Articles Posted in the category History of Karate
What remains of it Gichin Funakoshi?
In most Shotokan dojo in France and Europe, the portrait of Master Funakoshi in seiza is usually hooked to the main wall.
Genealogy of Karate
Through this article and diagram, we present a genealogy with the origins of karate from Okinawa Tode that inspired the currents of Shorin Ryu and Shorei Ryu's. The Shorin gave you directions to Tomari and Shuri to you. The latter built the foundations of Shotokan styles (by Gichin Funakoshi), [...]
Schools and styles of karate
Many schools or styles diverged during the twentieth century. The primary school is the Shotokan karate. Shotokan-ryu (the school's "House of Shoto", Shoto being the pen name of Gichin Funakoshi): Karate style founded in 1938 and from the Okinawa Shorin-ryu father introduced by Funakoshi. But it was his [...]
History of Karate
Karate dô is known as a Japanese martial art. However, the origin is Okinawan (an island in the archipelago of Ry? Ky?, Which has long been an independent kingdom of Japan, south of the island of Ky? Sh?). In Japanese, the kanji "kara" means empty and specifically Buddhist emptiness in the sense of [...]
