Good news! The Hawaii Karate Museum was very fortunate to acquire Karate-Do Ichiro (Karate-Do One Road), by Gichin Funakoshi. October 1, 1956. 212 pages. Japanese language.
This appears to be a first edition of the book, not a reprint.
This book was acquired with a donation by Sensei Fumio Nagaishi.
What a great way to start the new year!
Respectfully,
Charles C. Goodin
"Karate Jutsu" means "China Hand art". Karate came to Okinawa from China. Only in the 1930s or so, was the term "Karate" changed to mean "Empty Hand". "China Hand" was used in Hawaii until after World War II, and is still used in some dojo.
For more information, please visit the Hawaii Karate Seinenkai website.
The spirit of Karate is the Aloha spirit.
