Word: shotokan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...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...
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...
...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...
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