DATE	PLACE	HISTORICAL EVENT
800 B.C.	China	Boxing can be traced back reliable to the Choe Dynasty
700 B.C.	China	Wrestling in China
23 B.C.	Japan	First Sumo-match took place in front of Emperor Suinin of Japan
220 A.D.		Hua To, "five animals play"-tiger, deer, monkey, bear and bird-were developed
470	India	Bodhidarma was born as the Prince of Kanchipura in the South of India
516	China	The Shaolin Temple was built
527	China	Bodhidarma arrived at the Shaolin Temple
547	China	The first reference to Bodhidarma was written in "The History of the temples Lo-Yang" by Yang Hsu
552-710	Japan	The Asuka Period:  Buddhism introduced during this time period
552	Korea	Buddhism was introduced 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
670		Shaolin monks saves the emperor of China
672	Japan	"The Chronicle of Japan", "Nihongi" in Japanese was written, and the word "bugei" was used for the first time
710-794	Japan	The Nara Period:  During this period the Japanese people take up a primitive use of the sword
720	Japan	The "Nihom Shoki" first chronicle concerning Japanese wrestling, complied
780		Butokukai was founded by Emperor Kamu
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.
800	Japan	Kenjutsu schools proliferate
900-1200	Indonesia	Silat transmitted from China
900	Japan	Ch'in-na transmitted from China; becomes the basis for aiki-jutsu
c. 900	Philippines	Kali founded
1100-1300		Shaolin heroic period
1147-1170	Korea	Subak reached its peak in popularity
1185-1333	Japan	The Kamakura Period:  The Chinese invade and introduce Zen Buddhism to Japan
1185-1336	Japan	Aiki-jutsu founded by Shinra Saburo Yoshimitsu
1192	Japan	Bushido emerges
1271-1368	China	Kung-fu used by anti-government resistance groups
1274		The first mongolian attempt to invade Japan was stopped by the Samurai
1279-1368	China	Yuan Dynasty
1281		The second mongolian army (150,000 men) were destroyed by the typhoon "Kamikaze" after 49 days
13th century	Japan	Zen transmitte by Chinese Buddhist monks
		Chuan'fa reached its zenith during the Ming dynasty
c. 1300	China	Chang San-Feng introduces soft elements to Shao-lin kung-fu and reputedly founds t'ai-chi-ch-uan
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 to 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)
	Japan	Nen-ryu, earliest recorded school of swardsmanship, founded
	Japan	Sword techniques systematized for the first time by Choisai and Jion
1368-1644	China	Ming Dynasty
	China	Ch'in-na recorded as a self-defense system
1372	Japan	Takenouchi took sumai and kumiuchi tactics combining them to make a new fighting system of jujutsu
	Okinawa	King Satto officialy opens a dialogue with the Emperor Ming of China thereby establishing trade between the Ryukyu Islands and mixing kung-fu with traditional Okinawan styles
1392	Okinawa	36 Chinese families immigrate and teach Chinese boxing to Okinawans
1393	Okinawa	Chinese officials were assigned to Okinawa, several of these were experts in Chuan'fa
c. 1400	Japan	Ninjutsu emerges, flourishing for four centuries
15th century	Malaya	Huan Tuah purportedly founds bersilat
	Japan	Atemi becomes popular
1447	Japan	Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-ryu was founded; the oldest existing martial arts school
1470	Okinawa	King Hashi unites all of Okinawa and bans all weapons
1477	Okinawa	Sho Shin bans all weapons, which stimulates underground training in unarmed combat
late 1400's	Tibet	Pai Ho chuan (white crane Gung Fu) is developed in Tibet
16th century	China	Win chun founded by Yim Wing Chun, a Buddhist nun
	Brazil	African slaves develop capoeira
		Dragon style chuan'fa, T'ang Lang chuan'fa (praying mantis) was developed in the Shaolin temples
1542	Japan	The Portuguese introduced firearms in Japan reducing the status of skill in unarmed battle
1543	Japan	Portuguese traders land in Japan spreading Christianity, and the use of their guns
c. 1550	Japan	Jojutsu founded by Muso Gunnosuke
1568-1600	Japan	The Momoyama Period:  though guns have come to Japan, swardsmanship reigns supreme.  Famous Duelists came to light such as Musashi Miyamoto, Gonosuke Muso, and Tsunenaga Gasekura
1570	Japan	Sumo emerges
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
1600-1650	Japan	Jujutsu emerges
17th century	China	Wong Long found praying manits kung-fu
		Hsing-I (mind form), wu shu style, developed in the Shaolin temple at Wu-tang Mountain
