Shotokan.

[Mu Ryuk]

Hey ladies and gents,

 

Tomorrow at noon I'm going to be trying out a Shotokan class. There is a Dojo about five minutes from my house on foot, run by a guy named Greg Dow. If I like it I'll take three classes a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday at noon. This won't conflict with my Tang Soo Do at all...and of course it means...MORE TRAINING :D

 

So...we shall see.

 

 

Tang Soo!

[cathal]

Great, you'll enjoy it! Remember kime!!

[Shorin Ryuu]

Mu Ryuk,

 

I notice you are in Monterey, too. Did you ever want to get together and train sometime? Just to try out new ideas, discuss things, whatever.

[47MartialMan]

Great.

 

Does Shotokan mean "Hall of Shoto", which is the name given to specific writings?

[cathal]

47MartialMan, Shoto was the penname of Master Gichin

 

Funakoshi's poetry. It, like many Japanese words, is representative of an idea. In this case, the sound the wind made when moving through the trees on the mountain, where he lived. The very first dojo built for karate was called Shotokan, in this case Shoto being something like "The Hall of Shoto" or "Shoto's Hall".

[Shane]

good luck with it

[47MartialMan]

47MartialMan, Shoto was the penname of Master Gichin

 

Funakoshi's poetry. It, like many Japanese words, is representative of an idea. In this case, the sound the wind made when moving through the trees on the mountain, where he lived. The very first dojo built for karate was called Shotokan, in this case Shoto being something like "The Hall of Shoto" or "Shoto's Hall".

Is that "somewhat" what I said? Thanks for a little more detail.

[karatekid1975]

I came from a TSD dojang, and I did Shotokan for a bit. I found that they are very similar (give or take a technique or two). The forms are the same, also (except for a couple of techniques), just pronounced in Japanese instead of Korean LOL.

[47MartialMan]

I had thought, on occasion, that many (not all) Korean forms were influenced from Japanese ones.