Gichin Funakoshi



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First Name: Gichin
Last Name: Funakoshi
Place of Birth: Okinawa 
Birthday: 1868.
Died: 1957.
Founder of the karate style Shotokan

Gichin Funakoshi was the little school teacher who brought karate from Okinawa to mainland Japan.

His autobiography is called Karate-do: my way of life.

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