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    Wadō-ryū, assuming the name "Hironori Otsuka III". Wadō-ryū is spread between three independently-led organisations: Wadōkai, Wadō Kokusai and Wadō-ryū...
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    the end of his life. Wadō-ryū (和道流) is one of the four major karate styles and was founded by Hironori Otsuka (1892–1982). Wadō-ryū is a hybrid of Japanese...
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    Hironori Ōtsuka (category Wadō-ryū)
    Japanese master of karate who created the Wadō-ryū style of karate. He was the first Grand Master of Wadō-ryū karate, and received high awards within Japan...
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    Arakawa and Hajime Takashima, to spread Wadō-ryū around the world. From 1956–1964, Suzuki formed the first Wado-Ryu Federation in England and from his base...
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    Gōgen Yamaguchi of Goju-ryu, Ōtsuka Hironori of Wadō-ryū, Nakayama Masatoshi of Shotokan, Mabuni Kenei and Iwata Manzao of Shitō-ryū, in addition to the Japan...
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  • styles developed in Japan, especially in Okinawa are Shotokan, Wado-ryu, Shito-ryu, and Goju-ryu; many other styles of Karate are derived from these four....
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    Kushin-ryū Yasuhiro Konishi, founder of Shindō jinen-ryū Kōsei Kokuba (Japanese: Yukimori Kuniba), founder of Seishin Kai Hironori Ōtsuka, founder of Wadō-ryū...
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    Shotokan (redirect from Shōtōkan-ryū)
    both of the popular styles of Okinawan karate of the time: Shōrei-ryū and Shōrin-ryū. After years of study in both styles, Funakoshi created a simpler...
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    the major four styles of karate are considered to be Gōjū-ryū, Shotokan, Shitō-ryū, and Wadō-ryū. These four styles are those recognised by the World Karate...
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    Masaru Shintani (category Wadō-ryū practitioners)
    Japanese-Canadian master of karate who introduced the Wadō-ryū style of karate in Canada and founded the Shintani Wado-Kai Karate Federation. At the time of his death...
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