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.

Shōrei-ryū is a style of Okinawan karate and is one of the two styles of karate as mentioned in the 'Ten Precepts' of Ankō Itosu, alongside Shōrin-ryū. It was developed at the end of the 19th century