HPR3926: Karate Do: An Overview

Sorry for my English, I'm still improving it, and specially for confusing kicks with hand strikes.

• Gichin Funakoshi: The father of modern karate and the founder of Shotokan style
  • Book Karate-Do Kyohan
  • Nijū kun: His 20 precepts
• In Karate your main enemy is yourself
• Three pillars of Karate:
  • Kata: Series of movements that symbolize a combat
  • In Shotokan Style, there are 27 kata practiced
  • Kihon: Practice of the basic techniques
  • Kumite: Combat
• Dashi (Stances)
• Dōjō kun: Training hall rules
• Karate belt order
• Sensei: "One who comes before"
• Four main Karate styles
  • Goju-ryu, Shotokan-ryu, Wado-ryu, and Shito-ryu
• Taikyoku Shodan
• Kanku Dai
• Bassai Dai
• Tekki Shodan performed by Gichin Funakoshi
• The Last Samurai: No mind scene
  • And another scene
• The outcome of a battle depends on how one handles emptiness and fullness (Gichin Funakoshi, Nijū kun)
• Defense techniques
  • Age uke
  • Soto uke
  • Uchi uke
  • Shuto uke
• Attack techniques
  • Empi uchi
  • Uraken uchi
  • Shuto uchi
  • Kentsui uchi (hammer strike with your fist)

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