Shotokan Karate
SHOTOKAN KARATE HISTORY
Master Gichin Funakoshi was born in Shuri, Okinawa in 1868. As a boy, he was trained by two famous masters of that time. Each trained him in a different Okinawan martial art. From Yasutsune Azato he learned Shuri-te. From Yasutsune Itosu, he learned Naha-te. The Style name came about when his students placed a sign on the front of the dojo which read "Place of Shoto" (SHOTO KAN). It would be the melding of these two styles that would one day become Shotokan karate practiced and named by his students and founders of the JKA.
Funakoshi-sensei is the man who made karate popular by publicly introducing karate to Japan. In 1917 he was asked to perform his martial art at a physical education exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education in Japan. He was asked back again in 1922 for another exhibition. He was asked back a third time, but this was a special performance. He demonstrated his art for the emperor and the royal family! Atfer this, Funakoshi-sensei decided to remain in Japan and teach and promote his art of Karate-do
Master Gichin Funakoshi passed away in 1957 at the age of 88. Aside from demonstrating his form of martial art to Japan and the world, he also wrote the very book on the subject of karate, "Ryukyu Kempo: Karate-do" originally called 'Rentan Goshin Karate-jutsu' in the earlier publications. He also wrote "Karate-Do Kyohan" - The Master Text, the "handbook" of Shotokan and he wrote his autobiography, "Karate-Do: My Way of Life". These books and his art are a fitting legacy for this unassuming and gentle man.
At our Dojo we train and study traditional shotokan karate (Kihon,Kata,Kumite) ,we also focus on learning self defense techniques utilizing our Kata as a template and guide by trying to unlock real and useful hidden applications.
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How does Self-defense relate to Kata
Ways to defend yourself are included in the movements of Kata, the best way to explain the Kata is not to find out what the moves mean in Kata, by only practicing the Kata individually, but to learn how to defend oneself using the knowledge the Kata movements will reveal. The solo performance of Kata sums up all the training; however, it still helps one to improve technique, strength, speed, balance, fitness, focus and coordination.
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Our Club name Shoto Ryu Jutsu karate is derived from Shoto (Funakoshi's Pen Name when he wrote poetry) Ryu ( school) Jutsu ( techniques taught ) we practice mostly shotokan kata's along with some Chito-Ryu kihons and our dojo is affiliated with Tsuruoka Karate Organization
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Karate training is an ongoing life experience it can be practiced at any age young or old with little effort because the ultimate aim of karate is in the perfection of one's character.
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Master Gichin Funakoshi was born in Shuri, Okinawa in 1868. As a boy, he was trained by two famous masters of that time. Each trained him in a different Okinawan martial art. From Yasutsune Azato he learned Shuri-te. From Yasutsune Itosu, he learned Naha-te. The Style name came about when his students placed a sign on the front of the dojo which read "Place of Shoto" (SHOTO KAN). It would be the melding of these two styles that would one day become Shotokan karate practiced and named by his students and founders of the JKA.
Funakoshi-sensei is the man who made karate popular by publicly introducing karate to Japan. In 1917 he was asked to perform his martial art at a physical education exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education in Japan. He was asked back again in 1922 for another exhibition. He was asked back a third time, but this was a special performance. He demonstrated his art for the emperor and the royal family! Atfer this, Funakoshi-sensei decided to remain in Japan and teach and promote his art of Karate-do
Master Gichin Funakoshi passed away in 1957 at the age of 88. Aside from demonstrating his form of martial art to Japan and the world, he also wrote the very book on the subject of karate, "Ryukyu Kempo: Karate-do" originally called 'Rentan Goshin Karate-jutsu' in the earlier publications. He also wrote "Karate-Do Kyohan" - The Master Text, the "handbook" of Shotokan and he wrote his autobiography, "Karate-Do: My Way of Life". These books and his art are a fitting legacy for this unassuming and gentle man.
At our Dojo we train and study traditional shotokan karate (Kihon,Kata,Kumite) ,we also focus on learning self defense techniques utilizing our Kata as a template and guide by trying to unlock real and useful hidden applications.
OSS.
How does Self-defense relate to Kata
Ways to defend yourself are included in the movements of Kata, the best way to explain the Kata is not to find out what the moves mean in Kata, by only practicing the Kata individually, but to learn how to defend oneself using the knowledge the Kata movements will reveal. The solo performance of Kata sums up all the training; however, it still helps one to improve technique, strength, speed, balance, fitness, focus and coordination.
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Our Club name Shoto Ryu Jutsu karate is derived from Shoto (Funakoshi's Pen Name when he wrote poetry) Ryu ( school) Jutsu ( techniques taught ) we practice mostly shotokan kata's along with some Chito-Ryu kihons and our dojo is affiliated with Tsuruoka Karate Organization
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Karate training is an ongoing life experience it can be practiced at any age young or old with little effort because the ultimate aim of karate is in the perfection of one's character.
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Tsuyoshi-Chitose
having trained with Gichin Funakoshi while still on Okinawa, the young and talented Chitose would be ask to assist, by teaching in Funakoshi Sensei's first karate school (Yotsuya dojo). While Chitose was teaching at Funakoshi's first dojo he would give instruction to another man who would eventually become famous in the karate world. This man was Masatoshi Nakayama, later to become the Chief Instructor of the Japan Karate Association (JKA) for Shotokan..
Chitose taught a wide variety of kata, many not covered in the Chito Ryu syllabus of today. His knowledge like many of his generation, was not
"style" based but gained from study with the many seniors he had access to.
Chitose taught a wide variety of kata, many not covered in the Chito Ryu syllabus of today. His knowledge like many of his generation, was not
"style" based but gained from study with the many seniors he had access to.
O'Sensei Tsuruoka
MASAMI TSURUOKA was born in Cumberland, B.C. In 1929, came a man who would discover Karate and introduce it to Canada. Being of Japanese decent, would lead to his family's confinement in a Canadian internment camp. After the war, he would travel with his family to live in Japan. On a trip to Tokyo, this man would witness a demonstration by Dr. Chitose. He was so impressed that he would follow Dr. Chitose back to Kumamoto to begin a lifetime study in the art of Karate-do. During the 70's, Tsuruoka was influenced by Shotokan and began to adopt the Shotokan katas into Chito-Ryu. The introduction of these katas lead to a change in the teachings of Chito-Ryu, within Canada. This lead to Tsuruoka disassociating himself with Dr.Chitose in 1979 and establishing the Tsuruoka Karate Association with dojos all across Canada.
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