Year	Place	Historical Note
552-710	Japan	The Asuka Period: Buddhism introduced during this time period.
552	Korea	Buddhism was introduce to the kingdom of Paekche.
594	Korea	Prince Shotoku of Paekche proclaimed Buddhism the religion of the state.
604	Japan	The Chinese calendar was adopted.
663	Korea	Paekche was destroyed by the Chinese loosening the grip of Japan from the mainland, who was Korea's Ally.
710-794	Japan	The Nara Period: During this period the Japanese people take up a primitive use of the sword.
794-1185	Japan	The Heian Period: This time period the emperor ruled like a god. Political classes were being implemented. Sumo wrestling and Daito-ryu jujitsu (which heavily influenced Aikido) were developed.
1185-1333	Japan	The Kamakura Period: The Chinese invade and introduce Zen Buddhism to Japan.
1279-1368	China	Yuan Dynasty
1300-1333	Japan	Modern Iado, kenjutsu, were being developed by Shigenobu Hayashizaki in a school format.
1300	China	Empty hand styles were being codified into five animal classifications. Some of these would later be introduced t Japan as Karate.
1300	Japan	The Samurai caste came into existence on the northside of Mt. Fuji.
1333-1568	Japan	The Muromachi Period
1336	Japan	The Emperor Go-Daigo was forced to flee the throne and a rival emperor sat in Kyoto. Feudalism arrived.
1350	Okinawa	Okinawa in trading with China, Korea and Japan introduces foreign fighting systems to the Ryu-Kyus (Okinawa Isles).
1368-1644	China	Ming Dynasty
1372	Japan	Takenouchi took sumai and kumiuchi tactics combining them to make a new fighting system of jujutsu.
1372	Okinawa	King Satto allies himself to the Chinese Ming Emperor. Securing the tie which would eventually bring Chinese Boxing to the Island.
1470	Okinawa	King Hashi unites all of Okinawa and bans all weapons.
1543	Japan	Portuguese traders land in Japan spreading Christianity, and the use of their guns.
1568-1600	Japan	The Momoyama Period: Though guns have come to Japan, swordsmanship reigns supreme. Famous Duelists came to light such as Musashi Miyamoto, Gonosuke Muso, and Tsunenaga Gasekura.
1582	Japan	Hideyoshi Toyotomi succeeded Nobunaga Oda bringing relative peace and unifying Japan.
1600-1853	Japan	The Edo (Tokugawa) Period: shogunate Era which divided once again the classes in japan.
1600	Japan	Ieyasu Tokugawa seizes control of Japan as Shogun.
1600	Japan	Will Adams and English seaman arrive in the "Japans" on board a Dutch trading ship. Ieyasu makes Adams a samurai and improves his navy.
1609	Japan	The Satsuma clan fails to unseat the Shogun. The clan is given Okinawa to oversee to relieve the Satsuma warriors of their frustration.
1609	Okinawa	With the invasion of the Satsuma clan of Japan, weapons are outlawed throughout the islands. To-de (Chinese Hands) was taken underground and split into three distinct groups, Naha, Shuri, and Tomari, although not true styles (or ryu) each had its own system of self defense.
1624	Japan	Spaniards were expelled from Japan for fear of military uprising.
1636	Japan	The people of Japan were forbidden to travel abroad.
1644-1912	China	Ching Dynasty
1648	China	Practitioners of Chuan fa retreat to the temples in south China to avoid the Manchu.
1648	Japan	Chen Yuan-ping (Chin Gempin in Japanese) fled his homeland of China to avoid the Manchus and became a naturalized Japanese.
1750	Japan	Chut Nakanishi invents the fencing glove and redesigns the shinai (bamboo sword) developed by his teacher Jirouemon Ono. Nakanishi also invents the body armor (dohontai) paving the way for Kendo.
1804	Japan	Russian envoy, Rezanove, arrives in Japan, initiating modern contact with west.
1853-1868	Japan	The Transition Period: During this period the Shogun is forced to resign his office and the emperor is the established leader. Major earthquakes rock Japan further enhancing trade among the Westerners.