1600	Japan	Will Adams an English seaman arrives in Japan 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.
	Okinawa	Japan's Satsuma clan bans the use of weapons.  Okinawan improve weaponless fighting methods and create kobu-jutsu from farm tools
	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
1629	Okinawa	Tode and ch'uan fa synthesized into a new art called te
1644-1648	Japan	China's Ch'en Yuanpin reputedly introduces a form of jujutsu and the sai
1644-1912	China	Ching Dynasty
1645	Japan	Miyamoto Musashi one of Japan's greatest samurai, dies
1648	China	Practitioners of Chuan fa retreat to the temples in south China to avoid the Manchu
	Japan	Chen Yuan-ping (Chin Gempin in Japanese) fled his homeland of China to avoid the Manchus and become a naturalized Japanese
1662-1723	China	The Triads, a secret society which perpetuates kung-fu emerges
1674		128 monks of Shaolin assisted Emperor K'ang His in beating down a rebellion
1692	Okinawa	Ko Sokun, a shipwrecked Chinese boxer, introduces kumiai-jutsu
18th century		Pa Kua chuan'fa (eight trigram palm fist way) was founded
c. 1700	Okinawa	Modern characteristics of Okinawan karate begin to emerge
1703-1709	Thailand	Muay Thai, in its early form, reaches its peak in popularity
1710	Japan	"Hagakure Bushido" classic work on samurai ethics and conduct, written by Tsunetomo Yamamoto
1730	China	Ching Edict drives kung-fu underground where it propagates secretly from generation to generation
1750	Japan	Budo disciplines emerge from bujutsu
	Japan	Edo, Japan: shinai invented by Chuzo Nakanishi.  He also invents the body armor (dohontai) paving the way for Kendo
1761	Okinawa	China's Kusanku begins teaching a form of kung-fu
1764	Philippines	Spanish authorities ban kali
1776		Wing Chun Gung Fu was founded
c. 1800	France	Paris; savate emerges
1804	Japan	Russian envoy, Rezanove, arrives in Japan, initiating modern contact with the west
1815	Okinawa	"Tode" Sakugawa dies; he is believed to have been the first to combine ch'uan fa and tode to form Okinawa-te
c. 1830	Okinawa	Sokon Matsumura is first master to systemize karate and to call his tyle by a name (Shuri-te) other than his own
	Italy	Genoa; first savate club founded
1831		Choy Li Fut Gung Fu was founded by Chan Heung
1832	France	Paris; Charles Lecour synthesizes English boxing and savate to create French boxing
1842		Huo chuan chuan'fa (monkey style Gung Fu) was developed
1848	U.S.	California; kung-fu secretly transmitted to the U.S. by Chinese laborers imported for the Gold Rush
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 amoung the Westerners
1853	Japan	Commodore Matthew C. Perry arrives openig 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
	Japan	Samurai prohibited from wearing swords; end of samurai era
1877	Okinawa	The Satsuma clan rebels against the Meiji Government that it had helped found
1882	Japan	Tokyo; Jigoro Kano founds judo and established his first school, the Kodokan, at the Eisho-Ji Temple
1883	Japan	Morihie Uyeshiba, the founder of Aikido, was born in Tanabe
1884	Japan	Judo contest conducted for the first time, within jujutsu dojo
c. 1887-1889	Okinawa	The word "karate" (T'ang hand) replaces te
1887	Japan	Tokyo; Technical formulation of Kodokan judo completed
1888	Okinawa	Gichin Funakoshi becomes a school teacher in the province of Shuri
		Chojun Miyagi, founder of gojo-ryu karate, was born on the 25th of April
1889	Japan	Tokyo; Prof. Ladd of Yale University becomes first american to study judo at the Kodokan
1890	Japan	Sumo, Kendo and Judo become part of the curriculum in the Japanese school system for boys; naginata-do for girls
