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Welcome to Miami Valley Martial Arts:... |
Welcome To Miami Valley Martial Arts: We are very glad you stopped by, if you haven't been here lately you missed alot. We have been very busy with Karate club activities, competition, judging and more paper work than I ever care to look at again, but it's worth it.
As you can plainly see we have again changed our look. Hopefully this site will be the last change for a long time, Unfortunately, if you had registered on the old site, you will need to do so again on this new site. We have increased security on the site and due to the significant changes, we thought best to start all over.
If you have "ANY" difficulties surfing the site or registering, please us the contact us page to send me an email of your problems and i'll make sure those get address in a timely manner. As we have more time we will add additional features and as much data about Karate as we can verify.
It is our hope and desire that "TRUE" martial artists will visit our site and find the information accurate and informative. We believe in the true character of the karate-ka and shun those who pass them selves off as Sensei, SOKE, GrandMaster or any other "FAKE" title they can pin on themselves.
Thanks for stopping by !!!
Gob Bless You.
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Popular Styles of Karate:... |
Goju-ryu developed out of Naha-te, its popularity primarily due to the success of Kanryo Higaonna (1853-1915). Higaonna opened a dojo in Naha using eight forms brought from China. His best student, Chojun Miyagi (1888-1953) later founded Goju-ryu, 'hard soft way' in 1930. In Goju-ryu much emphasis is placed on combining soft circular blocking techniques with quick strong counter attacks delivered in rapid succession.
Shito-ryu was founded by Kenwa Mabuni (1889-1952) in 1928 and was influenced directly by both Naha-te and Shuri-te. The name Shito is constructively derived from the combination of the Japanese characters of Mabuni's teachers' names - Ankoh Itosu and Kanryo Higaonna. Shito-ryu schools use a large number of kata, about fifty, and is characterized by an emphasis on power in the execution of techniques.
Shotokan was founded by Gichin Funakoshi (1868-1957) in Tokyo in 1938. Funakoshi is considered to be the founder of modern karate. Born in Okinawa, he began to study karate with Yasutsune Azato, one of Okinawa's greatest experts in the art. In 1921 Funakoshi first introduced Karate to Tokyo. In 1936, at nearly 70 years of age, he opened his own training hall. The dojo was called Shotokan after the pen name used by Funakoshi to sign poems written in his youth. Shotokan Karate is characterized by powerful linear techniques and deep strong stances.
Wado-ryu, 'way of harmony', founded in 1939 is a system of karate developed from jujitsu and karate by Hienori Otsuka as taught by one of his instructors, Gichin Funakoshi. This style of karate combines basic movements of jujitsu with techniques of evasion, putting a strong emphasis on softness and the way of harmony or spiritual discipline.
Shorin-ryu, is one of the major modern martial arts. Said to have been founded by Sokon Matsumura during the 1800s, Shorin-ryu combines elements of the traditional Okinawan fighting styles Shuri-te and Tomari-te. Shorin-ryu is widely considered to be one of the two major modern styles of Okinawan karate, along with Goju-ryu, which is rooted in the other traditional Okinawan style, Naha-te.
There is not a known, whole system of Shorin Ryu except for Matsumura Shorin Ryu. There are many dojos who use the term however for simplicity's sake. Some of the best known schools of Shorin-ryu were started by Matsumura's students keeping with Okinawa's tradition of successorship each of Matsumura's Deshi's (students) changed the name of their system when they took over, so the branches began Shobayashi-ryu, Ryukyu Hon Kenpo, Matsumura Orthodox Shorin-ryu, Seidokan, Kobayashi Shorin-ryu (Shido-kan and Shorinkan), Kyudokan, and Matsubayashi-ryu, Okinawa Kenpo, and Sukunaihayashi (Shorin-ryu Seibukan), but there are many others, most with long and distinguished histories that trace back to Matsumura and his students.
Shorin-ryu is generally characterized by natural breathing, natural (narrow, high) stances, and direct, rather than circular movements (with the exception of Shorin-Ryu Kyudokan, which makes circular movements as one of its pillars). Shorin-ryu practitioners will say that deep stances are not important for powerful moves, and that only correct motion matters. In fact, Okinawan traditionalists often claim that deep, wide stances are a development of Japanese-styled karate and are useful only for show or for building up your legs' strength in order to make a good strong throw.
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