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33-456: In 1922, when Gichin Funakoshi came to Tokyo to attend the first physical education exposition and began teaching karate, there has been attempt to turn kumite into a sport in mainland Japan. In 1927, The Karate Study Group of Tokyo Imperial University devised its own armoured karate system and began to practice sport Karate. The group was headed by Hideo Bō (坊秀男, Bō Hideo), but Funakoshi, who

66-599: A document containing his philosophies of karate training now referred to as the niju kun , or "twenty principles". These rules are the premise of training for all Shotokan practitioners and are published in a work titled The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate . Within this book, Funakoshi lays out 20 rules by which students of karate are urged to abide in an effort to "become better human beings". Funakoshi's Karate-Do Kyohan "The Master Text" remains his most detailed publication, containing sections on history, basics, kata , and kumite . The famous Shotokan Tiger by Hoan adorns

99-521: A karate organization dedicated to research, promotion, events management, and education: the Japan Karate Association. Funakoshi, then around 80 years old, held a position equivalent to chief instructor emeritus, with Nakayama as the chief instructor. The JKA emerged from karate clubs at Japanese universities located in the Tokyo region. Most of these universities, however, distanced themselves from

132-502: A philosophical evaluation of the use of "empty" seemed to fit as it implied a way which was not tethered to any other physical object. Funakoshi's re-interpretation of the character kara in karate to mean "empty" ( 空 ) rather than "Chinese" ( 唐 ) caused some tension with traditionalists back in Okinawa, prompting Funakoshi to remain in Tokyo indefinitely. In 1949 Funakoshi's students created

165-460: A professional teacher of karate-do. He devoted his entire life to the development of karate-do. He lived out his eighty-eight years of life and left this world on April 26, 1957. Reinterpreting to-te jutsu, the Sensei promulgated karate-do while not losing its original philosophy. Like bugei (classical martial arts), so too is the pinnacle of karate “mu” (enlightenment): to purify and make one empty through

198-559: Is a copy of the poem he wrote on his way to Japan in 1922. A second stone features an inscription by Nobuhide Ohama and reads: Funakoshi Gichin Sensei, of karate-do, was born on November 10, 1868 in Shuri Okinawa. From about eleven years old he began to study to-te jutsu under Azato Anko and Itosu Anko . He practiced diligently and in 1912 became the president of the Okinawan Shobukai. In May 1922, he relocated to Tokyo and became

231-534: Is known today as Shotokai , and is the official keeper of Funakoshi's karate heritage. In 1936, Funakoshi built the first Shōtōkan dojo (training hall) in Tokyo. While on the Japanese mainland, he changed the written characters of karate to mean "empty hand" (空手) instead of "China hand" (唐手) (literally Tang dynasty ) to downplay its connection to Chinese boxing . Karate had borrowed many aspects from Chinese boxing. Funakoshi also argued in his autobiography that

264-716: Is said to have shown little interest in armoured karate. In May 1959, the Japan Karatedo Federation (former) was established centered on Renbukan. Formed as a unified organization of karate that transcends schools, the headquartered Shudokan of Kanken Toyama. Its first chairman was Cai Chang-geng, with most of the executives during founding period being prolific Japanese martial artists. These included Vice Chairman Yasuhiro Konishi ( Shindō jinen-ryū ), Kinjo Hiroshi ( Kanbukan ), Advisor Hironori Otsuka ( Wado-ryu ), Tatsuo Yamada ( Nippon Kempo ), Gima Makoto ( Shotokan ), Director Isamu Ho ( Shorinji-Ryu Renshinkan) etc. Following

297-563: Is widely credited with developing the foundation of the modern karate Shotokan style. Gichin Funakoshi was born on November 10, 1868, the year of the Meiji Restoration , in Shuri, Okinawa , to a Ryūkyūan Pechin . Funakoshi was born prematurely . His father's name was Gisu. He was of samurai lineage, from a family which in former times had been vassals of Ryukyu Dynasty nobles. After entering primary school he became close friends with

330-523: The Japan Karate Association (JKA), with Funakoshi as the honorary head of the organization. However, in practise this organization was led by Masatoshi Nakayama . The JKA began formalizing Funakoshi's teachings. Funakoshi developed osteoarthritis in 1948, and died on April 26, 1957. Cause of death is colon cancer. Funakoshi published several books on karate including his autobiography, Karate-Do: My Way of Life . His legacy, however, rests in

363-483: The Kodokan by Judo Master Jigoro Kano to perform a karate demonstration. It was this demonstration that inevitably made karate popular in the mainland. In 1930, Funakoshi established an association named Dai-Nihon Karate-do Kenkyukai to promote communication and information exchange among people who study karate-dō. In 1936, Dai-Nippon Karate-do Kenkyukai changed its name to Dai-Nippon Karate-do Shoto-kai. The association

