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...

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...

"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...

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...

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...

"karate." Funakoshi's karate reflects the changes made in the art by Ankō Itosu, including the Heian/Pinan kata series. Funakoshi changed the names of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

basic kata, particularly Taikyoku Shodan (太極初段). Pinan kata: created by Ankō Itosu, and consisting of Pinan Shodan (平安初段), Pinan Nidan (平安二段), Pinan Sandan...

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

player Kanryō Higaonna, martial artist Morio Higaonna, karate practitioner Ankō Itosu, karate practitioner Sōkon Matsumura, karate practitioner Chōjun Miyagi...

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...

paintings, sculptures, writings, intangible, and tangible. Matsumura Sōkon 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...

known in some other styles as Heian, were originally created in 1904 by Ankō Itosu, a master of Shuri-te and Shorin ryu (a combination of the shuri-te and...

styles popularized by notable practitioners such as Gichin Funakoshi, Ankō Itosu, Sokon Matsumura and Tode Sakugawa, Ryu-te is principally derived from...

strongly influenced by the Shuri-te techniques that Miyagi learned from Anko Itosu. Students first learn gekisai dai ichi and then gekisai dai ni. The main...

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...

as "Old Pine Tree School Fist Law". Kenpo was based from Shuri-te that Ankō Itosu Gichin Funakoshi and Motobu Chōki learned. Motobu Choki created Kenpo...

more famous Bushi Matsumura. The kata of KishimotoDi remain unaltered by Anko Itosu. Miyamoto, Tsuneichi; Haraguchi, Torao; Higa, Shunchō, eds. (1968). 日本庶民生活史料集成...

compulsory Shōtōkan kata and of high technical merit. As a result of Anko Itosu's efforts, the Heian kata contain sequences taken from Kankū-dai. Funakoshi...