Introduction of karate(part8) - Entertainment about karate

 Hello!  Following previous part,I' show you interesting information! This time, I'll show you entertainment about karate.

1.TV programs
2.Movies

1.TV programs


・Competitions
 There are the programs that broadcast contents of  karate games.Many programs are about Full-contact karate games but games  about  traditional schools are also broadcast.For example,「全日本空手道選手権大会(All Japan Karate Championship,Shotokan school) 」and 「世界最強の空手家は誰だ！？全世界空手道選手権大会(World Karate Championship)
(Kyokushin karate)]has been broadcast.


・Animation 「空手バカ一代」(Karate Baka Ichidai)  http://blogs.masoyama.net/?cid=8 

  This animation was broadcast in 1973-1974 and based on comic.The hero is named 飛鳥拳(Asuka Ken) ,whose model is 大山 倍達 (Oyama Masutsu) and the whole story is based on his life. In this animation, many episodes about Oyama are described.These episodes surely include fiction but it is said that most part of episodes are true.The famous episodes are, for example,fighting with  a fighting bull, cutting a bottle by chop,and beating many players of various kinds of martial arts. Because of this animation,the number of people who practice karate,especially Kyokushin karate,increase very much.


2.Movies
・黒帯（Kuro-Obi)
http://karate.skr.jp/nakayukui/modules/news/article.php?storyid=48
  This movie was released in 2007.Surprisingly, 2of3of main character are masters of traditional karate! So,different from action movie like Horrywood,we can watch fights by karate.I!show you the plot.
  Plot:The events take place in 1932 in Japanese-occupied Manchuria, in which the corrupt leaders of the Japanese army are trying to take over all the Karate dojos for their own personal benefit. Amidst these circumstances the master of one of these dojos dies before passing on the Kuroobi to his successor, leaving three of his pupils (Taikan (Tatsuya Naka), Giryu (Akihito Yagi) and Choei (Yuji Suzuki)) the task of deciding amongst themselves who deserves it most. After they bury their master, they are forced to leave the dojo and join the Japanese army. At this point, their journey leads them on rather different paths both in life and in the understanding of their master's teachings of martial arts, only to reunite them at the end.
  Apart from this,There are other movie such as ハイキック・ガール(Highkick girl)　and KG karate girl.They are also fun but I recommend this movie!




OK! Next time,I'll show you karate clubs in University of Tsukuba.