from Teruo Chinen's dojo, the Miyazato version is slightly different. For other variants, including IOGKF, there are six rules and are (in English) as follows: The dojo kun Ryu-te are, in Japanese, the same as those used in Shotokan. The English translation"
"one of the cleanest rivers in Japan. The Tatami-ishi style ( ', ""paving-stone style"") is the main style used in Shizuoka, and the Heichi style ( """", ""flatland style"") in Nagano. These use spring water as a source and are usually constructed on a large scale using heavy machinery in easily accessible locations. On the other hand, ""Keiryū""-style fields use water mainly from mountain streams. The fields are built on a small-scale by hand along mountain streams, making full use of the natural features of the landscape.. To access the Keiryu Style fields, people need to be excellent mountain hikers,"
"combination style, which attempts to unite the diverse roots of karate. On one hand, Shitō-ryū has the physical strength and long powerful stances of Shuri-te derived styles, such as Shorin-ryū and Shotokan (松涛館); on the other hand, Shitō-ryū also has the circular and eight-directional movements, breathing power, and hard and soft characteristics of Naha-te styles such as Uechi-ryū and Gōjū-ryū (剛柔流). Shitō-ryū is extremely fast, but still can be artistic and powerful. In addition, Shitō-ryū formalizes and emphasizes the five rules of defense, developed by Kenwa Mabuni, and known as ""Uke no go gensoku"" (受けの五原則), ""Uke no go genri"" (受けの五原理),"
"Important Okinawan masters of Shuri-te: Important kata: The successor styles to Shuri-te include Shotokan, Shitō-ryū, Shōrin-ryū, Shudokan, Shōrinji-ryū, Gensei-ryu and Motobu-ryū. refers to a tradition of martial arts originating from the village of Tomari, Okinawa. Important Okinawan masters of Tomari-te: Important kata: The successor styles to Tomari-te include Wado-ryu, Motobu-ryū, Matsubayashi-ryu and Shōrinji-ryū is a pre-World War II term for a type of martial art indigenous to the area around Naha, the old commercial city of the Ryukyu Kingdom and now the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture. Important Okinawan masters of Naha-te: Important kata: The successor styles to Naha-te include"
"Wadōkai In 1938 Hironori Ohtsuka registered his mixed style of karate-jujutsu with the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, originally under the name of ""Shinshu Wadoryu Karate-Jujutsu"", soon shortened to ""Wado-ryu"" (和道流). A Wadoryu Honbu (headquarters) was established in the Meiji University dojo in Tokyo, Japan in 1952. The Shintani Wado Kai Karate Federation of North America officially joined Otsuka's federation in 1958. In 1964 the Japan Karatedo Federation (JKF) was established as a general organization for all karate styles. Wado joined this organization as a major group. The Wado organization changed the name to ""Wadokai"" on 5 June 1967. On 15"
"Uchida Ryu Tanjojutsu , also known as Sutekki-Jutsu, is a Japanese martial arts school of tanjojutsu, originally devised by Shinto Muso-ryu practicitioner Uchida Ryogoro (1837-1921) as a way to utilize the western-style walking stick into a weapon of self-defence. The tanjo is not to be confused with the pre-meji era short stick hanbō. After the Meiji Restoration in 1869, which would herald the Meiji Era, Japan took a giant leap from the old feudal system into a more modern western style society. The old samurai-caste was disestablished and everything western were brought into Japan as a way to modernize it's"
"Kyushin Ryu During the Edo period (1603–1868) several Jujutsu styles became paramount. These schools (or ryu 流) focused their activities on various techniques that their masters had developed over time. The Kyushin Ryu school specialised in systems of Atemi waza (striking techniques). The art was practiced by many ""shōguns"" with the aim of refining methods of attacking the exposed target areas around the armour of their opponent. Credit for the foundation of the Kyushin Ryu school is given to Inugami Sakon-no-shokan Nagakatsu (犬上永勝) during the Eiroku period (1558–1570). Nagakatsu was a Samurai from the Hikone area within the ancient kuni"
