Yasutsune azato biography of christopher
Azato was a village Master of Okinawan Karate, son of a Tonichi, one of the two highest classes of the Okinawan society, the was born in the town of Azato. He was furthermore advisor to the Okinawan King in military subjects and was actually direct advisor to the king.
**Gichin Funakoshi**: Born in
“Ankoh” Yasutsune Itosu () — Trained in Shuri. Completed training between , and in he opened the first school of Karate to the public.Yasutsune Azato- teacher of Born in in Okinawa, began his primary training with two Okinawan instructors: Yasutsune Azato and Yasutsune (‘Anko’) Itosu. It is widely speculated that Funakoshi combined Itosu’s style, Shorin-Ryu (a light, quick style), and Azato’s style, Shorei-Ryu (a hard, heavy system), to create his own system, which would later be called.
Background. Funakoshi's initial interest and Ankō Asato (安里 安恒, Asato Ankō, Azato Yasutsune in Japanese, – ) was a Ryūkyūan master of karate. He and Ankō Itosu were the two main karate masters who taught Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of Shotokan karate. Not much is known about him, [1] and most information on him comes from Funakoshi.