Karate

'Kup' are the ranks for the color belts under the rank of black belt in Korean martial arts. There are generally 10 to 12 kup levels. White is the lowest kup and brown belt is usually 1st kup.

Pine is the most common. Younger students often use balsa (thats cheating, its so easy to break). it really depends on the instructor as to what thickness and size of wood you break.

The two kanji that make up karate can be translated as empty hand. Te is the word for hand. Kara can be translated as China, as much of the art came from there, or as empty.

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I'm not sure proper is the term to use. Effective is more important. And it is going to vary from individual to individual as well as being dependent upon the opponent. Practice with others is the only effective way of improving the skills.

Sunil refused to believe Sushmita and so he said"parrot!karate!my foot!"Hearing this the parrot mistook it for a command and attacked Sunil's foot

Traditional Okinawa karate does not require high kicks. In Shorin Ryu, we are told that kicking above the waist is dangerous in combat situations. It leaves you off balance and vulnerable to counter attacks.

His name was Daniel LaRusso in the movie but his actual name was Ralph Macchio he was in a movie called "The Outsiders" before he came to be The Karate Kid.

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If you mean putting badges and logos you just buy them and sew them on

Of course not! It actually makes one more knowledgeable and smarter about how the body works.

Combat that involves blows to the head can have an affect to the intelligence.

This depends on the "rules" of the fight.

Given two, equally trained fighters, a boxer might have an advantage if kicking, sweeping and grappling are not allowed and/or are not viable for use.

Kicks give a greater reach advantage, greater power, etc, but a boxer will generally be much stronger in punching and in guarding their head and body. However, boxers don't guard their legs, so a swift kick to the legs will likely hit. In close quarters, a boxer will have a hard time gaining powerful strikes, while karate trains in knees and elbows to great effect.

If grappling is involved, karate is more effective because they've at least been taught some basic ground tactics.

Depending on the Karate style, boxers may hit harder or be able to absorb hits better, although science shows that Shurei based Karate artist hit harder and Naha based absorb better damage than a boxer of equal training.

Although Boxing is quicker to learn to be proficient in, karate takes much more training time. If we are talking 2 years of training I would pick the boxer hands down, if we're talking 10 years I'd go Karate, but over all karate deals with more ways to use your body to fight and defend than just punching.

Osu is not a word used in Okinawan karate. The meaning has some rather militaristic type of strong assertiveness, masculinity and "we're going to kick butt" spirit in Japanese. It is out of place in many dojo and should never be used toward a Japanese person.

Muay Thai is not an Olympic sport.

Kenpo allows the use of weapons along with the regular karate strikes. It has some deadly strikes which have the intensity of breaking bones of weak body parts. However a Kenpo school does not teach its students to attack others. It focuses to defend yourself with effective but minimum harm to the opponent.

Jin is a character in the "Tekken" game series. In one of the Tekken games for the PS2 platform there is a cut scene which shows Jin performing a "kata", which is a form consisting of several self defense techniques combined/disguised for a practitioner to practice the art without another partner.

The Kata he was performing was "Naihanchi" which means "points of Hanchi". This is a form that is commonly practiced in Okinawa based styles which have various names. In order to understand more about his style, you should try to search for the history of this form. Okinawa arts such as Koryu Uchinadi (old ways), Kempo (fist method), Te (hand), Quanfa (Fist method) and ToudiJutsu are known to practice this form. I'm sure there are several others; however, I cannot speak for them all. Okinawans' practiced Quan, or Quan Fa (Kempo) long before "Karate" was named in the 1930's. It is said that in the 14th Century there were the infamous "36 families" which settled in Shuri, Naha, and Tomari and taught the Okinawans "Quanfa". The Okinawans who speak a Hogan dialect call this "Kempo", which means they are the same art.

There are many misconceptions about a form, many feel that they are useless and do not know how to interpret them. That is another subject however. The purpose of a form ("Bunkai, which is the application of the moves,") is to maim, break, or kill. There are thousands of practitioners that do not agree in this point of view due to their lack of knowledge. This lack of understanding has been passed down from instructor to instructor for generations. The USA has only had a "punching kicking art" such as Karate that originated in the 20th century in Japan since 1946. The first commercial school was opened on Phoenix Arizona by Robert Trias.

This is a brief explanation; feel free to let me know if this does not answer your questions. *Source zech.browning@yahoo.com

You would have to first know the style of karate he is supposed to know. There are many different styles of karate, one being very different from the next. Find out what style he took, then try to Google search it. See if you can find a dojo.

If your a beginner it might take a while, but if you know how to fight and just want to learn a new move, it may be easy for you. Good luck, but just dont get hurt.

Pat Morita as "Mr Miyagi" in the movie Karate Kid Part II

Dan ranked belts are those that have achieve black belt. Most styles have up to ten Dan rankings. Ninth and tenth in Okinawan karate wear a solid red belt. Seven and Eighth wear a red and white belt. In some styles a red and black belt represents 5 and 6.

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a teacher in karate is called a "sensei" (meaning teacher in Japanese - pronounced sen-sey) but to be a sensei you have to be a black belt. so a red belt teacher shouldn't exist, and if they do they won't be very good as red is only the second belt

Karate-ka - Karate student

Sensei means "teacher"

Sempai means "Senior" (as in senior karate student)

Bruce Lee was a martial artist. He specialized in kung fu. He did not fight straight karate he blended his martial arts skills.

Hayama is skilled in using his speed and agility to execute quick and powerful strikes. He is known for his lightning-fast kicks and fluid movement in the ring, making him a formidable opponent in karate matches.

This, in the most basic sense, means to do a proper strike (fast, powerful, accurate) to one of the various pressure points on the body of the opponent. It also means to teach self-discipline and a new way of looking at conflict.