The IOGKF has been split into two organizations: the existing IOGKF with the same operating structure but fewer members and a newly set up TOGKF led by Sensei Morio Higaonna based in Okinawa....
Category: Philosophy
Itosu Anko (1831 – 1915) is seen by many as the grandfather of modern kata because he was the one who first formalized the method of teaching karate techniques and introduced karate to the general...
Various karate masters have expressed the view over time that, above all, karate is about character building and the cultivation of the mind and that its philosophy is to develop both the mind and...
"Karate ni sente nashi", one of the 20 precepts of karate written by Gichin Funakoshi, is often translated literally as "there is no first attack in karate" and many people interpret it as a karateka...
"Do not forget that karate-do begins and ends with rei" is the first precept of the 20 precepts that Gichin Funakoshi wrote to guide his students in the development of both spiritual and technical...
"Karate ni sente nashi" or "There is no first strike in karate" is the second of the 20 precepts that Gichin Funakoshi wrote to guide his students in the development of both spiritual and technical...