Ankō Itosu
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Ankō Itosu is considered by many the father of modern karate. This title is also often given to Gichin Funakoshi because of the latter spreading karate throughout Japan.
Itosu Anko
Ten Precepts of Karate
Shōrin-ryū
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Shōrin-ryū is one of the major modern Okinawan martial arts and is one of the two styles of karate as mentioned in the 'Ten Precepts' of Ankō Itosu. Shorin-ryu diverged into many styles and it became
Ankō Itosu
…translation of that letter reads: Ten Precepts of Karate Ten Precepts of Karate Karate did not develop from Buddhism or Confucianism. In the past the Shorin-ryu school and the Shorei-ryu school were brought to Okinawa from China. Both of these schools have strong points, which I will now mention before there…
Chōshin Chibana, founder of Kobayashi-ryū branch