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KAKIWAKE-UKE: THE INTRUDER

Article by Emanuel Giordano  All practitioners of Shotokan Karate know very well that in the Heian yondan kata two kakiwake-uke are performed. What most of them don't know is that the schools that derive from Funakoshi Gichin sensei are the only ones to perform this technique in that...
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KAKIWAKE-UKE: L’INTRUSO

Articolo a cura di Emanuel Giordano    Tutti i praticanti di Karate Shotokan sanno benissimo che nel kata Heian yondan si eseguono due kakiwake-uke. Quello che la maggior parte di loro non sa, è che le scuole che derivano da Funakoshi Gichin sensei sono le uniche ad eseguire...
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GOJU-RYU AND NAIHANCHI

Article by Emanuel Giordano  There are many rumors that the Naihanchi kata was once practiced in Goju-ryu as well. Some of them even state that this kata was also practiced by Higaonna Kanryo sensei, known as the "renovator" of Naha-te. However, it is necessary to immediately clarify...
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GOJU-RYU E NAIHANCHI

Articolo a cura di Emanuel Giordano  Esistono molte voci relative al fatto che il kata Naihanchi fosse un tempo praticato anche nel Goju-ryu. Alcune di esse affermano addirittura che tale kata fosse praticato anche da Higaonna Kanryo sensei, conosciuto come il "rinnovatore" del Naha-te....
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THE ONLY WESTERN WHO FACED MOTOBU (100th anniversary)

Article by Emanuel Giordano (original article 25/02/2021) The only Westerner who faced Motobu or, at least, the only one whose encounter has been documented by articles and interviews, was the boxer who was defeated in 1923 at the Butokuden in Kyoto (Motobu, in the 1936 interview,...
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