Ankō Itosu (糸洲 安恒, Okinawan: Ichiji Ankō, Japanese: Itosu Ankō, 1831 – 11 March 1915) is considered by many the father of modern karate. This title is...

up anko, ankò, or ankō in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Anko may refer to: Emperor Ankō (安康天皇, reigned c. 453-456), Japanese emperor Ankō Itosu (糸洲...

Ankō Asato (安里 安恒, Asato Ankō, Azato Yasutsune in Japanese, 1827 – 1906) was a Ryūkyūan master of karate. He and Ankō Itosu were the two main karate masters...

Chōshin Chibana was a top student of the great master of shuri-te, Ankō Itosu. Ankō Itosu was the top student of Matsumura Sōkon, who was a renowned warrior...

practice at a very young age with Itosu Ankō (1831–1915) under the auspices of Sōkon Matsumura (c. 1809 – c. 1899). Itosu Anko was the oldest disciple. Sokon...

Important Okinawan masters of Shuri-te: Sakugawa Kanga Matsumura Sōkon Itosu Ankō Asato Ankō Chōyū Motobu Motobu Chōki Yabu Kentsū Chōmo Hanashiro Funakoshi...

indigenous people of the Ryukyu Islands in East Asia. Sōkon Matsumura Ankō Itosu Ankō Asato Kenwa Mabuni (Shitō-ryū) Gichin Funakoshi (Shotokan) Chōjun Miyagi...

the tutelage of Ankō Itosu (糸州 安恒, Itosu Ankō) (1831–1915). He trained diligently for several years, learning many kata. It was Itosu who first developed...

Matsumura's style later became the origin of many Shuri-te schools. Itosu Ankō (1831–1915) studied under Matsumura and Bushi Nagahama of Naha-te. He...

known as a "father of modern karate". Following the teachings of Anko Itosu and Anko Asato, he was one of the Okinawan karate masters who introduced karate...

artist who developed Shorin-ryū karate based on what he had learned from Ankō Itosu. He was the last of the pre-World War karate masters, also called the...

"ping-an". According to Motobu Chōki, one of Ankō Itosu's early students, the Pinan kata was created by Itosu and was originally called Channan (チャンナン) and...

was presumably its inventor (not to be confused with Sokon Matsumura). Ankō Itosu later took this kata and developed three kata from it: Rōhai shodan, Rōhai...

legendary Ankō Yasutsune Itosu (糸州安恒) (1831-1915). He trained diligently for several years, learning many kata from this great master. It was Itosu who first...

kata, they are very much alike. Itosu Anko, who was a sensei to schoolchildren, developed this series of kata. Itosu took elements from different kata...

the age of 12, he and his older brother Motobu Chōyū were invited by Ankō Itosu to be taught karate. Motobu also studied karate under Sakuma, Matsumura...

under the legendary karateka Matsumura Sōkon. In 1881, Chōyū invited Itosu Ankō to the palace of the Motobu Udun, where he and his brother Chōki learned...

many students who later became legends of karate included Yasutsune (Ankō) Itosu. A lesser known disciple was Bushi Takemura. He developed a version of...

earlier name for karate). Instead, he and his brother, Chōyū, invited Ankō Itosu to the Motobu Udun as a karate teacher and began formal karate lessons...

(1845–1915) and Chomo Hanashiro (1869–1945) were the karate instructors. Itosu Ankō (1830–1915) as well as Kentsu Yabu (1863–1937) also made visits to the...

and Sandan). Some researchers believe Nidan and Sandan were created by Anko Itosu, but others believe that it was originally one kata broken into three...

learned Shuri-te from Matsumura Sōkon and Ankō Itosu and Tomari-te from Kōsaku Matsumora. He is often considered Itosu's top student. Yabu Kentsū was born in...

 1897), he began his karate (Shuri-te) training under Ankō Itosu, and remained a student there until Itosu died in 1915. He also studied Naha-te under Kanryō...

Okinawan martial artist who studied Shōrin-ryū karate as a student of Ankō Itosu. Gusukuma also trained under Higaonna Kanryō in the Naha-te style. Gusukuma...

kung fu to form Shuri-Te karate. Matsumura was Anko Itosu's primary instructor, and both Matsumura and Itosu instructed Chotoku Kyan and Choki Motobu. Several...

possessing a pair of unsettling eyes, Matsumura was described by his student Ankō Itosu as blindingly fast and deceptively strong. His martial arts endeavors...

Hug (1964–2000), Kyokushin and Seido Kazuyoshi Ishii (born 1953), Seido Ankō Itosu (1832–1916), Shuri-te Nobuaki Kakuda (born 1961), Seido Hirokazu Kanazawa...

Chinese ambassador; this was a notable event, since experts such as Ankō Asato, Ankō Itosu, and Matsumura Sōkon were still active at that time. Arakaki served...

World War. The Society preserves the kata learned by Moden: karate from Ankō Itosu Yamanni-ryū style bojutsu from Sanda Chinen kobudo from Tawata nu Meigantu...

Tomari-te karate master Kokan Oyadomari), and then onto the Passai of Anko Itosu who popularized karate by introducing it into the curriculum of Okinawan...