Sōkon Matsumura (松村 宗棍, Matsumura Sōkon) was one of the original karate masters of Okinawa. The years of his lifespan are reported variously as 1809–1901...

Itosu to be taught karate. Motobu also studied karate under Sakuma, Matsumura Sōkon, and Kōsaku Matsumora. He excelled especially in kumite and was already...

Japanese entomologist Matsumura Sōkon (松村 宗棍), Japanese karateka Suzuko Matsumura (松村 鈴子, born 1958), Japanese swimmer Teizo Matsumura (松村 禎三, 1929–2007)...

development by Shuri-te. Kanryo Higashionna originally studied Shuri-te with Sokon Matsumura and learnt quanfa from Chinese Wai Xinxian (assistant of Xie Zhongxiang)...

born 1860, was the grandson of Matsumura Sōkon, who founded the Shōrin-ryū style of karate. Being related to Sōkon meant that Nabe was privileged to...

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

the two most important masters that his teachings were based upon: Sōkon Matsumura of Shuri-te, and Kosaku Matsumora of Tomari-te. He chose to name the...

learned to Ryūkyū in the 1810s. Kanga Sakugawa's most famous student, Matsumura Sōkon, went on to develop the Shuri-te which later develop into a number...

Morio Higaonna, karate practitioner Ankō Itosu, karate practitioner Sōkon Matsumura, karate practitioner Chōjun Miyagi, martial artist who founded the Gōjū-ryū school...

54 steps) is a kata practiced in karate. Gojushiho was developed by Sokon Matsumura, one of the key founders of Okinawan martial arts and named it "Uesheishi"...

Ankō (1831–1915) under the auspices of Sōkon Matsumura (c. 1809 – c. 1899). Itosu Anko was the oldest disciple. Sokon was already in advanced age. Hanashiro...

Funakoshi noted that Asato and Itosu had studied karate together under Sōkon Matsumura. He also related how Asato and Itosu once overcame a group of 20–30...

people. Matsumura Sōkon, a Karate master and chief bodyguard to the Ryūkyūan king, was sent to defeat Chintō. In the ensuing fight, however, Matsumura found...

source or practitioner. Itosu is reported to have learned the kata from Sokon Matsumura, who learned it from a Chinese man living in Tomari. Itosu is thought...

Chiru was an Okinawan martial artist in the 1800s and the wife of Matsumura Sōkon. Nicknamed Tsuru-San (“crane”) or Yonamine no Bushi Tsuru (“Yonamine...

himself, he modified the kata (forms) he learned from his master, Matsumura Sōkon, and taught many karate masters. Itosu's students included Choyu Motobu...

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

Matsubayashi-ryu, a karate school he had founded in 1947, and named in honour of Sokon Matsumura and Kosaku Matsumora. He continued to teach the discipline until his...

a clear evolutionary link can be seen from Matsumura no Passai (named after the legendary Sokon Matsumura), to Oyadomari no Passai (named after the Tomari-te...

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

Masuda (born 1962), Kyokushin Shokei Matsui (born 1963), Kyokushin Sōkon Matsumura (c. 1800 – c. 1890), Shuri-te Kenji Midori (born 1962), Kyokushin Takayuki...

master of shuri-te, Ankō Itosu. Ankō Itosu was the top student of Matsumura Sōkon, who was a renowned warrior in his time; bodyguard to three kings of...

syllabus can be traced back to Sōkon 'Bushi' Matsumura (a highly influential teacher to Shorin styles, hence the name Matsumura-no-Seisan). The form predominantly...

Chotoku Kyan the kata Chinto (his own version, not to be confused with Sokon Matsumura's version of the same kata). Another student of Matsumora, Maeda Pechin...

He came from a martial arts lineage—his maternal grandfather was Matsumura Sōkon (松村 宗棍). While in Okinawa, Chitose grew up studying the art of karate...

the nephew of Nabe Matsumura (who was the grandson of Matsumura Sōkon). He began karate training at 13 under his uncle. Matsumura taught him several kata...

of time, including some notable ones such as Anko Itosu (Shuri-te), Sokon Matsumura, and Kosaku Matsumora (Tomari-te). Motobu was known for often getting...

called Passai/Bassai Dai/Hyung, and was created by Okinawan Bushi Sokon Matsumura. Naihanchi Some schools of Tang Soo Do include Naihanchi forms, such...

catching and throwing techniques. Kyan Chotoku learned Seisan kata from Sokon Matsumura, the master of the Shuri-te branch. This kata contains long distance...

third daughter of Kyan Uēkata Chōiku. He himself studied karate under Matsumura Sōkon. Chōtoku on the other hand was adopted back into the Motonaga family...