Most people don't understand the meaning of the word "Shotokan" to describe Funakoshi's karate style. It came from his students who named his dojo after his pen name ("Shoto"), together with the Japanese kanji for hall/house ("kan"). Basically, they started going to practice at "Funakoshi's place". In other words, they started going to "Shoto kan". Over time, it became the name of the whole style. Funakoshi never meant to start an entire movement. He just wanted to teach karate. #karate #martialarts