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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gichin_FunakoshiGichin Funakoshi - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

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   Who was Gichin Funakoshi?

   • Gichin Funakoshi died in the year 1957 but he is still remembered as the father of modern karate or Shotokan Karate due to his immense contribution to make Shotokan Karate popular not only in Japan but worldwide. His memorial bears the words “Karate nisente nashi” which means “There is no first attack in karate”.

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   Why is Gichin Funakoshi known as the father of modern karate?

   • However, this name soon became famous for Funakoshi’s style of karate and today it is the word used for modernized Karate. Gichin Funakoshi died in the year 1957 but he is still remembered as the father of modern karate or Shotokan Karate due to his immense contribution to make Shotokan Karate popular not only in Japan but worldwide.

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   Why did Gichin Funakoshi come to Okinawan?

   • Gichin Funakoshi’s determination and love for the art of Karate led him to Okinawan for teaching. He was invited by Japan’s Ministry of Education to attend an athletic exhibition for which he first arrived in Japan in the year 1922. His exhibition of Karate was a great success and soon was becoming famous in Japan.

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   How did Gichin Funakoshi change karate?

   • Gichin Funakoshi transformed karate from a purely self-defense fighting technique to a philosophical martial Dō (way of life), or gendai budo, but his son Gigō began to develop a karate technique that definitively separated Japanese karate-do from the local Okinawan arts.

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3. www.jka.or.jp › supreme-master-funakoshi-gichinSupreme Master Funakoshi Gichin - JKA 公益社団法人日本空手協会

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   The previously unknown martial artist Funakoshi Gichin rose to instant fame throughout the Japanese world of martial arts. Immediately the founder of modern judo, Kano Jigoro, invited Master Funakoshi and his pupil Gima Shinkin to the Kodokan judo dojo to give a demonstration of kata.

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5. agelesskarate.com › 2021/02/05 › the-history-ofThe History of Shotokan Karate and Gichin Funakoshi

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6. ska.org › master-funakoshiMaster Funakoshi – Shotokan Karate of America - Tsutomu Ohshima

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   Gichin Funakoshi is widely considered the primary “father” of modern karate due to his efforts to introduce the Okinawan art to mainland Japan, from where it spread to the rest of the world. Born in 1868, he began to study karate at the age of 11, and was a student of the two greatest masters of the time, Azato and Itosu.

7. blackbeltwiki.com › gichin-funakoshiGichin Funakoshi - Founder of Shotokan Karate - Black Belt Wiki

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   Gichin Funakoshi is the founder of Shotokan Karate. He is also known as the father of modern karate because of his efforts to educate mainland Japan about the benefits and utility of Okinawan Karate. When growing up, Gichin Funakoshi learned the Karate styles of Shorei-Ryu and Shorin-Ryu.

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9. ska.org › 1900-19451900–1945 – Shotokan Karate of America - Tsutomu Ohshima

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   Gichin Funakoshi. In the contemporary period, from around 1900 to the present time, Master Funakoshi Gichin was the most important influence in the development of Karate as we know it today. He was born in Shuri, on the Island of Okinawa, on November 10, 1868.

10. www.skifworld.com › Gichin-FunakoshiGichin Funakoshi (1868-1957) - Shotokan Karate-Do ...

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    Gichin Funakoshi passed away in 1957 at the age of 88. Aside from creating Shotokan karate and introducing it to Japan and the world, he also wrote the very book on the subject of karate, "Ryukyu Kempo: Karate-do".