Daniel+and+Taeler+Project+on+Martial+Arts

日本のプロジェクト (Daniel and Taeler <3) In our power point you will learn about the traditional martial arts of Japan. We will teach you about Ken-do, judo, Sumo wrestling, and Karate. Including the history of those subjects listed above.


 * Karate** is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks, restraints, throws, and vital point strikes are taught in some styles. A karate practitioner is called a **karateka.**


 * Sumo** is a competitive full-contact sport where a wrestler (//rikishi//) attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring (//dohyō//) or to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet. The sport originated in Japan, the only country where it is practiced professionally. It is generally considered to be a //gendai budō// (a modern Japanese martial art),

**Judo** is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an opponent to submit by joint locking or by executing a strangle hold or choke. Strikes and thrusts by hands and feet as well as weapons defences are a part of judo, but only in pre-arranged forms (kata) and are not allowed in judo competition or free practice (randori).
 * Kendo** meaning "Way of The Sword", is a modern Japanese martial art of sword-fighting based on traditional Japanese swordsmanship, or kenjutsu. Kendo is a physically and mentally challenging activity that combines strong martial arts values with sport-like physical elements[[file:Japanese Martial Arts.ppt]]