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How old is Shotokan Karate?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Shotokan Karate began in the 1930's when Gichin Funikoshi came to Japan to demonstrate Shorin Ryu Karate. As he taught the art in Japan, his students named the style after him, using his 'pen' name of Shoto. The roots of Shorin Ryu Karate go back many hundreds of years.

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16y ago

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