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The Art of Karate by Greg Pierce
There are many forms of self defense and one of them is Karate. This system makes use of the hands, elbows, knees, feet for kicks and blows to body parts that are vulnerable. This unarmed self defense orignated from eastern Asia and often confused with ju-jitsu, judo and sumo which are totally different Asian sport.
Karate during the seventies was referred to as an acrobatic boxing. Karate involves a little personal contact and the opponent becomes immobile because of powerful and well directed blows which are delivered far from the opponent as possible. Experts in Karate can crush a large block of ice using his fist, he can splinter a six inch thick pine wood by a single kick and he can shatter stacks of tiles using his head or an elbow.
Calisthenics, an area in karate, involves rigorous, acrobatic flexibility and speed. Another area in karate is called kumite which involves training in specific karate blows, kicks, chops or blocks with the use of ones knuckles, the ball and outside edge of the foot and the blade of the hand.
The extended fingers are also strengthened and used like a spear point. Katas are acrobatic forms of punching, kicking, blocking, turning, leaping, and dodging and are often practiced with an imaginary opponent. In a dojo, or karate school, training is done barefoot on the wooden floor with no mats used.
In karate, pieces of equipment like punching bags, weights, boxes or corase sand for strengthening the exnteded fingers of the hand are used frequently. Gi is the traditional costume in karate. This includes a loose fitting pants and jacket and a belt or a long cotton sash.
The color of the belt denotes the wearer’s rank. Beginners wear white belts, and experts black. The belts in between are yellow, green, and brown in this respective order. The black belts also have various degrees or dans, based on skill and teaching ability. Most schools go no higher than the eighth dan.
Karate peaked during the 70′s. Because of this, many movies were released based on this system. Bruce Lee is the most popular actor during the 70′s when it comes to this form of martial art. Movies like Game of Death that had Bruce Lee and Kung Fu with David Carradine. Today, Karate is still very popular and many movies are still patterned using this theme. The most recent movie using this is “Karate Kid” which was just released last month that starred Jayden Smith and Jackie Chan.
About the Author
Then came another popular movie martial art character, the Japanese assassin, the ninja ninjutsu. How would you like to learn this ancient Japanese art? Buy an instructional DVD or take ninjutsu classes and acquire the ninjas’ skills and discipline.
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