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Gert Corfitzen Jürgensen

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Yoshitaka Funakoshi’s Shotokan

Yoshitaka "Gigo" Funakoshi was born in Okinawa in 1906. Already from childhood, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis, which was also the cause of his death in 1945. Yoshitaka began his ...

Funakoshi Niju kun

Gichin Funakoshi wrote the Nijū kun principles, which he likely developed through his personal experiences and contemplation of karate's practice and philosophy. The principles serve as guidelines for practitioners to ...

Ten Precepts of Karate

In October 1908, Anko Itosu (1831-1915) wrote a letter, "Ten Precepts of Karate," to draw the attention of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of War in Japan. This ...