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karate is a branch discipline of the Japanese/Okinawan martial art, Karate–dō, or "Way of the Empty Hand." The three ''kanji'' (Japanese symbols) that make up the word Yoshukai literally translated mean "Training Hall of Continued Improvement." However, the standardized English translation is "Striving for Excellence." Yoshukai Karate has been featured in ''Black Belt Magazine''.〔Buttitta, Bob. Yoshukai Karate: Not for the Weak of Heart. ''Black Belt Magazine'', May 1984, p. 54.〕〔Klase, Bill. "Rough, Tough Yoshukai Karate: Traditional Karate's Link to Full-contact Fighting." ''Black Belt Magazine'', March 1988, p. 56.〕〔Baker, Timothy. "The Weapons of Yoshukai Karate: Nunchucks, Swords, Sickles, Staffs, Sai and Bo." ''Black Belt Magazine.'' January 1992, p. 24.〕 == Origins of Yoshukai Karate == The body of fighting and self-defense techniques which became Japanese Karate-do is thought to have originated about a thousand years ago in India and spread from there to China, Okinawa and finally to Japan in the early 1900s. Gichin Funakoshi (Funakoshi Gichin), founder of Shotokan karate, is considered to be most responsible for the systemization and introduction of karate to Japan. Afterward, many other masters emerged, including Tsuyoshi Chitose,〔(Kentucky Budo-kan: A Short History of Chito-ryu )〕 who developed Chito-ryu karate from a combination of Shorin-ryu and Shorei-ryu karate styles. After moving from Okinawa to Japan in 1922, Chitose began teaching karate in Kumamoto, Japan. He refined the Okinawan techniques based on his medical knowledge and officially founded his own style of karate in 1946, in 1952 naming it Chito-ryu, meaning "1,000 year-old style." In the late fifties, Chitose's top ranking student and protégé was Mamoru Yamamoto (Yamamoto Mamoru). After establishing his own training dojo, Yamamoto adapted new fighting techniques and traditional weapons from Okinawa into Chito-Ryu. After leaving the Chito-Kai Federation in 1971, Yamamoto became noted for founding the style of karate known as Yoshukai.〔Heinze, Thomas. ''Die Meister des Karate und Kobudo'': Teil 1: Vor 1900〕 In 1957 American serviceman Michael G. Foster was stationed in Japan with the U.S. Air Force and began the study of judo and karate. After training in Chito-ryu karate with Yamamoto, he returned to America where he established Yoshukai style in the United States, later extended further by Chitose's student Hiroyuki Koda, and others. Through the efforts of Foster and other of Chitose and Yamamoto's students, Yoshukai Karate was successfully established as a world-wide martial arts style. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yoshukai Karate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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