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    word Kenpō translates thus: "Ken" meaning 'Fist' and "Po" meaning 'Method' or 'Law' as in 'Law of gravity', a correct interpretation of the word Kenpō would...
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    influence from Chinese martial arts. It is a form and descendent of Kenpō. The word Kenpō or Kempo is an English transliteration of a Ryukyuan and Japanese...
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    大日本帝国憲法, romanized: Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kenpō), known informally as the Meiji Constitution (明治憲法, Meiji Kenpō), was the constitution of the Empire of...
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    Constitution, "Post-war Constitution" (戦後憲法, Sengo-Kenpō), or the "Peace Constitution" (平和憲法, Heiwa-Kenpō), was drafted under the supervision of U.S. General...
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  • Nuregami kenpō (濡れ髪剣法, Nuregami kenpō) is a 1958 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Bin Kato. Raizo Ichikawa as Gennosuke Matsudaira Kaoru Yachigusa...
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    James Mitose (redirect from Kosho-ryu kenpo)
    American martial artist who brought the art of Kenpo to the United States starting in 1936. Many Kenpo teachers trace their lineage to him. Mitose was...
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    Suiō-ryū Iai Kenpō. The tradition of oral transmission of techniques continues to the present day, in the person of the 15th sōke of Suiō-ryū Iai Kenpō, Katsuse...
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    official name is Nihon Denryū Heihō Motobu Kenpō ("Japan Traditional Fighting Tactics Motobu Kenpō"), or Motobu Kenpō for short. Motobu-ryū has the characteristics...
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    Gichin (1922). 琉球拳法 唐手 [Ryūkyū Kenpō Karate] (in Japanese). Bukyōsha. p. 20. Motobu, Chōki (1926). 沖縄拳法唐手術組手編 [Okinawa Kenpō Karate-jutsu Kumite Edition]...
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  • The Seventeen-Article Constitution (十七条憲法, "jūshichijō kenpō") is, according to the Nihon Shoki of 720, a document authored by Prince Shōtoku in 604....
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  • Ed Parker (category American Kenpo practitioners)
    age and later studied boxing. During the 1940s, Parker was introduced to Kenpō by Frank Chow, who then introduced Parker to William Chow, a student of...
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    Elvis Presley (category American Kenpo practitioners)
    Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Known as the "King of Rock...
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    拳法極意當身殺活法明解 (in Japanese). 1958., "Kenpō Gokui Atemi Satsu-Kappō Meikai", "The technique of strike the vital points from the Kenpō for kill or revive" In 1972...
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  • The Kenpō Fukyū Kai (ja:憲法普及会, Constitution Popularisation Society) was a Japanese group founded in 1946 to promote the reformed Constitution of Japan...
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  • Gettan Sukemochi (辻月丹資茂) on 23 June 1680. Its formal name is Mugai Shinden Kenpō (無外真伝剣法). The founder of Mugai-ryū, Tsuji Gettan Sukemochi (辻月丹資茂) was born...
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  • possession is one of two that belonged to the Cosmic Kenpō Master Pachacamac (宇宙拳法の使い手パチャカマック, Uchū Kenpō no Tsukaite Pachakamakku), who gave them to Brusa...
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  • Ryū-te (redirect from Okinawa Kenpo Karate)
    is also influenced by Shigeru Nakamura's Okinawan Kenpo, as Oyata was a member of the Okinawa Kenpo Karate Kobudo Federation from the time of Uhugushiku...
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  • (focusing on harmonizing, throwing and joint locks) as well as Karate and Kenpō (focusing through striking). The Japanese anime and manga Naruto mentions...
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  • extensively in the movie's soundtrack. Jeff Sanders (Jeff Speakman) is an expert Kenpō student and master of his craft. After losing his mother as a child, he...
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    juttejutsu kyusho Jitsu (Touch of Death) jūjutsu sasumatajutsu toiri-no-jutsu kenpō o karate kiaijutsu Fencing chikairi-no-jutsu kogusoku tōjutsu koshi-no-mawari...
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  • several different weapons/arts such as taijutsu, bōjutsu, naginatajutsu, kenpō, hanbōjutsu, sōjutsu and heiho. Kukishin-ryū and its founder are listed...
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  • (crater), a crater on Mercury Kosho Shorei Ryu Kempo, a martial art system of Kenpo Yuzu koshō, a Japanese seasoning made of citrus peels and chili peppers...
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    Jeff Speakman (category American Kenpo practitioners)
    1958) is an American actor and a martial artist in the art of American Kenpo and Japanese Gōjū-ryū, earning black belts in each.[citation needed] Between...
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  • Japanese kickboxing Judo Jūkendō Jujutsu Juttejutsu Karate Kendo Kenjutsu Kenpo Kosho Shorei Ryu Kempo Kūdō Kusarigamajutsu Kyokushin Kyūdō Kyūjutsu Naginatajutsu...
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  • Shorinji Kempo (少林寺拳法, Shōrin-ji Kenpō, meaning "Shaolin Temple Boxing") is a Japanese martial art claimed to be a modified version of Shaolin kung fu...
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  • Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution (日本国憲法第9条, Nihon koku kenpō dai kyū-jō) is a clause in the Constitution of Japan outlawing war as a means to settle...
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  • Constitution Memorial Day (憲法記念日, Kenpō Kinenbi) is a public holiday in Japan. It takes place on May 3 in celebration of the enactment of the 1947 Constitution...
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    William Kwai-sun Chow (category American Kenpo practitioners)
    in the United States, specifically the family of styles referred to as kenpo/kempo. Born in Honolulu, but raised in Hana, Hawaii, Chow was the third...
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  • traditional martial arts, the most principal of these being wrestling and kenpo. Shootfighting was previously used synonymously with mixed martial arts...
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  • named after Yoshioka Kenpo and was called Kenpo-zome. Kenpo mastered his swordsmanship and developed his own fighting style which Kenpo led back to Kiichi...
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