History of karate
The style of Shotokan Karate is a school of karate
founded by Gichin Funakoshi (1868-1957). Initially the Master Funakoshi did not
believe in creating styles, but that all karate should be one, even with the
natural differences of education ranging from teacher to teacher. Shoto was
Funakoshi signed his poems as a means pine trees waving in the wind and kan means building or
hall.
Funakoshi's students built a dojo (place of the Way) in his honor and called
Shotokan (Shoto Building). It is believed that the cause
of this is style name. The Shotokan was destroyed during bombing in World War
II.
Master Funakoshi was born in the city of Shuri
on the island of Okinawa in 1868 and was responsible for
the spread of karate on the main islands of the Japanese archipelago and
further to the west. At age eleven he began his studies with Yasutsune Azato
who taught Shuri-te style and Yasutsune Its who taught Naha-te style. The
mixture of these two styles would result in the Shotokan style. His biography
is called "Karate-do": "My way of life." For both new lines
that appear as single sucesoras of Gichin Funakoshi, soil wishing to capitalize
on the Master in his favor. The "karate" by Shigeru Egami, not karate
Gichin Funakoshi but changes people abandonaron the original teaching. On April
26, 1957 Gichin Funakoshi died.
The Shotokan style is characterized by strong bases, predominance of hand
movements and kicks on the entire body. The twists on the heel low position
give fluidity to the movement and all movement begins with a defense. This is a
style in which the positions have a very low center of gravity, and that the
technique of a "simple" direct punch, can never be mastered, and is
only with many years of training, but when the technique is dominated His power
is incredible, almost superhuman. In karate shotokan facts are taken seriously
as the concentration and state of mind, because without concentration and a
mild state of mind but determined to técnina achieve little and should expand
these two attributes with the practice and determination. The main bases of the
Shotokan style are: HEIKO-dachi, Kake-Dachi, Kiba-Dachi, KOKUTSU-Dachi,
TSURUACHI-Dachi, musubi-dachi, NEKOASHI-Dachi, Sanchi-dachi, Shiko-dachi, and
UCHINACHIJI zenkutsu-E-Dachi Dachi. Since the fundamental bases, present in
most katas are Zenkutsu-dachi, Kokutso-dachi and Kiba-dachi.

Karate,
Karate, Karate or karate-do is a form of budo (way of the warrior). Japanese
martial art that originated in Okinawa and was
introduced in the main islands of the Japanese archipelago in 1922. Karate
emphasizes self defense techniques (ie blocking, punching and kicking) instead
of fighting techniques from projections and immobilizations. The karate
training can be divided into three main parts: kihon, kumite and kata. Kihon is
the study of basic movements. Kumite means fighting and can be executed or set
free form. Kata means form and is a kind of struggle against imaginary enemies,
expressed in fixed sequences of movements.Desfazer edições.