Karate

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Break Boards

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Bare Hands

a Reverse blade sword is a alternate or a katana blade with the sharp part curved inward and the flat dull part as the original sharp edge

Perhaps a faded red and white, often used to indicate 7th or 8th Dan?

Blackbelt ranks from 1st Degree to 10th Degree. Kyu ranks from 1st kyu down to as low as 12th kyu. See the related link (lower left) for some examples of color coding.

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Well it depends, are you in Martial Arts. If your not they ARE illegal for you, But however you are in Martial Arts then there NOT illegal.

There are not age limits. For qualifying for a Dan rank (black belt) a proficiency exam must be passed. Depending on each style, there may be children and adult ranks.

Many organizations have set minimum ages. My style has set the minimum age of 14. It is ridiculous to think that an 8 year old could effectively protect themselves in a fight against an adult, without or without martial arts skills.

A sensei.

Hapkido is a Korean Martial Art and Karate is an Okinawan Martial Art. Both involve learning strikes, grappling and throws.

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Get a real board! Not one of the pads that are hard mounted on the wall. You need the real 4 foot board with the flexibility to really work it properly. Wall mounted boards can lead to some serious injuries.

You can start to really learn the martial art and its applications.

It would hard to specify, but there were numerous Okinawa immigrants that had been trained as teachers in the first two decades of the 1900's. They would have had basic instruction in karate. In April 1927 Kensu Yabu presented the first public demonstration in a YMCA in Hawaii and lectured and taught for several months.

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It's ME! Well for GKR Karate anyway. My name is Erica I'm-not-putting-my-last-name-down-for-sercurity-reasons. And I am WA, GKR's youngest black belt. I am 10 years old and live in Perth (Warnbro area). I train 3-5 days a week in hour long sweat sessions. You may think it's too much but when you enjoy it like me, it's nowhere near satisfactory. I just wanna make this short, but thanks for giving me a reason to boast! Bye!

It literally means the dojo code. They are some rules which all karate practitioner have to follow. You can see them in front of your dojo. They highlight the expectations from a karateka and what s/he is disallowed to do in his/her dojo.

Hajime means to begin. It is used when someone is to start something, such as a kata at their own count or to begin a sparring match. Yame means to stop or come to ready, used by a referee when sparring or the instructor when an activity is over.

It means a lot. WKF tournaments are considered the most prestigious karate tournaments. World-class karatekas from different parts of the world come to take part in this tournament. The competition is really tough and winning a medal is a moment of pride.

Mawatte means to turn in Karate.

That is determined by each organization. In many instances it is a grading panel that consists of a number of blackbelts.

The video Chat Fou can be found on the Chinese website in regards to Kung Fu Wrestling. The website is interactive as the viewer watch the two wrestlers in the ring as they fight for victory.

The answer is lost in history. There are many stories of the wives and daughters of famous karateka being proficient at the art.

The lower ranks are called kyu. There are six to twelve of them depending on the school. The higher ranks are called dan.

Karate is practiced in bare feet, shoes are not worn. There are martial arts shoes that are designed for people that like to do martial arts and there are some, such as kung fu, where shoes are worn.

There are no 'rituals' in karate. There is respect and manners, typically indicated by bowing.

No, karate is a noun,because it is a thing.