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History Funakoshi Sensei Lineage Timeline |
TIMELINE
Although the origins of Martial Arts can be traced back to thousands of years ago, karate as we know it today is only a couple of hundred years old. After studying with many different instructors and many different philosophies, Funakoshi Sensei began his development of what we call Shotokan Karate.Funakoshi Sensei brought karate to mainland Japan and he introduced it to the universities and to the Emperor. He was instrumental in spreading karate to the United States. It was through his foresight that karate is as widespread as it is today.
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Date |
Event |
| 800 BC | Boxing in China can be traced back reliably to the Chou dynasty. |
| 700 BC | Wrestling in China. |
| 23 BC | First Sumo match took place in front of Emperor Suinin of Japan. |
| 220 | Hua To ("five animals play" - tiger, deer, monkey, bear and bird) was developed. |
| 470 | Bodhidarma was born as the Prince of Kanchipura in the south of India. |
| 516 | The Shaolin temple was built. |
| 527 | Bodhidarma arrived at the Shaolin temple. |
| 547 | The first reference to Bodhidarma was written in "The History of the temples Lo-Yang", by Yang Hsuan-Chih. |
| 670 | Shaolin monks save the emperor of China. |
| 672 | The Chronicle of Japan" ("Nihongi" in Japanese) was written, and the word "bugei" was used for the first time. |
| 780 | Butokukai was founded by Emperor Kamu. |
| 1100-1300 | Shaolin heroic period. |
| 1274 | The first Mongolian attempt on invasion of Japan was stopped by the samurai. |
| 1281 | The second Mongolian army (150,000 men) was destroyed by the typhoon "Kamikaze" after 49 days of battle. |
| 1300's | Chuan'fa reached its zenith during the Ming dynasty. |
| 1372 | Okinawa and King Satto officially established a dialogue with Emperor Ming of China. Trade between the realms begun, and Chuan`fa introduced on Okinawa. |
| 1393 | Chinese officials were assigned to Okinawa, several of these were experts in Chuan'fa. |
| 1400's | Pai Ho chuan (white crane Gung Fu) is developed in Tibet. |
| 1447 | Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-Ryu was founded in Japan. Today's oldest existing martial arts school. |
| 1477 | The new king on Okinawa, Sho Shin, forbade weapons among the civilians. |
| 1542 | The Portuguese introduced firearms in Japan reducing the status of skill in unarmed battle. |
| 1600's | Dragon style chuan'fa (T'ang Lang chuan'fa - praying mantis) was developed in the shaolin temples. |
| 1609 | The Satsuma clan invaded the Ryukyu islands and Okinawa. They again forbade weapons among the civilians. |
| 1674 | monks of Shaolin assisted Emperor K'ang Hsi in beating down a rebellion. |
| 1700's | Hsing-I (mind form), wu shu style, developed in the Shaolin-temple at Wu-Tang mountain. |
| 1750 | First shinai was constructed by Chuzo Nakanishi. |
| 1776 | Wing Chun Gung Fu was founded. |
| 1800's | Pa Kua chuan'fa (eight trigram palm fist way) was founded. |
| 1830's | Choy Li Fut Gung Fu was founded. |
| 1842 | Huo chuan chuan'fa (monkey style Gung Fu) was developed. |
| 1868 | End of the samurai clans, and Gichin Funakoshi was born. |
| 1882 | Jigoro Kano founded Kodokan Judo and opened the first dojo at the Eiso-Ji temple. |
| 1883 | Morihei Ueshiba was born, the founder of Aikido. T Tsunejiro and Shiro were given shodan by Kano sensei. |
| 1888 | Chojun Miyagi, founder of goju-ryu karate, was born on the 25th of April. |
| 1890 | Sumo, Kendo and Judo became part of the curriculum in the Japanese school system for boys (naginata-do for girls). |
| 1892 | Jujutsu was introduced in England. |
| 1893 | Hironori Ohtsuka, founder of Wado-ryu karate, was born. |
| 1895 | Dai Nippon Butokukai was reestablished. |
| 1899 | Kenwa Mabuni was born, founder of shito-ryu karate. |
| 1902 | Karate became a part of the curriculum for Okinawan schools. |
| 1906 | First official demonstration of karate on Okinawa. |
| 1907 | Jigoro Kano designed the gi model which is used today. |
| 1909 | Gogen Yamaguchi, founder of goju-kai karate, was born. |
| 1917 | Funakoshi sensei gave the first demonstration of karate in Japan. The demonstration was not very successful in gaining interest for the art. |
| 1922 | Funakoshi sensei's second demonstration became a success and he founded the first dojo in Tokyo. |
| 1923 | Masatatsu Oyama, founder of kyokushinkai karate, was born in Korea under the name Choi Young Li. |
| 1925 | Ueshiba sensei demonstrated, for the first time, his own version of Aiki-Jutsu. |
| 1929 |
Goju-ryu karate was founded. |
| 1935 | Yoshioki Yamashita achieved 10th dan in Judo from Kano sensei. |
| 1936 | The karate masters of Okinawa decide Karate will be the official name of Okinawa-te, and the first independent karate dojo is founded in Tokyo. It was named Shotokan by the students of Funakoshi sensei. |
| 1937 | Shito-Ryu karate founded. |
| 1939 | Wado-Ryu karate founded. |
| 1940 | Uechi-Ryu karate founded. |
| 1942 | Aikido founded. |
| 1950 | Goju-Kai karate founded. |
| 1954 | Bruce Lee begins his studies of Wing Chun Gung Fu under Master Yip Man. |
| 1956 | Kyokushinkai karate founded. |
| 1957 | Funakoshi sensei dies. |
| 1967 | Jeet Kune Do Gung Fu founded by Bruce Lee. |
| 1995 | LM Shotokan Karate Academy Established |