Gichin Funakoshi never gave his system a name, just calling it karate. غيشين فوناكوشي لم يقدم أسلوبه اسم، داعيا فقط الكاراتيه.
Shotokan (松濤館, Shōtōkan) is a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka) Funakoshi (1906–1945). 1957) وابنه غيغو (يوشيتاكا) فوناكوشي (1906-1945).