History of Shotokan Karate-do

Taken from the TV series Budo Sai (1993) presented by Terry O'Neill (KUGB)

Category:

Education

Tags:

• shotokan
• karate-do
• terry
• o'neill
• durham
• budo
• sai
• Shihan
• Gichin
• Funakoshi
• 1868-1957

[butterflygirl891]

Sundome1, im in Shotokan Karate and im testing for my last brown belt. I wanted to ask Empi is it an easy kata to learn?

[Sundome1]

@butterflygirl891 Hi there! My reply to your question is firstly no kata is easy, you get out of kata what you put into it! To put this into context, in Okinawa the old masters used to have their students study only 1 kata every 3 years or so. My advice would be speak to your Sensei, seek the kata that suits your body type and you enjoy doing... Enjoy your training and good luck, Oss, Sundome1

[seijinkaispider]

Someone asked about the chart...I did the original design which was professionally created by Tyne Tees Television for the series. The director Ed Skelding is a member of my dojo.

Nice to see how well the material has stood the test of time.

[Sundome1]

How interesting thanks for your comment. Oss...

[Zinidatikazem2]

Sundome1, could you please tell me, where can I find this picture at 0:27?

[Sundome1]

To be truthful im not sure, the picture may well have been designed for the programme, to show the connection of the martial arts. Oss...

[integra0guy]

karate is a true martial art

[IsolationInstigation]

For some strange reason, I gained the ignorant notion for a short period that Karate is not a top tier martial art. I was wrong. Just because it's the first to roll off the tongue of the ignorant mass when referred to all Asian fighting styles, should not diminish it's respectable qualities. I just wish people didn't think Karate and Kung Fu were somehow interchangable titles for the same martial styles. It makes me want to bash my head off a wall sometimes...

[Rafarinnegan]

@butterflygirl891 Man, I think ii's not easy at all, very difficult. Shuto uke and kokutsu dachi, tsuki and control your balance, also a lot of spirit XD do your best ^^

[flamableproductions]

A lot of people say that karate isn`t effective because they don`t teach defence against grapples... You don`t need to defend against grapples if you don`t allow the enemy to get close enough to do so.

[IEKUKATAKA]

Unfortunately, the Shotokan of the world today is the JKA version and is a sport, not a martial art. They do not practice Funakoshi's karate, they corrupted it and eliminated most of the karate syllabus. The JKA is not a karate organization but they will tell you they are. Their activity is far, far short of Okinawan karate, the originators.

[1banryukyu]

In 1868CE or the first year of Meiji Ji Dai there was no Okinawa. Okinawa did not become a prefecture until 1879 or Meiji Ji Dai 11 Nen. So Mr. Funakoshi was not born in Okinawa but Ryukyu O Kuni or the Ryukyuan Kingdom. Osu

[sk8ratz18]

i thought master Gichins father was a farmer and his uncle is the one who taught him karate?? or at least that was i was taught...

[sz42781]

Howard stern is a brown belt in shotokan

[TheShotokankarateguy]

karate rocks