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Where did the name of the style “Shotokan” come from?

April 26, 2017Shotokan style

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Where did the name of the style “Shotokan” come from?

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The word Shotokan is composed of three kanji characters in Japanese. The sho means pine tree. To is the character for waves. The word kan means building. The name Shotokan comes from the world’s first karate dojo, which was constructed in 1939 by Funakoshi’s students.