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Wado - Ryu (Japanese和 道 流) is a style of karate. The importance of Wado is equivalent to the path of peace, Ryu means as much as school. The kanji used Wa (Japanese和) is a kanji for Japan, thus by the influence of Japanese Jiu Jitsu in Wado - Ryu, the Japanese way meant as opposed to the Okinawan Karate other styles.
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Development
Prof. Hironori Ōtsuka ( 8th dan in Shindo Yoshinryu Jiu Jitsu, Wado Ryu Karate in 10.Dan ), founder of Wado - Ryu and student of Gichin Funakoshi, the combined taught by Funakoshi Karate techniques with the Shindo Yoshinryu Jiu Jitsu.
Development in Japan
On April 1, 1939, the style of Dai Nippon Budoku Kai was officially registered as a karate style. The Japan Karatedo Federation ( JKF ) adopted in May 1964 Wado - Ryu as a style direction, it was renamed the professional association for Wado - Ryu in JKF Wadokai. Otsuka Hironori 1981 appointed his son as his successor Jiro Otsuka, the JKF Wadokai left and the Wado - Ryu Renmei founded and their projects since then.
Development in Europe
In 1963, the Japanese karateka Tatsuo Suzuki, Toru Arakawa and Hajime Takashima demonstrated for the first time on a two-month tour of Europe and America Wado - Ryu Karate. In the following year, Suzuki Tatsuo and his assistant Shiomitsu Mifume settled in England to teach Wado - Ryu. Both the late 1980s parted company and founded her own Wado organizations, International Karate - Do Federation ( WIKF ) and the Wado - Ryu Karate -Do Academy.
Suzuki Tatsuo took more karateka to Europe and supported their use in the dissemination of Wado - Ryu: In 1965, Kono Teruo in the Netherlands, the Dutch Wado - Kai Federation, from 1970 lived Kono in Germany and introduced there as the highest-ranking Karateka the Wado - Ryu - style direction. Yutaka Toyama spread this style from the 1960s, including in Italy.
Characteristics of style
In Wado - Ryu, the energy of the attack by deflecting and dodging will come to nothing left and subsequently or simultaneously by levers countered throw, kick or beat techniques. The technical design is subject to the following principles:
- Sanmi Ittai - Each technique in Wado - Ryu ( Ten gi ) includes simultaneously a change in the position ( i Ten ) and a weight transfer of the body ( Ten -tai )
- Execution of all movements to avoid the following error: No false or unnecessary technology, no wasted movement, no unnecessary effort
- Control of its own center of gravity
- Tai Sabaki - leaving the line of scrimmage by Dodge
- Defense of an attack and counterattack occur simultaneously ( no loss )
- Kyusho - techniques aimed at vital points of the attacker
- Smooth transitions between the different techniques
Visually differences compared to other styles such as Shotokan Katas conspicuous in the Wado - Ryu katas have a lighter, less powerful appearance and are economical in movement. Defense techniques not block an opponent's attack, but steer around it.
Kihon Kumite
Kihon Kumite is a entwicktelte of Ōtsuka Hironori training method consisting of 10 partner exercises to learn the principles of Wado - Ryu. When Kihon Kumite, the energy of an attack is exploited or neutralized for their own purpose, which can be divided into three procedures:
- The attack " caused to flow " ( Nagasu ), such as in Kihon Kumite Nanahonme (No. 7)
- " redirect " the attack ( inasu ), as in Kihon Kumite eg Ipponme (No.1 )
- The attack " go in " or " go along " ( noru ), such as in Kihon Kumite Sanbonme (No. 3)
Kata
Wado - Ryu is taking a different approach to the practice of Kata than other styles. Namely Hironori Ōtsuka took over the katas of Funakoshi Gichin, but used a different kanji for the term Kata. The importance Urgussform or template of the Kata in Shotokan Wado - Ryu he replaced in importance by the symbol. This is not to be the goal of the practitioner is always the same shape of the kata, but changes of the kata are allowed by age and other individual characteristics of the karateka and even encouraged.
In Wado - Ryu Kata are trained following:
In Wado - Ryu is officially the Pinan Nidan Pinan shodan before taught and trained. As Katas of Wado - Ryu, Hironori Ōtsuka has registered the five Pinan katas, Naihanchi, Kushanku, Chinto and Seishan 1940, Dainippon Butokukai only. To learn the principles of Wado - Ryu, these katas are sufficient.
Current representative
Currently (June 2004) is the highest ranking representative of this style of the master's son, Jiro ( Hironori ) Ōtsuka ( born February 18, 1934). Furthermore represents Japan's most successful karate coach Seiji Nishimura the Wado Ryu - style.
The German Karate Federation has the Dutch coach Rob Zwartjes awarded 9th Dan. In the German Karate Federation is Shuzo Imai (8th Dan ) who is currently (As of September 2010) highest ranking representative of style. Since September 16, 2006 Marie - Louise Weber (1st Dan ) from Munich Federal style secretary for Wado - Ryu Karate in DKV. Previously, a native of Hamburg Uwe Hirtreuter (7th Dan ) and Friedemann Böhme were (5th Dan ) from Bavaria German speakers. Another great personality is Christel Ehlert from Rendsburg. It bears the 6th Dan and is one of the few women in Germany, which have the 6th Dan. Another important representative of the style and a former captain of the German national karate is Heinrich Reimer ( 6th Dan ).