The founder of modern day Karate was born in 1868 and died in 1957 when the above quote became an epitaph on his gravestone. After learning martial arts and then creating his own, he was said to have practised Karate every day until he died.

New videos have been found of Master Funakoshi which show him performing the Tekki kata. It shows us that even when the original great Karate master was training, Shotokan stances were very low (designed that way for the strengthening of the leg muscles).

For more information on Master Funakoshi, his life and how he introduced karate to the world read "Karate-Do - Picture taken from Karate-Do 'My Way Of Life'
My Way Of Life" By Gichin Funakoshi, published by Kodansha International Ltd.

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