kyokushin karate

Why Kyokushin

2011-06-27T18:49:00.000-07:00

Kyokushin karate is a full contact karate, which keeps the true sports man spirit in training. Kyokushin karate would not restrict you from doing anything else. This actlually combines the best from most of all
martial arts. If you are learning karate, then try learning it in its maximum.

Need for training

2011-06-26T21:57:00.000-07:00

What are we doing in todays life? Do we need a physical training under a professional trainer?
Our scientists and technlology is trying to minimize our efforts and make maximum out of it. This makes people lazy. In earlier days, vehicles were not there. So every people had to walk. This kind of hard efforts made them healthy and strong. In today's world, people are trying for white colllar jobs. These jobs make them sit for long hours. Eating good foods won't even help such people. Fitness can't be sold in bottles.

About Karate

2010-08-10T03:00:00.000-07:00

Karate:

Karate (空手^?) (Japanese pronunciation: [kaɽate] ( listen), English: /kəˈrɑːtiː/) is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called te (手^?, literally "hand"; Tii in Okinawan), China hand^[3]^[4] or Chinese kenpō.^[1]^[2] Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands (karate chop). Grappling, locks, restraints, throws, and vital point strikes are taught in some styles.^[5] A karate practitioner is called a karateka (空手家^?).
Karate developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom prior to its 19th century annexation by Japan. It was brought to the Japanese mainland in the early 20th century during a time of cultural exchanges between the Japanese and the Ryukyuans. In 1922 the Japanese Ministry of Education invited Gichin Funakoshi to Tokyo to give a karate demonstration. In 1924 Keio University established the first university karate club in Japan and by 1932, major Japanese universities had karate clubs.^[6] In this era of escalating Japanese militarism,^[7] the name was changed from 唐手 ("Chinese hand") to 空手 ("empty hand") – both of which are pronounced karate – to indicate that the Japanese wished to develop the combat form in Japanese style.^[8]
After the Second World War, Okinawa became an important United States military site and karate became popular among servicemen stationed there.^[9]