"Jōdō , meaning ""the way of the ""jō"""", or is a Japanese martial art using a short staff called ""jō"". The art is similar to ""bōjutsu"", and is strongly focused upon defense against the Japanese sword. The ""jō"" is a short staff, usually about 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 m) long. Shintō Musō-ryū jōjutsu (sometimes known as Shinto Muso-ryu jōdo - ""Shindo"" is also a valid pronunciation for the leading character), is reputed to have been invented by the great swordsman Musō Gonnosuke Katsuyoshi (夢想 權之助 勝吉, fl. c.1605, date of death unknown) about 400 years ago, after"
"Wadō-ryū Karate-Jūjutsu,"" a name that reflects its hybrid character. Ōtsuka was a licensed Shindō Yōshin-ryū practitioner and a student of Yōshin-ryū when he first met the Okinawan karate master Gichin Funakoshi. After having learned from Funakoshi, and after their split, with Okinawan masters such as Kenwa Mabuni and Motobu Chōki, Ōtsuka merged Shindō Yōshin-ryū with Okinawan karate. The result of Ōtsuka's efforts is Wadō-ryū Karate. To the untrained observer, Wadō-ryū might look similar to other styles of karate, such as Shōtōkan. Most of the underlying principles, however, were derived from Shindō Yōshin-ryū, an atemi waza focused style of Jujutsu. A"
"Hakkō-ryū Hakkō-ryu () or Hakkō-ryu Jujutsu () is a school or 'style' of jujutsu related to Daito-ryu founded in 1941 by Okuyama Ryuho (1901–1987) a student of Sokaku Takeda and a practitioner of shiatsu. This style of self-defense focuses on the ""qi"" meridian points sensitive to pain so that a defender can create sharp distracting pain to an attacker but without causing serious injury to the person, and it can therefore be considered a humanitarian martial technique. The school is now headed by his son who inherited the name Nidai Soke Okuyama Ryuho. The headquarters or honbu dojo is located"
"Okinawa Seidokan Okinawa Seidokan is a style of Okinawa classical karate (Tode) 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. Shian Toma opened his dojo in 1960 teaching Shorin Ryu and Kobudo to the local populace and US Servicemen. Originally Shian Toma named his dojo Toma Dojo, but later the name was changed to Sei-Do-Kan Dojo. This translated to ""True Way House/Style"" or A House of the True Way. In the early 1960s"
"Afterward, many other masters emerged, including Tsuyoshi Chitose, who developed Chito-ryu karate from a combination of Shorin-ryu and Shorei-ryu karate styles. After moving from Okinawa to Japan in 1922, Chitose began teaching karate in Kumamoto, Japan. He refined the Okinawan techniques based on his medical knowledge as a medical doctor and officially founded his own style of karate in 1946, in 1952 naming it Chito-ryu, meaning ""1,000 year-old style."" In the late fifties, Chitose's top ranking student and protégé was Mamoru Yamamoto (Yamamoto Mamoru). Mr. Yamamoto was given the dojo name of Yoshukan by Dr. Chitose. Bill Dometrich (http://www.chito-ryu.com/index2.html) reports"
"Masaru Shintani Masaru Shintani (February 3, 1928 – May 7, 2000) was a Japanese-Canadian master of karate who introduced the Wadō-ryū style of karate in Canada and founded the Shintani Wado-Kai Karate Federation. At the time of his death he was the Supreme Instructor of Wado Kai Karate in Canada. Shintani devoted over 50 years to the study of Karate. He also held ranks in Judo (Sandan), Aikido (Shodan), and Kendo (Shodan). Shintani was born February 3, 1928 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the eldest child of six born to Kanaye Shintani and Tsuruye Shintani (Matsumoto) of the Matsumoto samurai"
"Kenshin-ryū Kenshin-ryū is a style of Okinawan kobudō that focuses on the use of the bō staff that is taught as a complementary style to Shito-ryū karate. As a supplementary style, it is known across the Japan, the US and Europe. One of its primary teachers is Akio Minakami. In theory, Kenshin-ryū was the ""peasants' art"", and consists of several blocks, strikes, thrusts, and evasions. It is, however, an effective and powerful style that provides good basics and kihon that are easily absorbed into further kobudō training with other styles. Basic posture is a high front stance, right leg forward,"