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Gigō Funakoshi

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328:(round kick), yoko geri kekomi (thrusting side kick), yoko geri keage (side snap kick), fumikiri (cutting side kick directed to soft targets), ura mawashi geri (quarter rotation front-round kick—though some credit Kase-sensei with the creation of this technique) and ushiro geri kekomi (thrusting back kick). Yoshitaka was especially known for his deep stances and kicking techniques, and he introduced fudo dachi (rooted stance/immovable stance), yoko geri (side kick), and mae geri (front kick) forms to the Shotokan style. All these techniques became part of the already large arsenal brought from the ancient Okinawan styles. Another big changement of Gigo was the introduction of the Kiba Dachi instead of Shiko Dachi and implementing the Kokutsu Dachi (which he took from japanese classical fencing or " 1273: 31: 339:
Gigō's kumite (fighting) style was to strike hard and fast, using low stances and long attacks, chained techniques and foot sweeps (taken from old style Kendo and Judo). Integration of these changes into the Shotokan style immediately separated Shotokan from Okinawan karate. Gigo also emphasized the
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Gigo's kicking techniques were performed with a much higher knee-lift than in previous styles, and the use of the hips was emphasized. Other technical developments included the turning of the torso to a half-facing position (hanmi) when blocking, and thrusting the rear leg and hips when performing
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emphasized the use and development of the upper body, open hand attacks, short distances, joint locks, basic grappling, pressure point striking and use of the front kick and variations of it, Gigō developed long distance striking techniques using the low stances found in old style
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at the age of seven. He was sickly as a child and began the formal study of karate-do at the age of twelve as a means to improve his health. In the early years, Gichin Funakoshi often took Gigo with him to his trainings with Yasutsune Itosu. Gigo moved from
255:(senior assistant instructor) Takeshi Shimoda died, Gigo assumed his position within the Shotokan organization teaching in various universities. Gichin Funakoshi transformed karate from a purely self-defense fighting technique to a philosophical martial 265:, but his son Gigō began to develop a karate technique that definitively separated Japanese karate-do from the local Okinawan arts. Between 1936 and 1945, Gigo gave it a completely different and powerful Japanese flavor based on his study of modern 544: 336:
the techniques. These adaptations allowed the delivery of a penetrating attack with the whole body through correct body alignment. Gigo also promoted free sparring.
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by Gigo and Gichin Funakoshi was released. Gigo had written the technical part, whereas his father Gichin wrote the preamble and historical parts.
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weakened Gigo, but he continued training. He died of tuberculosis at the age of 39 on 24 November 1945, in Tokyo, Japan.
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Jotaro Takagi's foreword on Shigeru Egami's revised edition book "The heart of Karate-do", p. 6-7.
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of the Section of Physical and Medical Consultation of the Ministry of Education.
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Funakoshi, Gichin; Nakasone, Genwa; Takagi, Jotaro (5 July 2017).
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The Shotokan Karate Bible 2nd edition: Beginner to Black Belt
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Gigo Funakoshi was born in Okinawa and diagnosed with
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10th dan, successor waka (後継者) sensei to his father
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Okinawa
Empire of Japan
Tokyo
Allied-occupied Japan
Shotokan
Shotokai
kendo
Iaido
Gichin Funakoshi
Takeshi Shimoda
Mitsusuke Harada
Taiji Kase
Won Kuk Lee
Mas Oyama
Tomosaburo Okano
Shigeru Egami
Genshin Hironishi
Masatoshi Nakayama
Motokuni Sugiura
Hidetaka Nishiyama
Tadao Okuyama
Japanese
Hepburn
Gichin Funakoshi
Shotokan karate
tuberculosis
Okinawa
Tokyo
radiographer

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