c. 1890	Okinawa	Kanryo Higshionna introduces Naha-te and a breathing exercise called Sanchin
1892	England	Jujutsu introduced
1893		Hironori Ohtsuka, founder of Wado-ryu karate, was born
1894	Japan	Sino-Japanese war over Korea begins
	Korea	Sino-Japanese war over Korea begins
1895	Japan	Kyoto; Dai Nippon Butokukai founded
1896	Japan	Tokyo; Jigoro Kano devises the go-kyo-no-waza, a systemized approach for teaching judo
1899	Japan	Kyoto; Butokuden established
		Kenwa Mabuni, the founder of shito-ryu karate, was born
1900	China	During the Boxer Rebellion, the martial arts are vitually eliminated from the mainland
1901-1902	Okinawa	Karate becomes part of the physical education curriculum at two schools
1902	Okinawa	Karate becomes accessible to populous upon a recommendation from doctors.  Gishin Funakoshi begins giving demonstrations
	U.S.	Yoshiaki Yamashita introduces judo in the U.S.
c. 1903	U.S.	Washington, D.C.; Yoshiaki Yamashita demonstrates judo at the White House
1903	U.S.	Shumeshiro Tomita, an influential judo pioneer, arrives in the U.S.
	Okinawa	Gichin Funakoshi introduces Karate to Shuri School Districts
1904	Japan	Japan goes to war with Russia.  Russians are defeated, but Japan was econimically drained.
1905	Okinawa	Chomo Hanashiro breaks tradition and writes book using new characters for karate which translate "empty hand(s)"
	Japan	Tokyo; majority of jujutsu schools merge with the Kodokan
	Okinawa	Karate taught as a sport for the first time by Yasutsune Itosu in middle schools
	France	Jujutsu introduced by writer Re-Nie Guy De Montgaillard; Judo taught to police in Paris
1906	Okinawa	First public karate demonstration conducted by Gichin Funakoshi
	England	Gunji Koizumi, father of European judo, arrives
	Korea	Duk Ki Song begins learn Tae Kyon from Hue Lim at the age of 13
	Germany	Berlin; Erich Rahn becomes first European to teach judo extensively at his jujutsu school
	Germany	Berlin; Agitaro Ono begins teaching jujutsu at military academies
1907	Japan	University Kendo Federation founded
	U.S.	Seattle, WA; America's first judo dojo founded by Takugoro Ito
	Japan	Jigoro Kano designed the gi-model which is used today
1909		Gogen Yamaguchi, founder of goju-ryu karate, was born
	Korea	Japan annexes Korea.  Korean's are banned from being able to practice fighting arts
	U.S.	Kali introduced by Jack Santos
	U.S.	Honolulu, HI; first judo called the Shunyokan, founded by Shigen Teshima and Naomatsu Kaneshiga
1911	Japan	Tokyo; Judo Teacher's Training Department established at the Kodokan
	Japan	Jigoro Kano founds Japan Athletic Association
	Japan	Kendo and judo named compulsory subjects in Japanese middle schools
1912	China	Kung-fu restored and instituted in all areas of Chinese learning
	Japan	Nihon Kendo Kata, foundation of all mondern kendo practice, created
	Okinawa	Funakoshi introduces karate to Japanese Imperial Navy, First Fleet
	England	E. J. Harrison, first Westerner to write prolifically about the martial arts, authors his classic book "The Fighting Spirit of Japan"
1914	Okinawa	Funakoshi organizes hundreds of karate demonstrations all over Okinawa supported by all the Okinawa karate masters
	Belgium	Brussels; Judo introduced by Ito and Maurice Minne
1915	Okinawa	Yasutsune Itosu and Kanryo Higashionna, the two most important 19th century Okinawan karate masters die
1917	Japan	Kyoto; Gichin Funakoshi performs the first karate demonstartion in Japan at the Butokuden
1918	England	London; Europe's first jodo club, the Budokwai, founded by Gunji Koizumi
1920	Italy	Rome; Judo introduced by Carolo Oletti
