Gekisai kata were strongly influenced by the Shuri-te techniques that Master Miyagi learned from Master Anko Itosu.

Chosin Chibana was a top student of the great master of shuri-te, Anko Itosu.

Anko Itosu was the top student of Matsumura Sōkon, who was a renowned warrior of his time ; bodyguard to three kings of Okinawa, he has been called the Miyamoto Musashi of Okinawa and was dubbed bushi, or warrior, by his king.

In 1933, Chosin Chibana chose to call his style Shorin-ryu in honor of the Chinese Shaolin roots, and to differentiate it from others styles that were being modified from the original teachings of Anko Itosu.

* Pinan series ( created and named by Anko Itosu.

: Anko Itosu, October 1908

pt: Anko Itosu

* Anko: Commonly known as ( sweetened ) red bean paste, while ingredients other than azuki are used on rare occasions.

* Anko, a Japanese name for Red bean paste.

* Emperor Anko, the Japanese emperor.

* Anko Mitarashi, a character in the Naruto series.

* Uehara Anko does not appear in the live-action ( on 1998 Series ); instead, her characteristics are merged into Miyabi Aizawa's character, thus making Miyabi the daughter of the PTA President.

Calendar of 37 months, 1889-92, kept on a skin by Anko, ca.

Mooney also worked with two other calendar keepers, Settan, or Little Bear, and Ankopaingyadete, In the Middle of Many Tracks, commonly known as Anko.

Among those given the Cursed Seal are Anko, the Sound Five, and Sasuke.

* The Naruto character Anko Mitarashi is derived from Anko, meaning sweetened red bean paste and mitarashi dango, which happens to be her favorite food.

:- War ma fé, heman zo eun Anko drouk.

The name of the town is said to have been taken from an Oromo Queen, Anko, who ruled the town during the reign of Qedami Qal.

Kiowa winter count by Anko, covers summers and winters for 37 months, 1889-92, ca.

Itosu is also credited with taking the large Naihanchi form ( tekki in Japan ) and breaking it into the three well-known modern forms Naihanchi Shodan, Naihanchi Nidan, and Naihanchi Sandan.

Ankō Itosu Grandfather of Modern Karate

Itosu is sometimes referred to as " the Grandfather of Modern Karate.

In 1908, Itosu wrote the influential " Ten Precepts ( Tode Jukun ) of Karate ," reaching beyond Okinawa to Japan.

In October 1908, Itosu wrote a letter, " Ten Precepts ( Tode Jukun ) of Karate ," to draw the attention of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of War in Japan.

The Kicho series were created by Hwang Kee, the Pyong Ahn series were adopted from Okinawan Karate and are the creation of Itosu Yasutsune, and the Bal Sae form is also from Karate and was created by Bushi Matsumura Sokon.

Matsumura taught his art to Itosu Ankō ( 1831 – 1915 ) among others.

Itosu adapted two forms he had learned from Matsumara.

In 1901 Itosu helped to get karate introduced into Okinawa's public schools.

* Ankō Itosu ; Martial artist.

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

* Rōhai Rōhai: Rōhai has three variation invented by Itosu.

It was Itosu who first developed the Pinan kata, which were most probably derived from the " Kusanku " form.

While both Itosu and Higaonna taught a " hard-soft " style of Okinawan " Te ", their methods and emphases were quite distinct: the Itosu syllabus included straight and powerful techniques as exemplified in the Naihanchi and Bassai kata ; the Higaonna syllabus stressed circular motion and shorter fighting methods as seen in the kata Seipai and Kururunfa.

As a police officer, he taught local law enforcement officers and at the behest of his teacher Itosu, began instruction in the various grammar schools in Shuri and Naha.

To this day, Shitō-ryū recognizes the influences of Itosu and Higaonna: the kata syllabus of Shitō-ryū is still often listed in such a way as to show the two lineages.

* Shiroma Shitō-ryū: Founded by Shinpan Shiroma, a student of Itosu and Higaonna, and Mabuni Kenwa's peer in Shuri and Nishihara, Okinawa.

Western readers naturally assume that Itosu named shorin-ryu after the temple, acknowledging his debt to the ancient Shaolin monks.

Maybe he did but Itosu had more pressing debts to pay and the language gave him a lot of room to be clever.

Itosu wrote a famous letter that mentions both the shorin and shorei style of karate.

Itosu was a linguist and scholar, secretary to the king, so this was a deliberate decision, not an error.

Flattery is always a good idea when you work with a king every day as Itosu did.

When Itosu and his students called the Shuri-te style " Sho's Forest ", They might have been referring to their own Master Sho.