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Tsuneari Yahiro
Tsuneari Yahiro (born 12 September 1987) is an Australian karateka. He was Australia, Australia's first Karate Olympian, competing in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Career He is a four time Oceania karate champion, winning over 3 categories of 60kg, 67kg and 75kg. At the 2010 World combat games held in Beijing, China, he won the bronze medal in the men’s kumite 60kg event. At the 2013 World Games held in Cali, Colombia, he won the bronze medal in the men's kumite 67 kg event. In 2017, he competed in the Karate at the 2017 World Games – Men's kumite 67 kg, men's 67 kg event at the 2017 World Games held in Wrocław, Poland. He drew one match and lost two matches in the elimination round and he did not advance to compete in the semi-finals. He Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg, men's 75 kg event. He was beaten by all four ... [...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] |
