Early Life |
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Gichin
Funakoshi Sensei's First Name
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1868
Funakoshi's birth certificate was falsified to show he was born in 1870 in order to enter medical school, but he was actually born on this year
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top knot
Lower classes supported the abolition of this type of hair style, which the upper classes in Okinawa fiercely supported and was a symbol of manhood
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Premature
The only son on Gisu a minor official Funakoshi was this type of newborn, which means he was not fully gestated.
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