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fighting tradition. a history of ferocious resistance. but its nothing like what you might think. not at all. ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la la ♪ ♪ ♪ >> anthony: this is okinawa, just south of mainland japan. for all the relative rigidity of the ma...

>> anthony: what does it mean to be strong? it implies hardness, inflexibility. okinawa is a place with a fighting tradition. a history of ferocious resistance. but its nothing like what you might think. not at all. ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la la ♪ ...

1879 when japan formally annexed the island. it is believed that these prohibitions led directly to the development of a new style of martial art. indisputably born in okinawa, karate, or, empty hands technique. ♪ ♪ and its even more vicious cousin. a form that uses farm and fishing tools to lethal effect. hard and soft, balance. for everything soft, there must be something hard. goju-ryu is one of the main traditional styles of karate, featuring a combination of hard and soft techniques. go...

>> anthony: for a place with as bloody a history, okinawa is today, noticeably more laid back than the mainland. but that does not mean everybodys forgotten their warrior traditions. when the feudal satsuma empire from the mainland invaded okinawa in 1609, they banned the carrying, manufacture, or use of weapons of any kind. the ban was later reinforced in 1879 when japan formally annexed the island. it is believed that these prohibitions led directly to the development of a new style of martial...

>> anthony: for a place with as bloody a history, okinawa is today, noticeably more laid back than the mainland. but that does not mean everybodys forgotten their warrior traditions. when the feudal satsuma empire from the mainland invaded okinawa in 1609, they banned the carrying, manufacture, or use of weapons of any kind. the ban was later reinforced in 1879 when japan formally annexed the island. it is believed that these prohibitions led directly to the development of a new style of martial...

Prohibitions led directly to the development of a new style of martial art. indisputably born in okinawa, karate, or, empty hands technique. ♪ ♪ and its even more vicious cousin. a form that uses farm and fishing tools to lethal effect. hard and soft, balance. for everything soft, there must be something hard. goju-ryu is one of the main traditional styles of karate, featuring a combination of hard and soft techniques. go means hard linear attacks, closed hand strikes, and kicks. ju, means s...

>> anthony: for a place with as bloody a history, okinawa is today, noticeably more laid back than the mainland. but that does not mean everybodys forgotten their warrior traditions. when the feudal satsuma empire from the mainland invaded okinawa in 1609, they banned the carrying, manufacture, or use of weapons of any kind. the ban was later reinforced in 1879 when japan formally annexed the island. it is believed that these prohibitions led directly to the development of a new style of martial...

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