	U.S.	Hawaii; Okinawan Kentsu Yabu performs karate demonstrations here and in Los Angeles, CA marking the first international exposure of this art
1921	Okinawa	Okinawan Association for the Spirit of the Martial Arts founded by Gichin Funakoshi and others
	U.S.	Oriental martial arts exposed to Western audiences for the first time in the film Outside Woman
1922	Japan	Tokyo; Gichin Funakoshi demonstrates karate at the 1st National Athletic Exhibition; he then remains in Japan to teach his art
	Japan	Funakoshi established the first karate club in Japan at the Meisei Juku; he also writes the first book on karate "Ruykyu Kempo:  Karate"
	Japan	Kodokan Dan Grade Holder's Association founded
	Korea	Seoul; Korea Archery Association founded
	Germany	Erich Rahn defeats Hans Reuter of Munich to become first professional German Jujutsu champion
	U.S.	Honolulu; Chinese Physical Culture Association becomes the first club in the West to teach a form of Kung-fu
1923	Korea	Masatatsu Oyama, founder of kyokushinkai karate, was born under the name Choi Young
	Japan	Gichin Funakoshi's first Dojo is destroyed by an earthquake
1924	Japan	First Japanese collegiate karate club founded at Keio University by Gichin Funakoshi
	Germany	Reichsverbandes for Jiu-Jitsu founded
1925		Ueshiba demonstrated for the first time his own version of Aiki-jutsu
	Germany	First illustrated martial arts magazine, "Jiu Jitsu", published
1926	Japan	Tokyo; women's judo section established at the Kodokan
	Japan	Funakoshi publishes "Rentan Goshin Karate-jutsu", his first book
c. 1927-1928	Okinawa	Chojun Miyagi founds goju-ryu karate; he is the first to give his style a name apart from the city in which it is practiced
1927	U.S.	Honolulu; Kentsu Yabu gives the first public karate demonstration in Hawaii, and introduces Shuri-te
1928	Japan	All Japan Kendo Federation founded
	Japan	Chojun Miyagi teaches karate at universities
	Japan	Nippon kempo founded by Muneomi Sawayama
	Okinawa	Choshin Chibana becomes the first to hame his karate style shorin-ryu
	China	Kung-fu is renamed we shu and becomes formalized
	Australia	Judo introduced by Dr. A.J. Ross; Australian Council of Judo founded
	Japan	Karate clubs organized at all major college campuses
1929	England	London; Europe's first international judo meet conducted between the Budokwai and the Jiu-Jitsu Club of Frankfurt on Main
	India	Judo is introduced
c. 1930	Korea	Hong Hi Choi "father of Tae Kwondo" begins his martial art training under Hann Il Dong, who was trained un Duk Ki Song
1930	Japan	Tokyo; Gogen Yamaguchi establishes Japanese gouju-ryu headquarters
	Japan	Osaka; Kenwas Mabuni founds Shito-ryu karate
	Japan	1st All Japan Judo Championships conducted
	Okinawa	Okinawan Prefecture Athletic Association founded; Chojun Mihagi named karate division chairman
	U.S.	Los Angeles, CA; Wong Wen Sun Chinese Benevolent Association, the earliest knon group of kung-fu students in the US, founded by Ark-Yuey Wong
	Hungary	Judo introduced by Tibor Vincze
	England	Europe's first intercollegiate judo match conducted between Oxford and Cambridge universities
1931	Japan	Tokyo; Police adopt modern hojo-jutsu
	Japan	Tokyo; Kanken Toyama founds shudokan karate
	Hungary	First judo club founded
	Africa	Judo introduced
1932	Japan	Judo Medical Research Society founded
	Europe	First Judo organization, the European Judo Federation founded
	Germany	Frankfurt; first international judo summer school founded by Alfred Rhode
	U.S.	Hawaii; first known kendo school outside of Japan founded by Shuji Mikami
