Further reading from Funakoshi Ginchin's Tanpenshu

  

Dojo TokyoMushinkan Interesting. The term Soshiki-Bunkai was indeed in the original article and was not added by the translator to facilitate understanding.

I have seen the term Bunkai in Okinawan sources since at least 1914, another example in 1918, and reference to Kumite bouts in Okinawa since at least 1911... I think we need to reevaluate our demonization of "the evil Japanese influence on Karate that started in the 1930s" stance that many "Okinawan purists" like to spout off about... LOL

Second, it has since come to light that the Japanese term “Dan no Mono” used in the original was merely a term describing the Kata, and has nothing to do with the Dan rank system. Indeed, in 1914 (when the article was published) Karate didn’t even have a Dan ranking system.