Black Belt Essays and Research Papers
The following documents were written by their respective authors to fulfill one of the requirements to earn a Black Belt degree at the Okinawan Shorin-Ryu Karate-Do school in Orlando, Florida.
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- A Brief History of Sumo Wrestling (By Spencer Geren)
- A Comparison of the Knight and the Samurai (by Ricky Buria)
- A History of Matsumura-seito Shorin-ryu - a Lineage of My Studies (by Jason Croy)
- Anko Itosu (by Mohamed Fahmy)
- Awamori - The Spirit of Okinawa (by Michael Castro MD)
- Beginners Guide to Visit Japan (by Jeremy West)
- Histology of Training (by Don Tanchin)
- History of Samurai Women (by Krista Force)
- Insights into Karate Do (by Robert Dellenger)
- Japan and Okinawa - A Comparison Study (by Matt Dean)
- Japanese Swordsmanship (by Nicholas Heintze)
- Japanese Wood Block Printing (by Mark Baird)
- Judo (by Craig Tidwell)
- Karate In The Courts (by John Darin)
- Karate-do and Japanese Reading & Writing (by R Omori)
- Kendo - The Way of the Sword (by Megan Westerman)
- Leadership (by Andrew Gaudoin)
- Martial Arts of the Orient (by Christopher Hagy)
- Masters of the Martial Arts (by James Link)
- Masters of the Shorin-Ryu System (by Frank Hagy)
- My Dojo Away From Dojo (by Austin Gordon)
- Okinawan Centenarians (by Andrea Quiles)
- Samurai - The Ancient Warrior Class (by Todd Hagy)
- Shoshin Nagamine and some of his teachers (by Geoffrey Gaudion)
- Taiko Drums (by Javier Herrero)
- Teaching Children Karate - Guide for New Shodans (by Mike Kleiman)
- The 1609 Satsuma Invasion Of Okinawa (by Jake Darin)
- The different Organizations of Shorin-RYU (by Mike Barnes)
- The Hidden Power in Karate (by Greg George Sr)
- The History of Shuri Castle and Related Historical Sites (by Jacquelyn Wiksten)
- The Impact of Other Countries on Okinawa (by Patricia Gaudoin)
- The Karate in The Karate Kid (By Connor Lion)
- The Kimono (by Joanna Heintze)
- The Life of Miyamoto Musashi (by Ralph Sanchez)
- The Masters who Made Shoshin Nagamine(by Austin Gordon)
- The Way of Shotokan (by David McCormick)
- Vital Points of the Human Body (by Chris Sherrod)
- Vovinam - The Way of the Vietnamese Martial Art (by Cynthia Nguyen Dang)
- Yasutsune (Anko) Itosu A look into his influences and those he influenced (by Mohamed Fahmy Jr)