• 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...
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  • Look 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...
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  • Region, Ghana Asato Miyagawa (宮川 麻都, born 1998), Japanese women's footballer Ankō Asato (安里 安恒, 1827–1906), Ryukyuan karateka Asato Asato (安里 アサト, born...
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    Okinawan masters of Shuri-te: Sakugawa Kanga Matsumura Sōkon Itosu Ankō Asato Ankō Chōyū Motobu Motobu Chōki Yabu Kentsū Chōmo Hanashiro Funakoshi Gichin...
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    After entering primary school he became close friends with the son of Ankō Asato, a karate and Jigen-ryū master who would soon become his first karate...
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    of Tsuken. He passed on Jigen-ryū to some of his students, including Ankō Asato and Itarashiki Chochu. The Tsuken Bō tradition was perfected by Tsuken...
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    hand) was born and developed into karate. This theory is advocated by Ankō Asato and his student Gichin Funakoshi. It is said that in 1392 a group of professional...
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    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...
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  • Arnott (born 1950), American Kenpo Tetsuhiko Asai (1935–2006), Shotokan Ankō Asato (1827–1906), Shuri-te Linden Ashby (born 1960), style unspecified Hideyuki...
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    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...
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  • which indicates its importance. Gichin Funakoshi learned the kata from Anko Asato. Funakoshi renamed the kata Tekki (Iron Horse) in reference to his old...
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    subdivision. Aja (安謝) Akamine (赤嶺) Akebono (曙) Ameku (天久) Asahimachi (旭町) Asato (安里) Ashimine (安次嶺) Daidō (大道) Furujima (古島) Gushi (具志) Hantagawa (繁多川)...
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    sculptures, writings, intangible, and tangible. Matsumura Sōkon Ankō Itosu Ankō Asato Kenwa Mabuni (Shitō-ryū) Gichin Funakoshi (Shotokan) Chōjun Miyagi...
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  • only a sideline under the Itosu gate (Funakoshi was a direct disciple of Anko Asato), and that those who were not directly connected to Itosu were not legitimate...
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