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In the early quarter of the twentieth century, Hanashiro was recognized as a great expert in karate, still pioneering the teaching of martial art in the indigenous educational system in Okinawa. In addition to the technical contributions, the use of the word «karate» was used to describe his martial
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Hanashiro was the very first person to use the term "karate" in his personal writings dating from 1905. He voluntarily replaced the old ideogram of to/tang (唐), by that of kara (空), because of their phonetic similarity, to slightly modify the meaning of the term. Kara-te = "empty" hand, means in the
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art, in the 1905 publication «Karate Kumite», when he formally abandoned the use of kanji (唐) by (空). Both may sound like "tang", but the latter also means empty and leaves the reference to the Sinic Dynasty somewhat more distant.
362:. On October 25, 1936, Hanashiro also participated with Kentsu Yabu, in the assembly of the "Great Masters of Okinawa Karate", where he advocated and obtained the official adoption of the term "Karate" ("Empty Hand"). 354:, under whom Hanashiro continued his martial learning. Unlike Matsumura, Itosu aimed to promote karate as a modality of physical and social development in the public school system of Okinawa, influenced by Hanashiro. 350:). Itosu Anko was the oldest disciple. Sokon was already in advanced age. Hanashiro quickly became his assistant and remained so until his master's death in 1915. Sokon bequeathed it to his successor 610: 590: 403:
His most eminent disciples were Shigeru Nakamura (1892–1969), Chitōse (1898–1984), (founder of Chitō-ryū, not to be confused with Kenwa Mabuni's
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Another notable event in his life: while in Tokyo in 1936, with his fellow student and lifelong friend,
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kara (空) instead of "to" or "tang" (唐), a term by which
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master who is notable for aiding in the evolution of
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