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  2. Mombasa Sports Club - Wikipedia

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    The Mombasa Sports Club ground is the only fully accredited ODI Cricket ground in Kenya outside of Nairobi. Its acquired this status prior to hosting a three match ODI series between Kenya and Bermuda as well as a triangular ODI Tournament featuring Kenya, Canada and Scotland, in 2006. Providing all the cricket for Ireland's tour of the country ...

  3. Jason Statham - Wikipedia

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    Jason Statham ( / ˈsteɪθəm / STAY-thəm; born 26 July 1967) is an English actor and martial artist. He is known for portraying characters in various action-thriller films who are typically tough, gritty, or violent. Statham has been credited for leading the resurgence of action films during the 2000s and 2010s. [1]

  4. Kyokushin - Wikipedia

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    Kyokushin is the basis of glove karate, a knockdown karate format wearing boxing gloves and allowing punches to the head. Glove karate rules are used in Kyokushin Karate Iran. In popular culture. Kyokushin Karate has featured in following videogames: The move sets of Ryu and Ken from Capcom's Street Fighter franchise are based on Kyokushin.

  5. Comparison of karate styles - Wikipedia

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    Some later styles of karate have been derived from blending techniques from the four main branches, while others have added techniques from other martial arts. For example Kyokushin, which is an extremely hard style derived from Shotokan and Gōjū-ryū, involves much more breaking and full contact, knockdown sparring as a main part of training.

  6. List of shotokan techniques - Wikipedia

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    Shuto Hizo Uchi (knife-hand strike to spleen) Shuto Jodan Uchi (inside knife-hand to neck) Sokumen Empi Uchi: Augmented elbow strike (e.g. in the kata, Tekki shodan) Tate Zuki: Half reverse punch, with a vertical fist. Amuba Tsukami: Arm-Bar hold. Teisho Furi Uchi: Sideways palm-heel strike.

  7. Karate - Wikipedia

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    Karate (空手) ( / kəˈrɑːti /; Japanese pronunciation: [kaɾate] ⓘ; Okinawan pronunciation: [kaɽati] ), also karate-do (空手道, Karate-dō), is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called te (手), "hand"; tī in Okinawan) under the influence of Chinese martial arts.

  8. Karate at the Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    Karate was being considered for the 2020 Olympics, however at a meeting of the IOC's executive board, held in Russia on 29 May 2013, it was decided that karate (along with wushu and several other sports) would not be considered for inclusion in 2020 at the IOC's 125th session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in September 2013. Bid for inclusion

  9. Shotokan - Wikipedia

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    Shotokan (松涛館, Shōtōkan) is a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka) Funakoshi (1906–1945). Gichin Funakoshi was born in Okinawa [1] and is widely credited with popularizing "karate do" through a series of public demonstrations, and by promoting the ...

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