Japan Shotokan Karate International Federation Pammal Chennai

Gichin Funakoshi founded the Shotokan association for the Spirit of Martial Arts. Gichin Funakoshi was born in 1868 in Shuri, Okinawa Prefecture. He studied Karate-do from childhood under Masters Azato and Itosu. The Master died April 26th 1957 in Tokyo, but his karate has gone from strength to strength and is now practiced all over the world. Perhaps the Master's greatest legacy is his famous Dojo Kun, which we reproduce. The word Shotokan is derived from "Shoto", which was Master Funakoshi's pen name, and means "Waving Pines", and "Kan", meaning "Hall".His influence on Karate was so great that he is credited with changing the meaning of the Chinese characters for "Kara-te" from Chinese Hand to Empty Hand.   Shotokan Karate Federation is an organization running to spread the knowledge of traditional & amateur Karate-do with the kind motive of spreading Self-defence, Confidence & Discipline. SKF is established by sensei Rajendran.K who is a very well known technical personality with very rich experience in this field. This is a non-profit organization. The main purpose of this organization is to create a consolidate movement for popularizing the true form of Shotokan karate.