1853	Japan	Commodore Matthew C. Perry arrives opening up more trade with Japan.
1868-1912	Japan	The Meiji Period: The end of Feudalism and the origin of modern Budo.
1868	Okinawa	Gichin Funakoshi is born to Gisu Funakoshi.
1877	Okinawa	The Satsuma clan rebels against the Meiji Government that it had helped found.
1882	Japan	Jiro Kano at age 22 founds his own system of jujitsu called Kodendan Ju(do). He emphasized his art as a do or a way of life, with many ideas, philosophies, and ethics, as well as a pseudo-sport and physical activity in peace time.
1883	Japan	Morihie Uyeshiba was born in Tanabe.
1888	Okinawa	Gichin Funakoshi becomes a school teacher in the province of Shuri.
1894	Japan & Korea	Sino-Japanese war over Korea begins.
1895	Japan	Dai Nippon Butokukai founded in Kyoto, Japan.
1902	Okinawa	Karate becomes accessible to populous upon a recommendation from Doctors. Gichin Funakoshi begins giving demonstrations.
1903	Okinawa	Gichin Funakoshi introduces Karate to Shuri School Districts.
1904	Japan	Japan goes to war with Russia. Russians were defeated, but Japan was economically drained.
1906	Okinawa	Gichin Funakoshi and students begin giving first public demonstrations of Karate throughout Okinawa.
1906	Korea	Duk Ki Song at the age of thirteen begins to learn Tae Kyon from Hue Lim.
1909	Korea	Japan annexes Korea. Korean's are banned from being able to practice fighting arts.
1911	Japan	All middle school children are required to take either Kendo or Judo.
1912	Okinawa	Funakoshi introduces karate to Japanese Imperial Navy, First Fleet.
1914	Okinawa	G. Funakoshi organizes hundreds of karate demonstrations all over Okinawa supported by all the Okinawa karate masters.
1917	Okinawa	Funakoshi gives Karate demonstration in Kyoto, Japan.
1922	Japan	G. Funakoshi arrives from Okinawa to demonstrate Karate-do before the Emperor in Tokyo. He showed that this was a shugyo"an austere discipline" for life, as his instructors had intended and not just a fighting art. Jiro Kano ask Funakoshi to teach him some Karate and Kata.
1923	Japan	Gichin Funakoshi's first Dojo is destroyed by an earthquake, in which many of his students die.
1924	Japan	First collegiate karate club developed by Funakoshi at Keio University.
1926	Japan	G. Funakoshi publishes Rentan Goshin Karate-jutsu, his first book about karate.
1928	Japan	Karate Clubs organized at all major college campuses.
1930's	Korea	Hong Hi Choi "father of Tae Kwondo" begins his martial art training under Han Il Dong, who was trained under Duk Ki Song.
1933	Hawaii	First Caucasian taught Karate openly, it was mostly a group of Methodist church men impressed with the aspects of Karate.
1936	Korea	Hwang Kee masters Tae Kyon and Soo Bak Do at the age of twenty-two, travels to north China to study the "T'ang Method" of Kung Fu.
1937	Japan	Hong Hi Choi begins training in Kyoto under Shotokan instructor Mr. Kim.
1939	Japan	Funakoshi changes the Chinese character used in karate (kara) to the Japanese character of kara.
1939	Japan	Hong Hi Choi recieves his 1st Dan in Shotokan after two years of intensive training.
1940	USA	Lee Jun Fan also named Bruce Lee was born in San Fransisco and family returns to Hong Kong shortly afterwards.
1943	Korea	Karate and Kung-fu were officially introduced.
1944	Korea	After learning Tae Kyon and Sabak from his neighbors and Shotokan karate from G. Funakoshi in his college years, Byung Jick Ro, opens first dojang in Kae-Sung and Kwan Duk Gung (archery school), which lasted three months due to limited enrollment. He called his style Soong Moo Kwan.
1945	Korea	After Korea's liberation Tae Kyon an Sabak resurfaced. Hwang Kee combines his martial knowlege into Tang Soo Do. Many other martial arts begins to come to light. Yun Moo Kwan founded by Sup Chun Sang.
1945	Korea	The Chung Do Kwan school the first to have a school and openly teach a empty hand martial. It was founded by Won Kook Lee.
