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2. Karate at the Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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   Weight classes for men: −67 kg, −75 kg, +75 kg; Weight classes for women: −55 kg, −61 kg, +61 kg; Kumite rules. All Kumite bouts were semi-contact, meaning all strikes delivered must not use full force. Striking an opponent with full force could result in a warning or disqualification.

3. The Karate Kid (franchise) - Wikipedia

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   The Karate Kid. (franchise) The Karate Kid is an American martial arts drama franchise created by Robert Mark Kamen. The series follows the journey of various coming-of-age teenagers who are taught in the ways of martial arts by an experienced mentor in order to stand up for themselves after being bullied, or assert their dominance towards ...

4. List of The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai characters - Wikipedia

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   This list of The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai characters reflects fictional characters from The Karate Kid franchise. Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg define the following works as part of the "Miyagi-verse" (characters who interacted with Mr. Miyagi) canon: The Karate Kid (1984), The Karate Kid Part II (1986), The Karate Kid Part III (1989), The Next Karate Kid (1994), and the ...

5. Kyokushin - Wikipedia

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   Kyokushin Kaikan. Kyokushin (極真) [a] is a style of karate originating in Japan. It is a full-contact style of stand-up fighting and is rooted in a philosophy of self-improvement, discipline, and hard training. [5] [6] [7] [8]

6. Comparison of karate styles - Wikipedia

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   Some later styles of karate have been derived from blending techniques from the four main branches, while others have added techniques from other martial arts. For example Kyokushin, which is an extremely hard style derived from Shotokan and Gōjū-ryū, involves much more breaking and full contact, knockdown sparring as a main part of training.

7. Shotokan - Wikipedia

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   Shotokan was the name of the first official dojo built by Gichin Funakoshi, in 1936 [3] at Mejiro, and destroyed in 1945 as a result of the Tokyo air raids. [4] Shoto (松涛, Shōtō), meaning "pine-waves" (the movement of pine needles when the wind blows through them), was Funakoshi's pen-name, [5] which he used in his poetic and ...