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Andrea Anacan
Alexandrea Anacan is a Philippine-born New Zealand karate athlete. A resident of Auckland, Anacan represents New Zealand internationally. She is a four-time consecutive gold medalist in the World Karate Federation (Continental Championship) Oceanian Karate Federation (OKF), entering competition in 2016. Her achievements include finishing 2nd at the Commonwealth Karate Championships, 5th at the Karate at the 2017 World Games – Women's kata, Karate World Games (winning the Oceania qualifying competition outright) and 3rd place at the World University Games, the largest international multi-sport event other than the Olympics. Early life Anacan began practising Karate at the age of four. She won several medals, including gold, silver and bronze medals in the Auckland Open, New Zealand Open, Australian Open, New Zealand Nationals, and Hamilton Open. She participated in Karate at the 2019 World Beach Games, World Beach Games and 2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament, P ...
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Karate
(; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ), also , is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tī'' in Okinawan) under the influence of Chinese martial arts. While modern karate is primarily a striking art that uses punches and kicks, traditional karate training also employs Throw (grappling), throwing and joint locking techniques. A karate practitioner is called a . Beginning in the 1300s, early Chinese martial arts, Chinese martial artists brought their techniques to Okinawa. Despite the Ryukyu Kingdom being turned into a puppet state by Japanese samurai in 1609, after the Invasion of Ryukyu, its cultural ties to China remained strong. Since Ryukyuans were banned from carrying swords under samurai rule, groups of young aristocrats created unarmed combat methods as a form of resistance, combining Chinese and local styles of martial arts. Training emph ...
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2018 World Karate Championships – Women's Individual Kata
The preliminaries and repechages of the Women's individual kata competition at the 2018 World Karate Championships were held on November 6, 2018, and the finals on November 10, 2018. Results Finals Repechage Pool A ;Preliminary round fights Pool B Pool C ;Preliminary round fights Pool D References External linksDraw {{DEFAULTSORT:2018 World Karate Championships - Women's individual kata Women's individual kata 2018 in women's karate ...
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1990 Births
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the 15th pope. Births Valeria ...
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Karateka At The 2020 Summer Olympics
(; ; Okinawan pronunciation: ), also , is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tī'' in Okinawan) under the influence of Chinese martial arts. While modern karate is primarily a striking art that uses punches and kicks, traditional karate training also employs throwing and joint locking techniques. A karate practitioner is called a . Beginning in the 1300s, early Chinese martial artists brought their techniques to Okinawa. Despite the Ryukyu Kingdom being turned into a puppet state by Japanese samurai in 1609, after the Invasion of Ryukyu, its cultural ties to China remained strong. Since Ryukyuans were banned from carrying swords under samurai rule, groups of young aristocrats created unarmed combat methods as a form of resistance, combining Chinese and local styles of martial arts. Training emphasized self-discipline. This blend of martial arts became known as kara-te , which translates ...
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Filipino Emigrants To New Zealand
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Martial Artists From Auckland
Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English language, English as Martial ; March, between 38 and 41 AD – between 102 and 104 AD) was a Roman and Celtiberians, Celtiberian poet born in Bilbilis, Hispania (modern Spain) best known for his twelve books of ''Epigrams'', published in Ancient Rome, Rome between AD 86 and 103, during the reigns of the Roman emperor, emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. In these poems he satire, satirises city life and the scandalous activities of his acquaintances, and romanticises his provincial upbringing. He wrote a total of 1,561 epigrams, of which 1,235 are in elegiac couplets. Martial has been called the greatest Latin epigrammatist, and is considered the creator of the modern epigram. He also coined the term plagiarism. Early life Knowledge of his origins and early life are derived almost entirely from his works, which can be more or less dated according to the well-known events to which they refer. In Book X of his ''Epigrams'', composed b ...
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New Zealand Female Karateka
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2008 World Karate Championships
The 2008 World Karate Championships are the 19th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Tokyo, Japan from November 13 to November 16, 2008. Medalists Men Women Medal table Participating nations 888 athletes from 97 nations competed. * (4) * (7) * (5) * (4) * (11) * (10) * (8) * (3) * (10) * (2) * (5) * (14) * (19) * (10) * (16) * (3) * (13) * (11) * (11) * (7) * (12) * (26) * (10) * (16) * (4) * (3) * (16) * (3) * (15) * (6) * (2) * (5) * (23) * (1) * (22) * (14) * (20) * (5) * (2) * (8) * (7) * (16) * (2) * (4) * (16) * (19) * (4) * (14) * (11) * (1) * (13) * (11) * (1) * (13) * (5) * (15) * (2) * (4) * (5) * (8) * (1) * (9) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (5) * (4) * (3) * (10) * (8) * (6) * (11) * (21) * (9) * (8) * (11) * (18) * (3) * (16) * (9) * (18) * (15) * (20) * (9) * (10) * (5) * (1) * (3) * (10) * (24) * (6) * (19) * (1) * (9) * (13) * (11) * (2) References External links World Karate FederationOfficial WebsiteKarate Records – World Championshi ...
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2010 World Karate Championships
The 2010 World Karate Championships are the 20th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Belgrade, Serbia from October 27 to October 31, 2010. Medalists Men Women Medal table Participating nations 875 athletes from 88 nations competed. * (4) * (17) * (1) * (10) * (3) * (5) * (11) * (11) * (12) * (9) * (1) * (14) * (6) * (13) * (14) * (12) * (10) * (12) * (8) * (4) * (25) * (3) * (9) * (6) * (20) * (10) * (5) * (6) * (25) * (2) * (19) * (12) * (2) * (18) * (10) * (17) * (13) * (16) * (2) * (19) * (20) * (6) * (13) * (13) * (3) * (5) * (3) * (8) * (22) * (8) * (13) * (1) * (21) * (11) * (2) * (13) * (2) * (5) * (1) * (6) * (4) * (4) * (2) * (3) * (6) * (22) * (1) * (10) * (9) * (11) * (23) * (14) * (13) * (17) * (10) * (20) * (8) * (11) * (8) * (10) * (20) * (5) * (8) * (14) * (8) * (12) * (4) * (6) References * Results External links {{World Karate Championships World Championships World Karate Championships The Karate World Championships, als ...
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2014 World Karate Championships
The 2014 World Karate Championships were the 22nd edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Bremen, Germany from November 5 to November 9, 2014. Medalists Men Women Medal table Participating nations 887 athletes from 116 nations competed. * (4) * (10) * (5) * (2) * (7) * (10) * (12) * (2) * (12) * (11) * (1) * (1) * (12) * (6) * (15) * (7) * (14) * (4) * (13) * (11) * (4) * (11) * (6) * (16) * (4) * (2) * (10) * (12) * (12) * (6) * (16) * (2) * (14) * (4) * (2) * (10) * (16) * (6) * (5) * (15) * (12) * (6) * (2) * (13) * (14) * (4) * (14) * (5) * (16) * (7) * (10) * (7) * (13) * (16) * (3) * (13) * (7) * (7) * (2) * (7) * (8) * (9) * (2) * (9) * (2) * (9) * (2) * (8) * (8) * (1) * (7) * (8) * (9) * (2) * (1) * (4) * (1) * (1) * (3) * (11) * (4) * (13) * (6) * (4) * (14) * (15) * (3) * (2) * (7) * (5) * (1) * (14) * (1) * (11) * (11) * (13) * (10) * (16) * (1) * (4) * (9) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (12) * (16) * (12) * (7) * (16) * (1) * (11) * (15) * (2) * ( ...
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