7. Isshin-Ryu Karate

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Isshin-Ryu Karate is a widely practiced style that was developed by combining elements from several traditional systems, most notably Shorin-Ryu Karate. Following its establishment, many Okinawan Karate masters were initially reluctant to recognize it as a legitimate style. Nevertheless, Isshin-Ryu forged its own path and has since gained broad acceptance and popularity around the world.

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00:29hello everybody it's me the real Joe and this is martial arts styles a brief history of ishin

00:49ru karate ishin ru karate was founded in 1956 by tatsuo shimabuku ishin ru means one heart away

01:01ishin ru karate was born out of shirin ru karate goju ru karate and the okinawan weapons art known

01:09as kabuto tatsuo shimabuku may have studied shirin ru karate goju ru karate and kabuto but it has been

01:22suggested that he did not spend enough time in goju ru to actually understand the style shirin ru

01:30karate was the biggest part of shaping ishin ru karate tatsuo shimabuku opened up his first

01:39school in 1947 to teach his unnamed style it was not until 1956 when he named his style

01:48of karate ishin ru the karate masters in okinawa resisted ishin ru as they believed that the

01:56styles of karate already in existence would lose their identities tatsuo shimabuku ignored the masters

02:05and continued on down his own path paving the future for ishin ru karate at the age of 50 is

02:14when tatsuo shimabuku studied kabuto and incorporated it into ishin ru ishin ru is still a very popular

02:24style of karate and is unique alongside shirin ru karate

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