Shitō-ryū

200px|right|thumb|Kenwa Mabuni, the founder of Shitō-ryū Karate.

Key facts

Martial art group.logo: Logo Shito ryu.png
Martial art group.logosize: 200px
Martial art group.name: Shitō-ryū (糸東流)
Martial art group.date founded: 1934
Martial art group.country: Japan
Martial art group.founder: Kenwa Mabuni (1889–1952)
Martial art group.head: Mabuni Kenyu
Martial art group.organization: Seito Shito Ryu International Karate-do Kai
Martial art group.arts: Karate
Martial art group.ancestor_arts: Shuri-te, Naha-te, and Go-Kenki influence
Martial art group.ancestor schools: Shuri-te and Naha-te
Martial art group.descendant_arts: Shitō-kai • Shūkōkai • Kuniba-kai • Itosu-kai • Kenwa-Kai • Genbu-kai
Martial art group.famous_pract: (see notable practitioners)

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Commons category: Shitō-ryū
native label: 糸東流

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11 sections

Contents

History
Succession
Characteristics
Style branches
Techniques
Tachi (stances)
Uke-waza (blocking techniques)
Uchi-waza (striking techniques)
Keri-waza (kicking techniques)
Notable practitioners
References

200px|right|thumb|Kenwa Mabuni, the founder of Shitō-ryū Karate.

is a form of karate that was founded in 1934 by . Shitō-ryū is synthesis of the Okinawan Shuri-te and Naha-te schools of karate and today is considered one of the four main styles of the art.