Totejitsu becomes Karatedo and how it effects the name Taekwondo

The first part of this discussion on totejitsu_becomes_karatedo is contributed by fellow Taekwondo Jidokwan member, Master Al Cole.

The story of how totejitsu becomes karatedo begins with a book published in 1906 titled "Karate Soshu Hen" by Okinawan master Hanashiro Chomo (1869-1945), another student of, the Legondary Okinawan Master Anko Itosu, was the first person to replace the Chinese character Okinawan's pronounced as "TO" with the Chinese character that Okinawans pronounced as "KU"

"Karate Soshu Hen" appears to have been the "Textbook" of teachers of Tode in the Okinawan school system. It is almost exactly at that time that Tode was introduced into the school system. This makes sense as Itosu was the person that developed the Tote program for the Okinawan school system and Chomo was his student.

The book “Karate Soshu Hen” appears to have had some economic success because a year later the book came out to the general public

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Childan Sam Naples
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