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In the wake of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, much of Tokyo was destroyed putting a hold on daily routine, karate instruction included. While Funakoshi’s dojo escaped nature’s wrath, many of his students had perished in the devastating fires that ensued. Nevertheless, as the city began to rebuild and enrollment again expanded, it quickly became apparent that the school was outgrowing its aging training facility. In 1935, with karate becoming ever more popular particularly among the aristocracy, a group of supporters raised sufficient funds to construct a new karate dojo, the first ever in all of Japan. Thus rose from the ashes, the Shotokan, taking its name in tribute to the pseudonym used by Funakoshi as a child. The Shotokan or “school of waving pines”, epitomized the crystallization of Funakoshi’s dreams.¹¹ In short order, with war blooming, the training hall began to overflow with eager young men soon to be conscripted. Far too often, Funakoshi found himself standing alone in the center of his dojo, offering up prayers for his fallen students. Then, tragedy struck. In 1945, during an air raid, the Shotokan was decimated in a rain of bombs. Although Funakoshi remained unscathed, what had been built with promise and generosity was no more. Compound this with the fact that Gigo succumbed to tuberculosis in the spring of the same year and one can only imagine the extent of emotional turmoil experienced by Funakoshi during this fateful period. Still, Funakoshi persevered, teaching and writing, albeit with the assistance of his instructors, far into his 80s.