Shotokan

Also known as

Shōtōkan-ryū

Description

Shotokan is a school of karate developed by Gichin Funakoshi and popularized through the Japan Karate Association (JKA). It emphasizes deep stances, powerful linear techniques, and kata practice. It is one of the most widely practiced karate styles in the world.

Related styles

Variant ofKarate

Longest documented lines

4 generations

Gilles Dufour Ari Anastasiadis Hirokazu Kanazawa Masatoshi Nakayama Funakoshi Gichin

Sources

Shotokan - Wikipedialink history

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01KYFZEGYN107JYC5K1539R8JM

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Cite and reuse

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Plain text

Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Shotokan. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KYFZEGYN107JYC5K1539R8JM - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.

BibTeX

@incollection{martialis_01KYFZEGYN107JYC5K1539R8JM, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Shotokan}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01KYFZEGYN107JYC5K1539R8JM}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }

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