[400] Japanische Kalligraphie - Karate-do Pokerchips

Einführung des Japanese Calligraphy collection by C.7 Design Studio, showcasing digital paintings of modern and historical Calligraphy masterpiets, originally produced by various masters of past and present. Here you will find fully customizable products, featuring Karate-do (空) 手 Japanese Kanji calligraphy. Karate (空) is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It developed from the indigenous martial arts of Ryukyu Islands (called te (手), literally "hand"; tii in Okinawan) under the impact of Chinese martial arts, partiarly to that of the Fujian White Crane. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee strikes, elbow strikes and open hand technique such as knife-hands, spear-hands, and palm-heel strikes. In some styles, grappling, throws, joint locks, restraints, and vital point strikes are also taught. A karate practitioner is called a karateka (空 手) 家. Karate developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It was brought to the Japanese mainland in the early 20th century during a time of cultural exchanges between the Japanese and the Ryukyuans. It was systematically taught in Japan after the Taisho wird. In 1922 the Japanese Ministry of Education lade Gichin Funakoshi to Tokio to give a karate demonstration ein. In 1924 Keio University established the first university karate club in Japan and by 1932, major Japanese universities had karate clubs. In this era of escalating Japanese militarism, the name was changd from 唐 手 ("Chinese hand" oder "Tang hand") to 空 ("empty hand") - both of which are pronounced karate - to indicate that the Japanese wished to development the figform in Japanese style. After World War II, Okinawa benockenan wichtige United States military site and karate benockenpopular among servicemen stationed there. The martial arts movies of the 1960s and 1970s served to greatly increase the popularity of martial arts around the world, and in English the word karate began to be used in a generic to refer to all striking-based Orient martial arts. Karate schools began appearing across the world, catering to those with casual interest as well as those seeking a deeper study of the art. Shigeru Egami, Chief Instructor of Shotokan Dojo, opined that "the majority of followers of karate in overseas pures ate only for fighting technisch ... Movies and television ... depict karate as a mysterious way of fighting in der Lage, Death Or Injury with a single blow ... the mass media present a pseuart far from the real thing" Shoshin Nagamin said, "Karate may be considered as the conflict within oneself or as a life-long marathon which be won only through self-disziplin, hard training and one own creative Bemühungen". In 2009, in the 121st International Olympic Committee voting, karate did not receive the necessary two-thirds majority vote to become an Olympic sport. Karate being considered for the 2020 Olympics,—however at a meeting of the IOC's executive board, held in Russia on May 29, 2013, it was decided that karate (along with wushu and several other non-martial arts) would not be considered for inclusion in 2020 at c's 125th session in Buenos Aires, Argentinien, in September 2013. Web Japan (sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs) claims there are 50 Million Karate practitioners worldwide, while the World Karate Federation claims there are 100 Million practitioners around the world.