Shotokai (松濤會, Shōtōkai) is the organisation formed originally in 1930 by master Gichin Funakoshi to teach and spread the art of karate-Do. [1] [2] Nowadays, the name also …

What is American Karate-Do Shotokai (AKDS)? Karate-Do is the Way of the Empty Hand. Shoto was a pen name for Gichin Funakoshi (O'Sensei)--the widely acknowledged father of modern …

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Shotokai is the name of the association formed by Gichin Funakoshi “the father of modern karate” in 1935 and has since become a style of karate whose practitioners believe accurately reflects …

The Sensei explained that the word Shotokai means “the organisation of the Funakoshi methods”. “Kai” means “college”. Master Funakoshi’s old students founded a friendly association in order …

Long answer: Shotokai (Shoto’s Association, where Shoto is the pseudonym Gichin Funakoshi used) was founded in 1935 to collect the necessary funds to build O-sensei’s first Dojo (place …

Shoto-kai is the true discipline of karate-do and was established over 80 years ago by the originator of modern karate-do, Gichin Funakoshi.

Shoto-kai is a karate-do organization with time-honored traditions, which was founded by Gichin Funakoshi, the originator of modern karate-do. “Shoto” is the “pen name” of Master Funakoshi. …

Shoto-kan Dojo was built in Zoshigaya, Toshima-ku. Master Funakoshi originated ten-no kata, Taikyoku shodan, ni-dan, and san-dan, and kumite kata, and kon-no kata Matsukaze. Shoto …

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