A style of Karate. Shotokai is directly evolved from the form of karate practised by Master Gichin Funakoshi and takes its name from his pen name, "Shoto", and "kai" meaning Organisation. Shotokai was the name of the organisation founded in 1935 and upon Gichin Funkoshi's death in 1953, became heir to his Tiger symbol and his documents and writings. Funakoshi claimed that his style of karate was a balanced combination of all the Okinawan styles but an examination of the kata endorsed by Funakoshi shows no sign of any Naha-style forms.

Shotokai emphasises karate-do as a budo art style and so teaches personal development through karate as a way of life. As a result, competitive tournements are avoided in contrast to the style which also takes its name from Funakoshi, Shotokan, which embraces sports karate. Prior to the death of Gichin Funkoshi in 1957 there was no deliniation between shotokan and shotokai, Funakoshi's school of karate being referred to as the shotokan. After this time, however, there was a separation of styles. The Shotokai style practiced by people like Shigeru Egami and Genshin Hironishi and the Shotokan style embraced by people like Isao Obata and Masatoshi Nakayama.

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