1933	Japan	Karate recognized as one of the official martial arts of Japan with the founding of the Dai Nippon Butokukai, Okinawa Branch
	Europe	Judo founder Jigoro Kano tours Europe; the ter "judo" begins to replace "jiu-jitsu"
	U.S.	Hawaii; Choki Motobu promotes Okinawan karate
	U.S.	Hawaii; Zuiho Mutsu and Kamesuke Higaonna cofound Hawaii Karate Seinin Kai, first known Caucasian group to openly promote and study karate
1934	Holland	Judo introduced by Maurice Van Nieuwenhuizen
	U.S.	Hawaii; Cojun Miyagi lectures and teaches gojo-ryu karate
	Brazil	Judo master Ryuzo Ogawa immigrates and becomes chief instructor of the Jukendore-nei Association
1935	Japan	All Japan goju-kai karate-do Association founded by Gogen Yamaguchi
	Japan	All Japan Kemp Federation founded by Muneomi Sawayama
	Japan	Jigoro Kano receives Asashi Prize for outstanding contributions to art, science and sport
	France	Paris; France's first judo club the Club Franco-Japonais, founded by Mikonosuke Kawaishi
		Yoshioki Yamashita achieved 10th Dan in Judo from Kano
1936	Okinawa	Naha; At a conference of distinguished darate masters it is decided to officially adopt the term "karate" for the national martial art of Okinawa
	Japan	Zoshigaya; First freestanding karate dojo, "The Shotokan" established by Gichin Funakoshi's students
	Japan	Funakoshi adopts Chomo Hanashiro's translation of karate, "empty hand" and popularizes it
	Japan	Chojun Miyagi receives a medal for "Excellence in the Martial Arts" from the Ministry of Education
	Korea	Hwang Kee masters Tae Kyon and Soo Bak Do at the age of 22, travels to north China to study the "T-ang Method" of kung-fu
	U.S.	Los Angeles, CA; Toaro Mori immigrates and teached kendo
	France	Jiu-Jitsu Club de France, still operatin today, founded by M. Feldenkrais, with Mikonosuke Kawaishi its chief instructor
1937	Korea	Han pol, a branch of hapkido, founded by Chung Yun Kim
		Shito-ryu karate founded
	Japan	Hong Hi Choi begins training in Kyoto under Shotokan instructor Mr. Kim
1938	Japan	Judo Founder Jigoro Kano dies; Nango Jiro named his successor
	Soviet Union	Sambo recognized as an official sport
1939	Japan	Jironori Ohtsuka founds wado-ryu karate and the All Japan Karate-do Federation, Wado-kai
	Soviet Union	First sambo championships conducted
	Japan	Hong Hi Choi receives his 1st Dan in Shotokan after two years of intensive training
1940	Okinawa	Karate becomes the official martial art of the Okinawan Police Academy
	U.S.	San Jose, CA; Emilio Bruno and Henry Stone conduct the first intercollegiate judo competition
	France	Jiu-Jitsu Federation of France founded by scientist paul Maury-Bonet
		Uechi-ryu karate founded
	U.S.	Lee Jun Fan also named Bruce Lee was born in San Fransisco and the family returns to Hong Kong shortly afterwards
1941	Japan	Kendo named a compulsory subject in Japanese primary schools
1942	Japan	Tokyo; Morihei Ueshiba founds aikido
	U.S.	Honolulu, HI; James Mitose founds the Official Self-Defense Club
1943	Korea	Japanese karate and Chinese kung fu introduced
	France	First French Judo Championships conducted at Walgram Hall
1944	U.S.	Hawaii; Prof. William K.S. Chow teaches kenpo for the first time
	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
1945-1950	Japan	The Allied occupation bans the practice and teaching of all martial arts and ways
	Germany	Judo practice prohibited by the Allied occupation
c. 1945	Korea	Hwang Kee founds tang soo do
	Europe	European Judo Union founded
1945	Korea	After Korea's liberation Tae Kyon an Sabak resurfaced. Hwang Kee combines his martial knowledge into Tang Soo Do. Many other martial arts begin to emerge.  Yun Moo Kwan founded by Sup Chun Sang.
