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karate stuff and karate clothing
Made of absolutely the best 8 oz preshrunk poly cotton United States Fabric. This top (Adult Large) is designed to fit an Adult with a Height 5.11 to 6.2 Feet weighing approximately 170 to 200 pounds. Multiple stitching and reinforcements for extra strength and snap. This top is guaranteed to hold up in durable contract. The poly cotton blend with wash and dry with ease.
INFORMATION
Karate is an oriental method of unarmed combat. There are people who claim to be able to trace the origins of karate back to the early days of Buddhism, or even to ancient Greece. While remnants of ancient pottery have been found that appear to depict karatelike fighting, there are also ancient depictions of people running, and no-one credits the Greeks with the invention of running. There are only a certain number of ways of hitting and kicking someone, after all.
In reality all the karate styles that are now widespread have a much shorter pedigree. Karate as we recognise it probably developed on the island of Okinawa from earlier, Chinese martial arts. It is debatable whether karate is an Okinawan interpretation of a Chinese martial art, or the result of Chinese influence on an existing Okinawan fighting system. What we can be reasonably certain of is that modern karate was brought to Japan in the 1930s by a number of influential Okinawan practitioners. Most notably of these is Gichin Funakoshi, whose nickname Shoto is the origin of the word shotokan, a style of karate very widely practised throughout the world. Other styles widely practised include shito ryu, wado ryu, and goju ryu. These styles all developed between 1930 and 1950, and have more elements in common than they have significant differences, Although it is NOt often remarked upon, the similarity between all these karate styles and the Korean martial art of taekwondo is also quite striking.
It is from Japan, not from Okinawa or China, that we get the modern karate culture, white suits, belts of rank, bowing, etc (of which, more later). Much of this culture was borrowed from the Japanese art of judo, and employed to increase the acceptability of karate in the rather nationalistic Japan of the day.
White 5 Medium Weight Top 6 Foot 190 Lbs - $25
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White 5 Medium Weight Top 6 Foot 190 Lbs
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