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Can’t tell Tai Chi from pad thai? With the growing number of martial arts groups on campus, the distinction has definitely become hazier. The four largest of these groups—Harvard Wushu, Harvard Aikido, Harvard Shotokan Karate, and Harvard Tai Chi Tiger-Crane Club (Kung Fu)—sat down with FM to enlighten us on who’s who, and who kicks the most ass. FM: How did your art originate? Aikido: It’s a Japanese martial art, a very recent martial art, developed by a man we call...

Author: By Russel F. Rennie, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Run Down of Round House Kicks | 11/14/2007 | See Source »

...engineering concentrator in Quincy House who has been studying karate since the tender age of six, Rakow spent all summer training for the Shotokan Karate Federation's national collegiate competition, held the last Sunday in September in Rakow's home town of Phoenix...

Author: By Haley Steele, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard's Rakow Fights to National Title | 10/8/1998 | See Source »

Rakow says that despite those early sparring sessions with her brother, her parents are still slightly nervous about their little girl sparring. While Karate Kid-style "Sweep the leg!" theatrics are unheard of in the disciplined, traditional world of Shotokan Karate, like any parents, they still worry...

Author: By Haley Steele, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard's Rakow Fights to National Title | 10/8/1998 | See Source »

...very lucky in Phoenix to have one of the five masters of the United States, one of the five highest ranking black belts in the country," Rakow says. "He's just an amazing influence. He kept my drive and my interest in Shotokan going...

Author: By Haley Steele, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard's Rakow Fights to National Title | 10/8/1998 | See Source »

Eagerly seeking new members, the Tae Kwon Do Club, the Shotokan Karate Club and the Kung Fu Club among others, are taking advantage of a burgeoning interest among Harvard students in the martial arts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yes, Grasshopper, Harvard Has Kung Fu, Plus a Whole Lot of Other New Karate Clubs | 10/8/1982 | See Source »

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