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Menna Shaaban Okila
Menna Shaaban Okila (born 25 May 2000) is an Egyptian karateka. She won the silver medal in the 2021 World Karate Championships – Women's +68 kg, women's +68kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She also won the gold medal in the 2021 World Karate Championships – Women's team kumite, women's team kumite event. Career Okila won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2019 African Karate Championships held in Gaborone, Botswana. She Egypt at the 2019 African Games, represented Egypt at the 2019 African Games, African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the silver medal in the Karate at the 2019 African Games, women's kumite +68kg event. In October 2021, Okila won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Mediterranean Karate Championships held in Limassol, Cyprus. In December 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 African Karate Championships held in Cairo, Egypt. She also won the gold medal in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karate
(; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the influence of Chinese martial arts, particularly Fujian White Crane. Karate is now predominantly a striking art using Punch (combat), punching, kicking, knee (strike), knee strikes, elbow strikes and open-hand techniques such as Knifehand strike, knife-hands, spear-hands and palm-heel strikes. Historically, and in some modern styles, grappling, throws, joint locks, restraints and kyusho-jitsu, vital-point strikes are also taught. A karate practitioner is called a . The Empire of Japan annexed the Ryukyu Kingdom in 1879. Karate came to mainland Japan in the early 20th century during a time of migration as Ryukyuans, especially from Okinawa, looked for work in the main islands of Japan. It was systematically taught in Japan after the Taishō ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
