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    Shotokan (松涛館, Shōtōkan) is a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka) Funakoshi...
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    in the US France Shotokan Karate was created in 1964 by Tsutomu Ohshima. It is affiliated with another of his organizations, Shotokan Karate of America...
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  • This is a list of some of the larger Shotokan karate organizations and associations in order by year of establishment. International Japan Karate-Do Association...
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    Gichin Funakoshi (category Shotokan practitioners)
    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...
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  • formal application within the four major karate styles are as follows: Shotokan involves long, deep stances and powerful long range techniques. Shito-ryu...
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  • This is a list of techniques practiced in the Shotokan style of karate. Heisoku Dachi: formal attention stance Musubi Dachi: informal attention stance...
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  • Allegheny Shotokan Karate is a Western Pennsylvania-based martial arts school established in 1969 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The dojo was founded by...
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  • Hirokazu Kanazawa (category Shotokan practitioners)
    December 2019) was a Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He was the Chief instructor and President of the Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation, an...
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    August 6, 1930)[a] is a prominent Japanese master of Shotokan karate who founded the organization Shotokan Karate of America (SKA). He is the Shihan (Chief...
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    (born 1952 in London) is a British 7th Dan Karateka and instructor of Shotokan karate and was one of the few students present at the very beginning of...
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  • M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Keigo Abe (born 1938), Shotokan Rafael Aghayev (born 1985), Shotokan Gary Alexander, Isshin Ryu Seishō Arakaki (1840–1918)...
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    Funakoshi (the founder of Shotokan karate) and is widely credited with developing the foundation of the modern karate Shotokan style. Gigo Funakoshi was...
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  • Belgium Shotokan Canada Shotokan Curacao (operating as Shotokan Karate of Curacao) France Shotokan Gabon Germany Shotokan Greece Shotokan Israel Shotokan Japan...
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  • 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...
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    Kenkojuku is a style of Shotokan karate previous to the establishment of the Japan Karate Association (JKA) style. It was founded by Tomosaburo Okano....
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  • Andy Sherry (category Shotokan practitioners)
    became the first person to pass a grading in the UK for a black belt in Shotokan Karate, having trained with JKA instructor Keinosuke Enoeda. He graded...
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    Tartaglia, Fiore. Bunkai of the Shôtôkan-Kata Up to Black Belt / Vol. 3: A Reference Book for Karate Kata Shôtôkan Style. www.shotokan-kata.com. ISBN 9783981601473...
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    combination of Moo Duk Kwan-style Tang Soo Do, Judo and Karate (Shito-Ryu and Shotokan). Over the years it has been further developed by former black belts of...
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    started training in Shotokan karate at the age of seven at the Budokwai in London, where he later achieved a black belt in both Shotokan and Judo. He also...
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    Kwon Do Life Magazine Taekwondo student oath Taekwondo in India Namely Shotokan and Shudokan, which served as basis for styles practiced by the original...
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  • Japan Shotokan Karate Association (JSKA) was founded by Keigo Abe in 1999. Abe was a former instructor graduate of the Japan Karate Association and trained...
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  • different versions are now practiced even in Shuri-te derivatives like Shotokan (called Hangetsu) and in Wado-Ryū (called Seishan). Isshin-ryū also adopted...
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    Michael Jai White (category Shotokan practitioners)
    of the same name. White is a martial artist in nine different styles: Shōtōkan, Goju-Ryu (for which he studied under Master Eddie Morales where he learned...
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    to become his primary art, however; in 1922, Ōtsuka began training in Shotokan karate under Gichin Funakoshi, who was a new arrival in Japan. In 1927...
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  • Chintō (鎮東) (In Shotokan, Gankaku (岩鶴)) is an advanced kata practiced in many styles of karate. According to legend, it is named after a stranded Chinese...
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    back and forth in battle. So it is, for example, a straight line for the Shōtōkan Tekki series of kata. It follows the form of a capital letter I for the...
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  • Taikyoku (section Shotokan)
    Kukkiwon. Gōjū Kai developed five of its own Taikyoku kata, based on the Shotokan katas and retaining the I-shaped embusen. The embusen (pathway) of all...
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    years of martial arts experience. In college, he earned his black belt in Shotokan karate and competed throughout the state. Later, he studied aikido for...
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  • Dōjō kun (category Shotokan)
    created by Kanga Sakukawa, an 18th-century Okinawan karate proponent) the Shotokan Karate dōjō kun serves as a set of five guiding principles, recited at...
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