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ShitoryuNewest Review: ... five styles grew from them. Shito ryu is a karate stlye with short powerful stances, in which the speed of the technique and the hip rotation proved all the power. It has the shortest stance of all karate styles and allows the user to apply more of a hip rotation into a kick or punch allowing more power to be used. Shito ryu is not as wide spread as the other main styles as there were ... more |
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by - written on 14/09/00 (Useful, 114 readings)
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Shito-ryu is a traditional style of Karate-do (way of the empty hand). It is one of the five original stlyes that were founded in the islands of Japan, Okinowa in particular. It descends from a martial art called Te, which in itself is a stlye brought over to Japan from China by gung fu practishoners. These gung fu styles were spread over the islands and the five styles grew from them. Shito ryu is a karate stlye with short powerful stances, in which the speed of the technique and the hip rotation proved all the power. It has the shortest stance of all karate styles and allows the user to apply more of a hip rotation into a kick or punch allowing more ... Read the complete review