1946	Korea	Byung Ro opens second dojang in Kae Sung. this attempt was unsuccessfull due to the onset of the Korean War.
1946	Korea	Yun Pyung (aka In Yoon Byung) establishes Chang Moo Kwan at a YMCA. chi Do Kwan is founded by Yon Kue Pyang.
1949	Korea	Hong Hi Choi visits Ft Riley Ground General Scholl in Kansas and gave a public demonstration on Korean Karate.
1949-1951	Japan	Karate is introduced on American Air Bases. Japan Karate Assosication (JKA) organized, G. Funakoshi, Chief Instructor, N. Nakayama, Asst. Instructor.
1952	Korea	President Syngman Rhee orders all soldiers to receive training in the art of Korean Karate.
1953	Korea	Byung Ro opens third dojang in Seoul Korea following the Korean War. This time it is successful.
1953	Korea	On May 25, nine Grandmasters of the Kwan styles come togther to form the Kung Soo Do Association. Was the first organization developed by the Korean Martial Arts Community.
1953	Korea	Oh Do Kwan is founded by Hong Hi Choi .
1955	Korea	Conference of masters on April 11, merges the Korean Arts and kwans, they decide to call the unified arts Tae Soo Do.
1956	Japan	First official sports karate rules introduced by the Japan Karate Association (JKA).
1956	USA	Jhoon Rhee arrives in Texas and teaches the first American Class in Tae Kwon Do.
1956	USA	Shotokan is introduced in Los Angeles, California by Tsutomu Ohshima.
1957	Korea	Korean master Change unified art of Tae Soo Do to "Tae Kwando"
1957	Japan	Gichin Funakoshi dies on April 26 in Tokyo.
1958	USA	Jhoon Rhee open begins teaching Taekwando in the US
1958	Korea	Hwan Kee Huang, founder of Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan withdraws his membership fomr the Kung Soo do association and establishes the Korean tang Soo Do Association.
1959	Korea	Hong HI Choi becomes the president of the Oh Do Kwan.
1959	USA	Tsutomo, Ohshima first official karate instructor in the U.S. in (Shotokai).
1959	USA	BruceLee begins teaching Gung Fu in Seattle, Washington.
1960's	USA	Il Joo Kim, Moo Myung Yun, Byung Yul Lee, Joon Pyu Choi, Yang Kyu Yu, Chang Jin Kang, Hin Il Chang, Tae Ryang Chang, begin Soo Muk Kwan dojangs throughout the USA.
1961	USA	Sihak Henry Cho opens first "commercial Taekwando school.
1962	North America	Richard Chun begins teaching in North America.
1964	USA	Ark Wong, Master of Wah Que Kung Fu (Praying Mantis Style) opens first official Chinese Kung Fu School on the West Coast.
1964	Canada	Chong Lee introduces Taekwondo to Canada.
1965	Japan & USA	Japan and USA have first official Karate Championship.
1966	Korea	Hong Hi Choi resigns as the President of the Korean Taekwando Association. He founds the ITF and moves the headquarters to Canada.
1969	USA	Chojiro Hito organized International Shotokan Karate Association after arrival in the US.
1970	Japan	WUKO World Championship held in Tokyo
1973	Hong Kong	Bruce Lee dies because of a brain hemorage a few weeks before the release of "Enter the Dragon", which would give him world recognition among Martial Artist.
1974	Korea	Chung Bong poomse developed by Jay Hyon are first performedd, adding it to Song Moo Kwan's many other poomse, which included Pinan, Chang Hon, and Tae Guek.
1976	USA	Hee Sang Ro moves from Korea to North America.
1980	USA	Jay Hyon retires from teaching and passes it over to Hee Sang Ro, the sone of Byung Jick Ro.
1982	Japan	JKA International Karate Championships replace all Japan Championship in Tokyo.
1988	Korea	Taekwondo is introduced as a demonstration sport in the Olympics.
1995	USA	Karate is accepted as a offical Pan American games and future Olympic event.

Bibliography

Click one of the above to check out my other pages..

LinkExchange Member

This page has been visited times since 30 July97.This page was last modified on 16 July 2002.