Gichin Funakoshi (船越 義珍, Funakoshi Gichin, November 10, 1868 – April 26, 1957)[1] was the founder of Shotokan karate. He is known as a "father of modern karate".[2] Following the teachings of Anko Itosu and Anko Asato,[3][4] he was one of the Okinawan karate masters who introduced karate to the Japanese mainland in 1922, following its earlier introduction by his teacher Itosu. He taught karate at various Japanese universities and became honorary head of the Japan Karate Association upon its establishment in 1949. In addition to being a karate master, Funakoshi was an avid poet and philosopher. His son, Gigō Funakoshi, is widely credited with developing the foundation of the modern karate Shotokan style.[5][6]
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century on the island of Okinawa. Karate as a word first emerged due to GichinFunakoshi. Karate was introduced to mainland Japan in the 1920s. Karate (lit...
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there are many different variations depending on the school. In 1935, GichinFunakoshi changed the name of the Passai Dai (パッサイ大) to Bassai Shodan (抜塞初段,...
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to young students. Pinan is the Chinese Pinyin notation of 平安; when GichinFunakoshi brought karate to Japan, he spelt the kata name as Heian, which is...
pioneering Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He was a senior student of GichinFunakoshi, who is widely recognized as the founder of modern karate, and was...
Shuri-te schools, which indicates its importance. GichinFunakoshi learned the kata from Anko Asato. Funakoshi renamed the kata Tekki (Iron Horse) in reference...
dojo (Karate school) operated by Gigō Funakoshi, the third son of karate master and Shotokan founder GichinFunakoshi. He became a student, and began his...
the Okinawa Actors' School. Naha-te, (Naha-hand), called Nawate by GichinFunakoshi, is a type of martial art developed in Naha. The successor styles to...
karate-do. It was established by Tsutomu Ohshima, a direct student of GichinFunakoshi, the founder of Shotokan karate. Ohshima is also recognized as the...
the "Founder of Modern Taekwondo". As a Shotokan Black Belt under GichinFunakoshi, Byung Jik Ro created what is commonly known as Song Moo Kwan. While...
Retrieved 2021-02-27. "Wado Ryu Kata". Karate-do Kyohan, written by GichinFunakoshi, translated by Tsutomu Oshima (1935). Karate, Okinawan Kobudo and Kendo...
kicks). Due to the shared principles of expansion and contraction, GichinFunakoshi substituted Hangetsu for Sanchin in the Shotokan curriculum. Mastery...
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