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Shotokan (松涛館, Shōtōkan) is a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka) Funakoshi (1906–1945). Gichin Funakoshi was born in Okinawa and is widely credited with popularizing "karate do" through a series of public demonstrations, and by promoting the development of university karate…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Shotokan | Ancestor schools | Shōrei-ryū, Shōrin-ryū | 1.00 | infobox |
| Shotokan | Arts taught | Karate | 1.00 | infobox |
| Shotokan | Country of origin | Japan (Okinawa) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Shotokan | Date founded | 1928 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Shotokan | Descendant schools | Wadō-ryū, Shōtōkai, Chitō-ryū, Shindō jinen-ryū, Yoseikan Karate, Kyokushin, Tang soo do, Taekwondo,[a] Soo Bahk Do | 1.00 | infobox |
| Shotokan | Founder | Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) Yoshitaka Funakoshi (1906–1945) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Shotokan | Practitioners | (see notable practitioners) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Shotokan | related to Bibliography | Shojiro Sugiyama | 0.60 | section |
| Shotokan | related to Bibliography | Innovations | 0.60 | section |
| Shotokan | related to Bibliography | Karate | 0.60 | section |
| Shotokan | related to Bibliography | ISBN | 0.60 | section |
| Shotokan | related to Bibliography | Chicago | 0.60 | section |
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