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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 ♪ ...

>> anthony: when most of us think of karate we think of striking exclusively. is that an accurate representation of what youre doing? >> james: the basis of okinawan karate is that it was used primarily as a defensive art. um, in other words, being able to, you know, control and subdue the opponent. usually, if you could, in a humane way, but then if you had to -- >> anthony: right. >> james: finish them then you had the ability to finish them. the striking is important but a lot of the techniqu...

The top two women players in the world will engage in a showdown in the finals of the Mutua Madrid Open on Saturday.

Think of karate we think of striking exclusively. is that an accurate representation of what youre doing? >> james: the basis of okinawan karate is that it was used primarily as a defensive art. um, in other words, being able to, you know, control and subdue the opponent. usually, if you could, in a humane way, but then if you had to -- >> anthony: right. >> james: finish them then you had the ability to finish them. the striking is important but a lot of the technique is not about striking, its...

Eighth-seeded Hubert Hurkacz racked up 18 aces while knocking off fourth-seeded Casper Ruud 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 on Saturday to reach the final of the National Bank Op

Top-seeded Novak Djokovic is on the doorstep of his 1,000th career ATP victory after ousting Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-5, 7-6 (1) in Friday quarterfinals of the

No. 1 seed Jannik Sinner of Italy did not lose a set all week, capping his march to the European Open title Sunday with a 6-2, 6-2 victory against No. 2 seed Di

No. 1 seed Jannik Sinner of Italy did not lose a set all week, capping his march to the European Open title Sunday with a 6-2, 6-2 victory against No. 2 seed Di

And some of that is to do with kyusho, so, attacking nerve points. and, uh, hokama sensei in particular is extremely skilled at, um, dealing with, uh, you know, bigger stronger, opponents. >> hokama: human engineering, very important. point, point, point, point, point, point, point, point, point. then this point attack with the fingers. no, no knuckle, open. >> anthony: a demonstration of hokama senseis open hand kyusho technique becomes little too real for my taste. awful. human engineering. wi...