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396-719: The "house of Shōtō". This name was coined by Funakoshi's students when they posted a sign above the entrance of the hall at which Funakoshi taught. In addition to being a karate master, Funakoshi was an avid poet and philosopher who would reportedly go for long walks in the forest where he would meditate and write his poetry. By the late 1910s, Funakoshi had many students, of which a few were deemed capable of passing on their master's teachings. Continuing his effort to garner widespread interest in Okinawan karate, Funakoshi ventured to mainland Japan in 1917, and again in 1922. In 1922 Funakoshi (aged 53) and Makoto Gima (aged 26) were invited to

429-535: The Allied Forces - act as instructors rather than the defeated Japanese. Kanbukan's first director was Yun Kwae-byung . Asides Karate, Kendo was also practised. When the Bōgu /Kendo gear was not used, they were used for Karate practice, thus serving the origin of modern Bōgutsuki Karate. When the martial arts ban was relaxed, Kanbukan changed its name to Renbukan, and in 1954 held the "National Karatedo Championships", which

462-458: The Asato family grew and he began nightly travels to the Asato family residence to receive karate instruction from Ankō Asato. Funakoshi had trained in both of the popular styles of Okinawan karate of the time: Shōrei-ryū and Shōrin-ryū . Shotokan is named after Funakoshi's pen name, Shōtō ( 松 涛 ), which means "waving pines". Kan means training hall or house, thus Shōtōkan (松涛館) referred to

495-538: The JKA does not recognize graduates from the instructors' courses led by the JKS (Japan Karate Shoto Federation, which also held the name JKA between 1990 and 1999). Karateka such as Dave Hazard (UK), Ennio Vezzuli (Brazil), Nigel Jackson (South Africa), Peté Pacheco (Portugal), Malcolm Fisher (Canada), Leon Montoya (Colombia), Richard Amos (UK, US), Pascal Lesage (France) and others, are mentioned in karate forums as having completed

528-450: The JKA during the 1950s. Takushoku University always kept strong ties with the JKA, being the alma mater of many of the senior JKA instructors, such as Nakayama, Nishiyama, Okazaki , Asai , Kanazawa , and Enoeda , who were responsible for the JKA's consolidation during the 1960s and 1970s. General uneasiness on how karate was taught by the JKA instructors and disagreements on Funakoshi's funeral arrangements in 1957 motivated some of

561-723: The JKA instructors' course (or having had substantial participation in it) but do not appear on the list of graduates as published in 2008 on the JKA's website. In addition, the list does not include graduate instructors from the instructor programmes of splinter groups such as JKS and KWF, examples being Otsuka Masamichi (KWF - Japan), Langley Scott (JKS, now HDKI Ireland), Koike Yutaka (JKS - Japan), Inada Yasuhisa (JKS - Japan), Kyle Kamal Helou (JKS - Lebanon), Matsue Takeo (JKS- Japan), Makita Takuya (JKS - Japan), Nagaki Shinji (JKS - Japan). Although Gichin Funakoshi wrote that there are no contests in Karate, Nakayama Masatoshi's teachings led to

594-460: The JKA tradition to a large extent, but is taught by instructors who are not officially affiliated with JKA (though most of them are former JKA instructors and graduates). In 1956, the JKA started its kenshusei instructor intern training program at the JKA honbu dojo , in Yotsuya , Tokyo, which had been built in 1955. This program was instituted by Nakayama Masatoshi. The training program has promoted

627-493: The JKA. This list is incomplete. For instance, it does not include some members who were expelled or resigned from the JKA see below: The list at the JKA's website, which includes most members who left or were expelled, may also be incomplete. The JKA has not included some former members who have completed the course and are not currently affiliated with JKA. In addition, during the troubled period between 1990 and 1999 each JKA faction held its own instructors' course. Currently,

660-778: The Shotokai and erected this monument at the Enkakuji. “Kenzen ichi” (“The fist and Zen are one”). Japan Karate Association The Japan Karate Association (日本 空手 協会; Nihon Karate Kyokai ; JKA; sometimes referred to simply as Kyokai 協会 in Japan) is one of the oldest global Shotokan karate organizations in the world. Gichin Funakoshi played a major role in introducing karate from Okinawa to Japan, adjusted to reduce injury and merged with approaches for athletic training . On May 27, 1949, some of his senior students including Isao Obata , Masatoshi Nakayama , and Hidetaka Nishiyama , formed

693-421: The consistency and quality control of JKA training practices over the years, graduating some of the world's most well known karateka (practitioners of karate), as listed below. The following table lists JKA kenshusei training program graduates in order of year of graduation. The reported rank of graduates no longer with the JKA is that from their current organization. Such rank is not necessarily recognized by

