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In what year did Master Bodhidharma travel to China?
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circa 500
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In what year did China send 36 families to Okinawa?
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1391
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In what year did the Ryukyu Islands have a civil war?
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1470. After the Middle Kingdom won, people could no longer possess weapons or practice martial arts.
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In what year did Christopher Columbus discover America?
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1492
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The Emperor had his army destroy the temples with cannons and explosives in what year and why?
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circa 1500. The emperor was concerned because the Monks were becoming politically active and changed their religious principles and took up edged weapons.
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In what year was there a civil war between various Samurai Clans in Japan?
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1600. The winner became military ruler of all Japan and was called Shogun.
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In what year did the Shogun send the Satsuma Clan to take over Okinawa.
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1609 The Samurai installed a puppet king and banned weapons and martial arts training.
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In what time period was the Meiji Restoration?
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In 1868 Tokugawa Shogun lost power and the emperor was restored. This was around the time of the U.S. Civil War.
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In what year did Master Anko Itosu, the “Father of modern karate,” begin teaching Karate openly in the Okinawan Middle Schools.
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1901
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In what year did the King of Okinawa send Master Gichin Funakoshi to Japan?
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1922
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When did Master Robert Trias open the first karate school in America?
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1946 in Phoenix, Arizona
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In what year did Sensei Ken Knudson open his first Olympic Karate studio in Chicago?
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1967
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In what year did Sensei John DeNigris open up CPD in Indianapolis?
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1971
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In what year did Sensei Ken Knudson open his first Olympic Karate studio in Indianapolis?
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1973
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When did Sensei Bill Wallace start teaching karate in Indianapolis?
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1973
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When did Shihan meet Hanshi Herb Johnson?
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1973
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When did Shihan open his first dojo?
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1977
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When did Shihan meet Sensei Lowell Johnson?
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1978 in Madison, Indiana
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When did Shihan meet Chuck Merriman?
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Shihan met him in 1979 at the US Open in St. Petersburg, FL. He was Shihan’s referee in the finals.
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When was Hanshi Johnson appointed as International Style Head for Shorei Goju Ryu by Master Trias?
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1979
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In what year was Chuck Merriman the coach of the US Pan Am team?
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1995
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When was Shihan appointed to the head of his own style?
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2001
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