Gichin Funakoshi, he also never really accepted an official name for the style. He just called it karate-do.
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∙ 11y agoShotokan Karate of America was founded in the year 1959. It is a non-profit organization that aims to teach traditional Karate-Do in the USA. It is led by Tsutomu Ohshima.
Shotokan karate was brought to Japan from Okinawa.
Japanese Shotokan Karate is taught on Okinawa. The roots of Shotokan are in Shorin Ryu karate, most of the kata can be identified as being the same.
Shotokan Karate of America was created in 1955.
International Shotokan Karate Federation was created in 1977.
Shotokan Karate was developed by Gichin Funakoshi. He was one of the first to bring Okinawan karate to Japan.
Yes, shotokan is a style of karate developed in Japan based on the Okinawan Shorin ryu karate.
shotokan style
there are no such things as jujitsu karate
Sensei Jess Lavender is the instructor at Brighton Karate Club in East Sussex, England. http://www.brightonkarate.co.uk/instructors/jess-lavender-6th-dan/He is a 6th Dan in Shotokan Karate and is the Grading Examiner and Senior Instructor for the South of England for the ASK (Academy of Shotokan Karate) founded by Sensei Dave Hazard 7th Dan.
It depends were you live.
Daniel Larusso got taught Shotokan Karate in The Karate Kid