Shōtōkan-ryū
Sign in to saveis a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka) Funakoshi (1906–1945). Gichin Funakoshi was born in Okinawa and is widely credited with popularizing "karate do" through a series of public demonstrations, and by promoting the development of university karate clubs, including those at Keio, Waseda, Hitotsubashi (Shodai), Takushoku, Chuo, Gakushuin, and Hosei.
Key facts
- Martial art school.logo
- Shotokan japanese.svg
- Martial art school.name
- Shōtōkan
- Martial art school.date founded
- 1928
- Martial art school.country
- Japan (Okinawa)
- Martial art school.founder
- Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957)Yoshitaka Funakoshi (1906–1945)
- Martial art school.arts
- Karate
- Martial art school.ancestor schools
- Shōrei-ryū, Shōrin-ryū
- Martial art school.descendant schools
- Wadō-ryū, Shōtōkai, Chitō-ryū, Shindō jinen-ryū, Yoseikan Karate, Kyokushin, Tang soo do, Taekwondo, Soo Bahk Do
- Martial art school.notable pract
- (see notable practitioners)
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15 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Characteristics and uses
- Philosophy
- Common terms
- Ranks
- Kihon
- Kata
- Kumite
- History
- Notable practitioners
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
is a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka) Funakoshi (1906–1945). Gichin Funakoshi was born in Okinawa and is widely credited with popularizing "karate do" through a series of public demonstrations, and by promoting the development of university karate clubs, including those at Keio, Waseda, Hitotsubashi (Shodai), Takushoku, Chuo, Gakushuin, and Hosei.
Funakoshi had many students at the university clubs and outside dojos, who continued to teach karate after his death in 1957. However, internal disagreements (in particular the notion that competition is contrary to the essence of karate) led to the creation of different organisations—including an initial split between the Japan Karate Association (headed by Masatoshi Nakayama) and the Shotokai (headed by Motonobu Hironishi and Shigeru Egami), followed by many others—so that today there is no single "Shotokan school", although they all bear Funakoshi's influence.