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The Shotokan tiger.
As a young teacher
on Okinawa, Gichin Funakoshi often took walks on the outskirts of the town
where he lived, Aka-no-Shuri. His meanderings would take him along a path
that wound around the base of Mt. Tora-o, appropriately named Tora-o
(Tiger's tail) because it resembled the curled tail of that fierce cat.
Years afterward Funakoshi requested the artist Hoan Kosugi to
design a fitting emblem for Japanese Karate. Kosugi, knowing of Funakoshi's fondness for the mountain,
used a crouching tiger to symbolize Karate |
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The HMAN Karate Shotokan & Kyokushin
Is a glue between all Karateka in Haiti and in the Diaspora.
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Shihan Henrioh Zéphyrin
Kyokushin school ( New York) |
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NewJersey Kyokushin
institue ( New Jersey) |
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Fausner Karate School of
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Joaseus Nader
Shotokan school (Haiti) |
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Gogen Yamaguchi
( The cat )
few days before he came to
Haiti
Hidetaka Nishiyama, famous for Hangetsu and his Sanchin Dashi |
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- "True karate is this: that in daily life one's
mind and body be trained and developed in a spirit of humility, and that
in critical times, one be devoted utterly to the cause of justice."
Gichin Funakoshi
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Dojo
Kun!
- (Morals of the Dojo)
- Hitotsu! Jinkaku kansei ni
tsuto nuru koto!
- One! To strive for the perfection of
character!
- (Seek perfection of character)
- Hitotsu! Makoto no michi o
mamoru koto!
- One! To defend the path of truth!
- (Be faithful)
- Hitotsu! Do ryoku no seishin
o yasinau koto!
- One! To foster the spirit of effort!
- (Endeavor to excel)
- Hitotsu! Rei gi o omonzuru
koto!
- One! To honor the principles of etiquette!
- (Respect others)
- Hitotsu! Kekki no you o
imashi muru koto!
- One! To guard against impetuous courage!
- (Refrain from violent behavior)
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What
is
Shotokan?
Shotokan karate is a
style of karate, the largest officially sponsored and recognized
by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture in Japan. Shotokan
has the largest membership in the world in contrast to other styles.
The name Shotokan comes from the pen name of Gichin Funakoshi, the
father of karate. Shoto was his pen name which he used as a poet in
his younger days. In Japan, Shotokan karate is the mammoth of
all karate styles. The word "Shotokan" has a beautiful
image in that the characters used for this word. "Sho" means, "pine"
and "to" means, "waving" or "billowing". "Kan" means "hall" or
"building". These words together mean something like "the hall of
billowing pines". It is a beautiful image of pine trees waving in the
wind. As karate students, it is worthwhile to keep this beautiful and
peaceful image at the forefront of our minds as we learn punches,
kicks, and blocks that have devastating capabilities.
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