Half Moon in the Shotokan symbol

[Killer Miller]

Shoto = Pen name for Geichin Funakoshi.

 

Kan = Japanese word for Building or Dojo.

 

Shoto kan = Shoto's Dojo

 

- Killer -

G95CHAMPS do you know where the name shotokan came from?

[ps1]

Found it!!!!!

 

IF the symbol is the one I think you're looking at, you'll also notice that the Shotokan tiger is inside a black circle.

 

If you picture the symbol without the tiger, it's an InYo. This is the Japanese version of the Yin Yang (Chinese) or Um Yang (Korean). I found the answer while reading through a book last night. There was a section discussing the three symbols and that's when I realized it. The crescent moon isn't a crescent moon at all. It's one part of the InYo.

 

Here's a link to the patch:https://www.sakura-0.com/images/acc/acc-6106.jpg

 

However, I can't think of any reason the two symbols were combined. It was probably done by an orginization of some sort.

[kataman]

Shoto = Pen name for Geichin Funakoshi.

 

Kan = Japanese word for Building or Dojo.

 

Shoto kan = Shoto's Dojo

 

- Killer -

G95CHAMPS do you know where the name shotokan came from?

[kataman]

You are close killer miler

 

KAN = house

 

so the meaning of shotokan, is the house of Shuto

[G95champ]

Thats one example of the patch. Yes I knew about the Japanese version of the Yin and Yang and the Rising Sun idea as well. If that were the only patch that would be understood. However their is another patch with that moon on the bottom. Thats the one that I am having troulbe with.

 

Shotokan came about just as said above.

 

Shoto - was Gichin Funakoshi's pen name he used to write poetry.

 

Kan - means house

 

When Funakoshi started teaching karate-do publically his students looking for a name of their style came up with Shotokan because that was the place they trained at. AKA Shoto's House.

[G95champ]

Go to this link scroll down to the third from last row at the bottom. On the left you see 2 shotokan patches. One Red and One Orange. In the red patch the moon is on the top. In the Orange the Moon is on bottom.

 

http://www.centuryfitness.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10051&storeId=10051&categoryId=13948&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=13947&crumb=13501-13920

 

There are some Japanese words on the bottom of the patch but I can't read it, it may explain the answer I seek. So if anyone can help me. Thanks in advance.

[AngelaG]

G95champ - The kanji just reads "Shotokan".

 

I believe the patches are just two different ways of drawing the "inyo" (Japanese version of "Yin Yang")

[The_Clubbers_Mythology]

It may follow back to a mistake in the crest of shotokan karate. The badge may have been below originally, but a clerical error, places it above. this is not a karate related answer but it does answer the question in a manner of speaking.

 

the test of time can change things dramatically. One of the badges is the original and one is a 'mistake' so to speak.

 

as i saif before, mybe not right, but if the shoe fits...