Gichin Funakoshi Quotes

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Since karate is a martial art, you must practice with the utmost seriousness from the very beginning.

Gichin Funakoshi

A student well versed in even one technique will naturally see corresponding points in other techniques. A upper level punch, a lower punch, a front punch and a reverse punch are all essentially the same. Looking over thirty-odd kata, he should be able to see that they are essentially variations on just a handful.

Gichin Funakoshi

Karate is like boiling water: without heat, it returns to it's tepid state

Gichin Funakoshi

Try to do exactly as you are taught without complaining or quibbling.

Gichin Funakoshi

One whose spirit and mental strength have been strengthened by sparring with a never-say-die attitude should find no challenge too great to handle. One who has undergone long years of physical pain and mental agony to learn one punch, one kick, should be able to face any task, no matter how difficult, and carry it through to the end. A person like this can truly be said to have learned karate.

Gichin Funakoshi

When you are learning a new technique, practice it wholeheartedly until you truly understand it.

Gichin Funakoshi

Don't pretend to be a great master and don't try to show off your strength.

Gichin Funakoshi

Apply the way of karate to all things. Therein lies its beauty.

Gichin Funakoshi

Gichin Funakoshi

Gichin Funakoshi

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Born: November 10, 1868

Died: April 26, 1957 (aged 88)

Bio: Gichin Funakoshi is the founder of Shotokan Karate-Do, perhaps the most widely known style of karate, and is attributed as being the "father of modern karate".

Known for:

Karate-dō kyōhan
Karate Jutsu
The Essence of Karate
To-te Jitsu

Gichin Funakoshi on Wikipedia

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