As you can see from the chart below, Karate actually began in China. China? Yes, China. From China, Karate ancestral art(s)
was/were brought to Okinawa. It was in Okinawa that Funakoshi sensei learned the arts that he was to meld into Shotokan.
From Okinawa, Shoto brought the martial art to Japan, where it flourished. And, as far we as we are concerned, finally,
Shotokan karate was brouight from Japan to the USA.
