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Karate-Do Kyohan: The Master Text Gichin Funakoshi
Publisher: Kodansha International

The first book to be on the list would be Karate Do Kyohan: The Master Text, by Gichin Funakoshi. Unlike Jion and Jitte however, this kata entered the Shotokan syllabus at a later date. His son, Gigo Funakoshi modernized the system of karate that he originally developed. This was accomplished predominantly by lowering the height of some techniques such as zuki (punches), shuto uchi (knife hand strike)and adding kicking techniques above the Karate-Do Kyohan: The Master Text. Karate-Do Kyohan: The Master Text. Karate-Do Kyohan: The Master Text by Gichin Funakoshi Kodansha International | 1973 | ISBN: 0870111906, 4770003706 | 273 pages | PDF | 159.7 MBNineteen kata. My aunt in Australia recently contacted me and asked me what I wanted for my birthday which was back in July. Gichin Funakoshi - Karate-Do Kyohan: The Master Text Kodansha International | 1973 | ISBN: 0870111906, 4770003706 | 273 pages | PDF | 159.7 MB Gichin Funakoshi - Karate-Do Kyohan: The Master. The original Shotokan kata syllabus is introduced in Funakoshi's book Karate-do Kyohan, which is the Master Text of Shotokan karate. Master Gichin Funakoshi died in April 1957. Dai Nihon Karate-do Shotokai is the official representative of Shotokan karate. Gichin Funakoshi, 1868-1957) was an Okinawan karate master who formally introduced Karate to the Japanese mainland in 1921. In Funakoshi's master text Karate Do Kyohan there is no mention of Jiin. Among his writings are Karate-do Nyumon: The Master Introductory Text, Karate-do Kyohan: The Master Text, and Karate Jutsu: The Original Teachings of Gichin Funakoshi.