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726-483: The foundation of organization, it hold the 5th Tournament of "All Japan Karatedo Federation Championship" on same month at Korakuen Gymnasium. Gichin Funakoshi 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 karate". Following the teachings of Anko Itosu and Anko Asato , he

759-476: The hardback cover. A memorial to Gichin Funakoshi was erected by the Shotokai at Engaku-ji , a temple in Kamakura , on December 1, 1968. Designed by Kenji Ogata the monument features calligraphy by Funakoshi and Sōgen Asahina (1891–1979), chief priest of the temple which reads Karate ni sente nashi (There is no first attack in karate), the second of Funakoshi's Twenty Precepts. To the right of Funakoshi's precept

792-443: The karate practice at the JKA's honbu dojo (headquarters training hall) in Tokyo during the early 1960s, from his unique perspective as a western karate student going from white to black belt in a few years. The JKA experienced several divisions from the 1970s onwards. Notable splinter groups formed as follows: Due to these divisions, there is today the notion of a separate JKA karate style—that is, Shotokan karate that follows

825-533: The senior karateka connected with Funakoshi, but not associated with the JKA, such as Shigeru Egami , Genshin Hironishi, and Tsutomu Ohshima , to form their own organizations, such as Shotokai and Shotokan Karate of America ). They claimed to practice a version of Shotokan karate closer to what Funakoshi taught, as compared to the JKA style. The JKA Shotokan approach is also based on Funakoshi's karate, but with significant adaptations introduced mostly by Nakayama, who

858-592: The son of Ankō Asato , a karate and Jigen-ryū master who would soon become his first karate teacher. Funakoshi's family was stiffly opposed to the Meiji government's abolition of the Japanese topknot , and this meant that he would be ineligible to pursue his goal of attending medical school (where topknots were banned), despite having passed the entrance examination. Being trained in both classical Chinese and Japanese philosophies and teachings, Funakoshi became an assistant teacher in Okinawa. During this time, his relations with

891-431: The transformation from “jutsu” to “do”. Through his famous words "空手に先手なし" (karate ni sente nashi) meaning There is no first attack in Karate and 空手は君子の武芸 (karate wa kunshi no bugei) meaning Karate is the martial art of intelligent people , Sensei helped us to better understand the term “jutsu.” In an effort to commemorate his virtue and great contributions to modern karate-do as a pioneer, we, his loyal students, organised

924-482: The war, entities such as Kanbukan , Renshinkan and the Yōsei-kan (later Senkarakai), which would advocate "Bogu Karate" format, began to emerge. Kanbukan (eng. Hall of Korean Martial Arts ) was a "non-school" oriented dojo established by Kanken Toyama 's high-ranking students with the purpose of avoiding the surveillance of the martial arts ban by GHQ . This was accomplished by making Koreans - who were "liberated" from

957-466: Was JKA chief instructor until his death in 1987. Under Nakayama's leadership, a generation of respected instructors spread karate worldwide, guided from the JKA headquarters in Tokyo. Nakayama's books, which include Dynamic Karate and the Best Karate series, are fundamental reference materials on Shotokan karate as practiced under the JKA. Clive Nicol , in his classic book Moving Zen , describes

990-576: Was established in Kagoshima , Kagoshima Prefecture . It was Kinjo Hiroshi (the former deputy director of Kanbukan) who led the spread of Karate in the postwar world, representing the Bogu Karate practised in Kanbukan and Renbukan. Businessman Cài Chánggēng was a proponent of Bogu Karate and supported in its spread. Mas Oyama often trained in Kanbukan and practised with Makiwara and so on. At this time, Oyama

1023-409: 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 ,

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1056-514: Was the Karate instructor at that time, became furious and the situation developed to a point where he resigned as the instructor of the University of Tokyo in 1945. The reasons of Funakoshi's forbidding use of Karate for fighting is unknown. According to early high school colleagues Hironori Otsuka ( Wadō-ryū ) and Yasuhiro Konishi ( Shindō jinen-ryū ), while teaching Karate, Funakoshi taught 15 Kata and didn't appear to know much about Kumite. After

1089-743: Was the first national tournament in karate history. They were held at Kanda kyōritsu kōdō (神田共立講堂, eng. Kanda Kyoritsu Auditorium) in Tokyo and used the Bogu Kumite ruleset. The tournament was won by Nobuyuki Suga . This tournament is still held by the Renbukai as the "National Armoured Karatedo Championships" and is the oldest association Karate tournament held nationwide in Japan. In 1955, Shorinji-Ryu Karate Study Group Renshinkan Dojo (currently "All Japan Shaolin Ryu Karatedo Federation Renshinkan")

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