	Korea	The Chung Do Kwan school was the first to have a school and openly teach an empty hand martial art.  It was founded by Won Kook Lee.
	Okinawa	Eizo Shimabuku(ro) designated the grandmaster of shobayashi shorin-ryu.
	Korea	Seoul; Korean Judo Association founded
	China	Communism overtakes the mainland; kung-fu masters retreat to Hong and Taiwan and disseminate their arts
1946	Korea	Byung In Yoon founds chang moo kwan
	Japan	Shikoku; Doshin So systematizes Shorin-ji-kempo
	Japan	All Japan Karate-do Association founded by Kanken Toyama
	Japan	Tokyo; The Kuramae Kokugikan constructed for sumo competition
	U.S.	Phoenix, AZ: Robert Trias introduces karate in America, and becomes the first Caucasian to teach it
	Burma	Rangoon; U Ba Than found International Bando Association
	Korea	Byung Ro opens second dojang in Kae Sung; this attempt was unsuccessful due to the onset of the Korean War
	Korea	Chi Do Kwan is founded by Yon Kue Pyang
1947	Okinawa	Shoshin Nagamine founds matsubayashi shorin-ryu
	France	French Federation of Judo and Associated Sports founded by Paul Maury-Bonet
	Indonesia	Djakarta; Ikatan Pentjak Silat Indonesia founded
	Indonesia	Silat Organasi, which united pentjak-silat systems founded
	U.S.	Hawaii; kajukenbo cofounded by five instructors
1948	Korea	Seoul; Korean Kum Do Association founded
	Japan	First All Japan Judo Championships conducted
	Japan	All Japan Kyudo Federation founded
	U.S.	Phoenix, AZ; Robert Trias founds America's first karate organization, the United States Karate Association
	U.S.	Berkeley, CA; Henry Stone devises weight divisions for judo competition
	New Zealand	Judo introduced by George and Keith Grundy
1949	Korea	Hong Hi Choi visits Ft. Riley Ground General Scholl in Kansas and gave a public demonstration on Korean Karate.
	Japan	The Shotokai founded.
	Japan	Tokyo; Japan Karate Association founded.
	Japan	All Japan Judo Federation founded.
	U.S.	Judo recognized as an official sport by the amateur Athletic Union.
	Europe	Judo Union and British Judo Association founded.
1949-1951	Japan	Karate is introduced on American Air Bases.
	Japan	Japan Karate Association (JKA) organized by G. Funakoshi, Chief Instructor, N. Nakayama, Asst. Instructor.
1950	Japan	Chojiro Tani Founds shukokai karate.
	Japan	Butokukai reestablished with the official removal of the SCAP ban.
	Japan	Tokyo; Gogen Yamaguchi founds the Karate-Do Goju-Kai.
	Italy	Venice; International Judo Federation founded.
	U.S.	Hawii; Adriano Emperado founds the first and subsequently largest chain of karate schools.
1951-52	Japan	Tokyo; American Air Force personnel receive martial arts training at the Kodokan.
1951	Japan	Tokyo; Japan Karate Association adopts kumite (free-sparring) practice.
	Japan	Mas Oyama founds kyokushinkai karate.
	Europe	Stockholm, Sweden; Juso introduced by Bruno Adler.
	France	Paris; First European Judo Championships conducted.
	Europe	Yugoslavia; First judo dojo founded in Angreb.
	Pamekasan	Hasan Hubudin founds pamur, a form of pentjak-silat.
