Founder of the Shotokan Karate Gichin Funakoshi
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Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) was a Japanese martial artist and the founder of modern Karate-Do. He is widely credited with popularizing Karate in mainland Japan and laying the foundation for its global spread. Early Life and Training Funakoshi was born in 1868 in Shuri, Okinawa, into a family of scholars. His grandfather had served as a tutor to the daughters of the village governor, affording the family some social status. However, his father was a heavy drinker who squandered much of the family's wealth, leaving Funakoshi to grow up in modest circumstances. As a sickly and weak child, Funakoshi's health improved after he began practicing Karate in primary school. He tr ained under Yasutsune Azato, a distinguished Karate master who had served as a military chief for the king of the Ryukyu Islands. Azato and his close friend Yasutsune Itosu became Funakoshi's primary instructors, teaching him the art o...
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