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Gichin Funakoshi (船越 義珍,
Funakoshi Gichin,
November 10, 1868 –
April 26, 1957) was the
founder of
Shotokan karate. He is
known as a "father of modern...
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developed from
various martial arts by
Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (Yo****aka)
Funakoshi (1906–1945).
Gichin Funakoshi was born in
Okinawa and...
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Gichin Funakoshi proposed that tōde/karate may have been used
instead of te, as Tang
became a
synonym for
luxury imported goods.
According to
Gichin Funakoshi...
- (松濤會, Shōtōkai) is the
organisation formed originally in 1930 by
master Gichin Funakoshi to
teach and
spread the art of karate-Do. Nowadays, the name also...
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Gichin Fuhiniu (born 20
August 1988) is a Cook
Islands footballer who
plays as a
midfielder for
Manukau City and the Cook
Islands national football team...
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early 1930s,
approximately 55
years after ****an's
annexation of Okinawa,
Gichin Funakoshi in
coordination with
others changed the
first character, 唐, which...
- lit. 'gazing at the sky') ever
since it was
renamed in 1935 by
Funakoshi Gichin. This kata is also
practiced in Tang Soo Do as Kong Sang Koon (공상군) in Korean...
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karate to
young students.
Pinan is the
Chinese Pinyin notation of 平安; when
Gichin Funakoshi brought karate to ****an, he
spelt the kata name as Heian, which...
- by many the
father of
modern karate. This
title is also
often given to
Gichin Funakoshi because of the
latter spreading karate throughout ****an, but only...
- and a
student of Yōshin-ryū
prior to
meeting the
Okinawan karate master Gichin Funakoshi.
After having learned from Funakoshi, and
after their split, with...