1952	Japan	Tokyo; Tatsu Tanaka founds goshin-jutsu, a form of jujutsu.
	Japan	Eizo Onishi founds koei-kan karate.
	Japan	Chibana Sanshu founds toshu kakuto.
	Korea	Seoul; Dr. Je-Hwang Lee founds the Korean Yudo College.
	U.S.	Mas Oyama tours 32 states and introduces karate on a widespread basis to the American public for the first time.
	U.S.	Amateur Judo Association, the first national governing body for Judo, founded.
	Europe	International Judo Federation founded; Risei Kano named president.
	Europe	Hungary; National Judo Federation founded.
	Europe	Ireland; Judo introduced at a small club in Phoenix Park.
1953	Japan	All Japan Naginato-do Federation founded.
	Korea	First National Kum Do Championships conducted.
		Naha; Shoshin Nagamine founds first matsubayashi-ryu karate dojo.
	U.S.	Berkeley, CA; first collegiate judo tournament (Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Judo Championships) conducted.
	U.S.	San Jose, CA; First National AAU Judo Championships conducted.
	U.S.	Emilio Bruno organizes a tour of SAC bases by ten Japanese martial arts instructors; this marked the second broad-based introduction of the martial arts in the U.S.
	Europe	European Judo Union reformed; Dr. Aldo Torti of Italy elected president.
	Europe	Hamburg, Germany; German Judo Bundes founded.
	U.S.	Hawaii; aikido introduced by Koichi Tohei.
	Korea	President Syngman Rhee orders all soldiers to receive training in the art of Korean Karate.
	Korea	Byung Ro opens third dojang in Seoul following the Korean War.  This time it is successful.
	Korea	May 25, nine Grandmasters of the Kwan styles come togher to form the Kung Soo Do Association.  Was the first organization developed by the Korean Martial Arts Community.
	Korea	Oh Do Kwan is founded by Hong Hi Choi.
c. 1954	France	Paris; Europe's first karate club, the Academie Francaise d' Arts Martiaux, founded by Henry D. Plee.  Plee also founds the French Federation for Free Boxing and Karate.
1954	Japan	Hong Kong; Burce Lee begins studying wing chun under Master Yip Man.
		Kanagawa-ken; Eizo Onishi founds first koei-kan karate dojo.
	U.S.	New York, NY; Edward Kaloudis introduces karate on the East Coast.
	U.S.	Covington, KY; Chito-ryu karate introduced in the U.S. by William Dometrich.
	U.S.	Hawaii; Mas Oyama visits and with Bobby Lowe founds the first overseas branch of kyokushinkai karate.
	U.S.	Provo, UT; kenop karate introduced in the U.S. by Ed Parker.
	Korea	Okinawa; Tatsuo Shimabuku founds isshinryu karate.
1955	Japan	Tokyo; Japan Karate Association founds its first dojo, and begins sending Shotokan instructors abroad to establish schools.
	Korea	Seven styles merge to form tae kwon do, a name coined by Choi Hong Hi.
	Japan	Tokyo; Masatoshi Nakayama appointed chief instructor of the JKA.
	Japan	Mas Oyama founds his first dojo, the Kyokushinkaikan.
	U.S.	Phoenix, AZ; Robert Trias conducts the first karate tournament in America (Arizona Karate Championships).
	U.S.	Judo Black Belt Federation founded, replacing the Amateur Judo Association.
	U.S.	Los Angeles, CA; Tsutomu Ohshima introduces Shotokan karate in the U.S.
	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	All Japan Collegiate Karate Federation founded by Yoshiaki Ajari.
	Japan	Tokyo; First World Judo Championships conducted.
	Korea	All Okinawa Karate-do Association founded.
	Japan	All Japan Juken-do Federation founded.
	U.S.	Los Angeles, CA; Ohishima founds Shotokan Karate of America.
	U.S.	San Marcos, TX; Jhoon Rhee introduces tae kwon do in America.
	U.S.	Pasadena, CA; Ed Parker establishes his first West Coast kenpo school.
