| The history of Karate and other types of
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| | There Is More To Karate Than Movies
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| martial arts goes back thousands of
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| | Bruce Lee's main focus was not to make
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| years. For me it goes back to when I
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| | movies, but rather to practice the
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| started to take karate classes in middle
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| | martial arts, learn their histories, and
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| school after being inspired from watching
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| | develop his skill and fitness so he could
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| a series of Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris
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| | be a perfectly physically conditioned
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| movies.
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| | machine. Unfortunately the only history
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| There was nothing more exciting to me
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| | of karate that most people in the Western
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| than to learn how to kick the crap out of
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| | world know is all they have seen on
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| bullying boys at my school. As I got
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| | television or in the movies.
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| immersed into the art, however, I found
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| | And nowadays unrealistic karate moves are
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| that there is a lot more to it than
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| | the new fad. Jackie Chan does some quick
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| flashy self defense moves and seldom does
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| | moves in his latest movie and everyone
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| it ever involve kicking the crap out of
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| | thinks they just got a lesson in the
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| anyone.
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| | history of karate. But karate was not
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| Although Karate was around long before
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| | meant to be a form of entertainment, it
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| him, the most significant figure in the
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| | is meant to be a display of discipline
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| modern history of karate was Bruce Lee.
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| | and successful learning through hard
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| Bruce Lee considered himself a true
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| | work. Learning karate takes a lot of
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| martial artist and did not limit himself
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| | dedicated time and respect for its
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| to the study of just one discipline, but
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| | history and origins.
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| rather he studied many disciplines,
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| | Karate is based on self defense and not
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| including boxing.
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| | aggression. Most karate classes are
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| Then he eventually developed his own
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| | really great for enhancing mental focus,
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| brand of martial arts. But Bruce Lee was
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| | and discipline, as well as add the
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| also a karate champion and his first real
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| | completive edge for those who like to
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| introduction to the world was an
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| | spar in karate tournaments. That is why
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| extremely impressive display that he put
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| | karate classes are so great for kids and
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| on at the1964 Long Beach Karate
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| | adults alike.
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| Tournament.
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| | Karate survives as a cornerstone of the
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| This tournament was not only witnessed by
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| | martial arts and as one of the true
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| many prominent martial artists but also
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| | vehicles of self control and the ability
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| by one of the crew members of the then
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| | to look deep into one's self and find
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| hit television show Batman. From there
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| | your true inner person. Karate is a
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| Bruce Lee wound up on Batman as the
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| | quest more than it is a lesson on how to
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| "Green Hornet" and the history of karate
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| | punch and kick someone.
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| would never be the same.
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