I only ask because its confusing for one source to say he knew about his connection to Shotokan and the person himself said he did not. The interview basically said that his mother and Kanazawa...
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I only ask because its confusing for one source to say he knew about his connection to Shotokan and the person himself said he did not. The interview basically said that his mother and Kanazawa...
it is common knowledge that He did not know about his family connection to Shotokan till he started training and his instructor pointed that out to him, it does not match what you have suggested. ...
Hey Henning, Very intereresting read. I knew about Yoshitaka (Gigo) I think we all do because of his involvement in Karate. However I only knew a bit about Giei. the information I read was that...
It would be very interesting to see if he has any living relatives now. I know that Gigo passed very youn and no word of any children. Giei passed away young, but older than Gigo and still no word on...
Hey, Im a bit behind! LOL.....
Okay, found me something to work on today. Here is the info that I have on Funakoshi and his children.
Funakoshi married Gosei and had six children....
The sons were
Giei (Yoshihide) first...
Some of these people are not legit ranking, Jerry Marr is only a 6th Dan JKA, but was given a ITKF 7th. their are many more 6th Dans that are legit than higher in Shotokan. Saeki Sensei in Ottawa...