Originally Posted by
Gibukai
Since Tang Soo Do uses forms (kata) of G. Funakoshi, it could be viewed as kind of an off-split.
I'm not sure that I'd view TSD as a split-off from Funakoshi'd karate, but more of a descendant. From what I've read, the founder of TSD found some of Funakoshi's books in a train station in China, and that's where he got those kata. I don't believe that he trained in Japan, though I of course could easily be wrong. The founder of TKD did, in some old photos of him you can see the Japanese on his belt.
Trevor Johnson
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