GICHIN FUNAKOSHI is world famous as one of Karate's great masters.
Born in Shuri, Okinawa Prefecture, in 1868, he studied Karate-do
from childhood and organized the first public demonstrations.
He was trained in the Confucian classics and was a schoolteacher
early in life. After training for decades under the foremost
masters in Okinawa he was elected president of the Okinawa
Association for the Spirit of Martial Arts.
He was chosen to demonstrate Karate at the First National Athletic
Exhibition in Tokyo in 1922, which led to the introduction of the
ancient martial art to the rest of Japan and subsequently to the
rest of the world. Among his writings are Karate-do Nyumon- The
Master Introductory Text, Karate-do Kyohan- The Master Text, and
Karate Jutsu- The Original Teachings of Gichin Funakoshi.
Master Gichin Funakoshi died in April 1957.
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