KARATE BY NIDHI

Shotokan is a style of karate. Developed by Gichin Funakoshi and his son Gigo Funakoshi. Shotokan name was never given by gichin funakoshi. He always calls karate as karate only. How Shotokan was named?  Shoto was pen name of Gichin Funakoshi. His students made a sign reading named " shoto-Kan " which was placed above entrance of hall where funakoshi taught.  This is how it originated. Shoto means "Pine waves"  and kan means "hall" in Japanese.  Gichin Funakoshi had trained in both of the popular styles of Okinawan karate of the time: Shōrei-ryū and Shōrin-ryū. After years of study in both styles, Funakoshi created a simpler system that combined the ideas of the two . He called it karate (which we knew now as shotokan karate). In 1924, Funakoshi adopted the Kyū / Dan rank system and the uniform (keikogi) developed by Kano Jigoro, the founder of judo. This system uses colored belts (obi) to indicate rank. Originally, karate had only

"One move trained enough can make you win in local championship but in world championship you have to make yourself perfect. " Even in local championship what if your opponent is some excellent player ?  Suppose you have perfected one move that is mawashi geri.  What if your opponent  has very strong blocking power and he/she doesn't let you hit any attack .  Along with attacks making blocking strong   is very essential.. if you have strong blocking power even a good kumite player can not win in-front of you. If you have strong blocking power along with one perfectly learned attack you can win the fight in championship The only one thing you want to make strong for kumite then "Make blocking Power Strong"    (In Picture Haya Jumaa- World Champion)