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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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    Gigō Funakoshi (Japanese: 船越義豪, Hepburn: Funakoshi Gigō, Funakoshi Yoshitaka) (1906 – 24 November 1945) was the third son of Gichin Funakoshi (the founder...
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    from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka) Funakoshi (1906–1945). Gichin Funakoshi was born in Okinawa and is...
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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...
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    Shito-Ryu, with Hironori Ōtsuka being taught by both Kenwa Mabuni and Gichin Funakoshi. The name Wadō-ryū has three parts: Wa, dō, and ryū. Wa means "harmony...
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  • 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 designates...
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  • who taught Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of Shotokan karate. Not much is known about him, and most information on him comes from Funakoshi. Many articles...
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    1930s, approximately 55 years after Japan's annexation of Okinawa, Gichin Funakoshi in coordination with others changed the first character, 唐, which referred...
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  • personality Eiji Funakoshi (船越 英二, 1923–2007), Japanese actor Gichin Funakoshi (船越 義珍, 1868–1957), Okinawan master of karate Gigō Funakoshi (船越 義豪, 1906–1945)...
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  • association established by Gichin Funakoshi originally in 1930. Shotokan association is the keeper of master Funakoshi's Karate-do heritage.[citation...
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