Shōrin-ryū
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Shōrin-ryū (少林流)[1][2][3][4][5][6] is one of the major modern Okinawan martial arts and is one of the oldest styles of karate. It was named by Choshin Chibana in 1933, but the system itself is much older. The characters 少林, meaning "sparse" or "scanty" and "forest" respectively and pronounced "shōrin" in Japanese, are also used in the Chinese and Japanese words for Shaolin. "Ryū" means "school". Shōrin-ryū combines elements of the traditional Okinawan fighting styles of Shuri-te.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
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Date founded | 1929 |
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Country of origin | Ryūkyū Kingdom |
Founder | Chōshin Chibana |
Arts taught | Karate |
Ancestor arts | Okinawan martial arts (Shuri-te) |
Descendant arts | Shotokan, Isshin-Ryu, Shogen-Ryu, American Kenpo |
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Practitioners | (see notable practitioners) |
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