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GICHIN FUNAKOSHI, PART #1: A DIFFICULT BEGINNING

Article by Manuel Vignola There are a large number of websites, publications, articles dealing with the life of Gichin Funakoshi, considered the "Father of Karate", some written by himself in person, however the figure of this Master is much more articulated and multifaceted than what may seem at...
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KARATE NI SENTE NASHI, PART 2

Article by Emanuel Giordano Last month I wrote the article KARATE NI SENTE NASHI, IS THERE REALLY NO FIRST ATTACK IN KARATE?, in which I mainly reported and interpreted what was written on the subject by Funakoshi sensei, Motobu sensei and Nagamine sensei. Thanks to further research, as well...
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KARATE NI SENTE NASHI, PARTE 2

Articolo a cura di Emanuel Giordano  Lo scorso mese ho scritto l’articolo KARATE NI SENTE NASHI, DAVVERO NON C’È PRIMO ATTACCO NEL KARATE?  , nel quale ho principalmente riportato e interpretato quanto fu scritto sull’argomento da Funakoshi sensei, Motobu sensei e Nagamine...
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THE MOVEMENT OF THE BODY IN KARATE

Article by Emanuel Giordano One of the questions I am often asked is the following: what changes between one style of Karate and another? Sometimes someone goes further and asks how the use of the body changes in the various styles of Karate. Well, first of all we need to make a premise, and...
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L'USO DEL CORPO NEL KARATE

Articolo a cura di Emanuel Giordano  Una delle domande che spesso mi vengono poste è la seguente: cosa cambia tra uno stile di Karate e l’altro? Talvolta qualcuno si spinge oltre e domanda come cambi l’uso del corpo nei vari stili di Karate. Bene, innanzi tutto occorre fare una...
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KARATE NI SENTE NASHI, IS THERE REALLY NO FIRST ATTACK IN KARATE?

Article by Emanuel Giordano Karate ni sente nashi, that is, "there is no first attack in Karate" is a very famous saying in our martial art. But what does it really mean? Let's see below the interpretations given by some famous Karate masters, and then let's try to contextualize and...
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KARATE NI SENTE NASHI, DAVVERO NON C’È PRIMO ATTACCO NEL KARATE?

Articolo a cura di Emanuel Giordano  Karate ni sente nashi, cioè “non c’è primo attacco nel Karate” è un detto molto famoso nella nostra arte marziale. Ma cosa significa realmente? Vediamo di seguito le interpretazioni date da alcuni famosi maestri di Karate, e cerchiamo poi di...
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GICHIN FUNAKOSHI, A “NEW” POINT OF VIEW ON THE MASTER'S LIFE

Article by Emanuel Giordano In the first half of this year, leafing through the book "Karate-do", written by Miyagi Hisateru in 1953, I came across an interesting chapter related to Funakoshi Gichin sensei. After a quick and brief translation, in June 2021 I decided to ask for the help of...
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THE MOTOBU FAMILY AND THE PASSAI KATA

Article by Manuel Vignola For some time, both in various articles published on the internet but also in books, we read that the kata Passai Gwa (sometimes written Guwa) taught by Zenpo Shimabukuro (1943) of the Seibukan school would be the kata Passai learned by Choki Motobu (1870-1944) during...
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