|Karate Styles & their Founders
The Four Main Recognised** Styles of Karate;-
Gichin Funakoshi (1871-1954, Founder of Shotokan**)
Kenwa Mabuni (1891-1952, Founder of Shito-ryu**)
Chojun Miyagi (1888-1953, Founder of Goju-ryu**)
Hironori Ohtsuka (1892-1982, Founder of Wado ryu**)
Other Styles of Karate;-
Choshin Chibana (1885-1969, Founder of Shorin-ryu)
Kanbun Uechi (1877-1948, Founder of Uechi-ryu)
Mitsusuke Harada (1928 - , Founder of Shotokai)
Chōjirō Tani (1921 - 1998, Founder of Shukokai)
Masutatsu Oyama (1923 - 1994, Founder of Kyokushinkai)
Shoshin Nagamine (1907 - 1997, Founder of Matsubayashi Ryu)
Also throughout Okinawa, karate was taught by masters such as Chotoku Kyan (1870-1945), Choki Motobu (1870-1941)
Toyam Kanken (1888 - 1966, founder of Shudokan Ryu)
click here fore a list of other Grand Masters of karate.
click here to compare kata's from the different styles from Wikipedia.
** These are the four styles of traditional Japanese karate recognised by Federation of All Japan Karatedo Organization or FAJKO, which is an independent governing body in Japan that monitors the four recognized traditional styles of Japanese karate.
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