	New Zealand	Judo Federation Founded.
1957	Japan	Tokyo; Gichin Funakoshi dies.
	Japan	Tokyo; First All Japan Karate Championships conducted.
	U.S.	Tennessee; wado-ryu instructor Cecil Patterson becomes one of the South's first karate teachers.
	U.S.	Los Angeles, CA; Gordon Doversola introduces Okinawa-te in America.
	U.S.	St. Louis, MO; Louis Kowlowski founds the first karate dojo in the Midwest.
	U.S.	Jacksonville, NC; Don Nagle introduces issihinryu karate in America.
	France	Paris; Tetsuji Murakami founds a Shotokan dojo.
	Europe	Germany; Juergen Seydel introduces karate.
	Europe	Sweden; Gerhard Gosen introduces aikido, karate and t'ai-chi-ch'-uan.
	U.S.	Honolulu, HI; t'-ai-chi-ch'-uan instructor Tinn Chan Lee becomes first to teach Kung-fu to the general public.
	Korea	Korean master change unified art of Tae Soo Do to "Tae Kwando"
1958	Japan	Tokyo; Kodokan moves to a new seven-story building.
	U.S.	Los Angeles, CA; Nisei Week Karate Championships, today the longest running annual karate event in the U.S., conducted by Tsutomu Ohshima.
	U.S.	Boston, MA; George Mattson introduces Uechi-rye karate in America, and becomes the first karate teacher in the New England states.
	Canada	Mas Tsuroka, father of Canadian karate, begins teaching in Toronto, Ontario.
	U.S.	Jhoon Rhee begins teaching Taekwando in the U.S.
	Korea	Hwan Kee Huang, founder of Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan, withdraws his membership from the Kung Soo Do Association and establishes the Korean Tang Soo Do Association.
1959	Korea	Gen. Choi Hong Hi writes and publishes his first Korean-language textbook.
	Korea	Okinawa; Eizo Shimabuko(ro) named chairman of the All Japan Karate-do League, Okinawa branch.
	Japan	Isao Inokuma, 21, becomes youngest ever to win All Japan Judo Championship title.
	U.S.	Hawaii, becomes the 50th state of the U.S.
	U.S.	Jersey City, NJ; Don Nagle establishes isshinryu's U.S. headquarters.
	U.S.	New York, NY; Hiroshi Orito introduces renbukai karate in America.
	U.S.	Union City, NJ; Peter Urban introduces Japanese goju-ryu karate in America.
	U.S.	Seattle, WA; Bruce Lee immigrates to America to attend school.
	U.S.	New York, NY; Alan Lee introduces Shaolin kung-fu on the East Coast.
	Korea	Hong Hi Choi becomes the president of the Oh Do Kwan.
	U.S.	Tsutomo, Ohshima first official karate instructor in the U.S. in Shotokai.
1960	Korea	Seoul; Joo Bang Lee and Joo Sang Lee found first public hwarang-do school.
	U.S.	U.S. Judo Federation replaces the Judo Black Belt Federation.
	U.S.	Seattle, WA; Bruce Lee establishes his first gym in Chinatown.
	U.S.	Hayward, CA; Wadoryu karate-do taught publicly for the first ime by Yoshiaki Ajari.
	Europe	Yugoslavia; Trin Tam introduces karate in Zagreb.
	U.S.	Washington, D.C.; Dr. Maung Gyi introduces bando in America.
	U.S.	Watertown, MA; anthony Mirakian introduces Okinawan gojuryu in America.
	U.S.	New York, NY; S. Henry Cho founds first tae kwon do dojang on the East Coast.
	U.S.	Pacific Northwest:  Steve Armstrong of Tacoma, WA and Bruce terrill of Portland, OR, two influential karate pioneers, begin teaching.
	U.S.	American Judoman Magazine founded by Philip Porter.
	U.S.	Elvis Presley becomes the first known celebrity to earn legitimate karate black belt; he's promoted to 1st dan in Chito-ryu by Hank Slemansky.

 

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