Shitō-ryū
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Key facts
- Martial art group.logo
- Logo Shito ryu.png
- Martial art group.logosize
- 200px
- Martial art group.name
- Shitō-ryū (糸東流)
- Martial art group.date founded
- 1934
- Martial art group.country
- Japan
- Martial art group.founder
- Kenwa Mabuni (1889–1952)
- Martial art group.head
- Mabuni Kenyu
- Martial art group.organization
- Seito Shito Ryu International Karate-do Kai
- Martial art group.arts
- Karate
- Martial art group.ancestor_arts
- Shuri-te, Naha-te, and Go-Kenki influence
- Martial art group.ancestor schools
- Shuri-te and Naha-te
- Martial art group.descendant_arts
- Shitō-kai • Shūkōkai • Kuniba-kai • Itosu-kai • Kenwa-Kai • Genbu-kai
- Martial art group.famous_pract
- (see notable practitioners)
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11 sectionsContents
- History
- Succession
- Characteristics
- Style branches
- Techniques
- Tachi (stances)
- Uke-waza (blocking techniques)
- Uchi-waza (striking techniques)
- Keri-waza (kicking techniques)
- Notable practitioners
- References
200px|right|thumb|Kenwa Mabuni, the founder of Shitō-ryū Karate.
is a form of karate that was founded in 1934 by . Shitō-ryū is synthesis of the Okinawan Shuri-te and Naha-te schools of karate and today is considered one of the four main styles of the art.