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Eye of the Tiger
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Hi I'm a kickboxer and I really want to know the difference between Shotokan karate and normal karate. I know theres all this kenpo and other styles but just normal karate and shotokan karate.
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Shoto Tiger
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Joined: 07 Apr 2002
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Location: England, UK
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Hiya
Essentially, karate is a term that specifically refers to those, primarily unarmed, defensive traditions of Okinawa and Japan. Kenpo (aka Ed Parker) actually traces its roots to Hawaii. Shotokan, is one of many Japanese karate styles, like Wado Ryu, ****o Ryu, Gensei Ryu, etc. The term, Karate, has been co-opted over time, to refer to just about every unarmed defensive methodology, in much the way that "Xeroxing" no longer refers specifically to using a photocopier made by the Xerox corporation, or that "Jelly" has come to refer to any flavored gelatin dessert.
Hope that helps
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Eye of the Tiger
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Ok no one seems to be awnsering so I'll be more pecific.
Difference between Shotokan karate and NORMAL karate. What I mean is the karate where you look in the sports directory, you find martial arts and find a club that sais 'karate'. Not kenpo or some of the other millions of styles just the average karate. If this doesn't help then I guess you can say the most popular type of karate there is.and compare that to shotokan karate.
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SaiFightsMS
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Joined: 28 Oct 2001
Posts: 6397
Location: Ohio
Styles: Shotokan, Shorin Ryu, Shi-to Ryu
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Shotokan and any other style of karate with a name and a heiritage differ from generic karate because of the heiritage. They have traceable roots and a "founder".
Shotokan traces itself to Gichon Funakoshi a student of Itosu. The style stesses equal use of hands and feet, deep stances, use of koshi (hips for power) and reciprocal action.
Not really sure what you are looking for though. Does this help?
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G95champ
Black Belt
Joined: 29 Mar 2002
Posts: 3116
Location: Gilbert WV, USA
Styles: Shotokan Karate (FSKA)
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Shotokan is to Karate
as Mustang is to car
its just s specific type.
I knew those SAT's would pay off LOL.... |
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Eye of the Tiger
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Joined: 22 Apr 2002
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| Posted: Tue May 21, 2002 6:24 am Post subject: |
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| OK I understand. The reasen I wanted to know was because I do kickboxing at the SAMA Organisation and I was thinking of doing karate there to, coz its just before my kickboxing. It doesn't say shotokan karate so I wondered what was the difference between them. |
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stonecrusher69
Red Belt
Joined: 23 Apr 2002
Posts: 807
Location: New Jersey
Styles: MCM WING CHUN
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| Isn't Kickboxing AKA full contact Karate.That's what I read in a book the otherday,so I guess that Kickboxing is generic Karate . |
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Bitseach
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Joined: 01 Apr 2002
Posts: 354
Location: London UK
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Did the board asterisk out ****o Ryu or were you being funny? Made me laugh either way! LOL 
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Tobias_Reece
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Joined: 26 May 2001
Posts: 691
Location: Leeds, England
Styles: Matayoshi Okinawawn Kobudo, Shotokan Karate
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Listen to G95Champ
To my knowledge, Kickboxing was developed by the karate-ka who wanted to practice full-contact point sparring, and do away with tradition.
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Eye of the Tiger
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Joined: 22 Apr 2002
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I thought kickboxing was devoloped in America. When American GI's returned from Japan after ww2 and brought with them Karate and they made it into their own style. Kickboxing.
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