I Grandi Maestri di karate
I Maestri di Okinawa
Il tode, noto anche come Okinawa-te si differenziò subito in tre stili a seconda dei luoghi in cui veniva praticato: il Naha-te (sul modello del kung fu della Cina meridionale), il Shuri-te e il Tomari-te (entrambi sul modello del kung fu della Cina settentrionale). Qui di seguito i principali maestri di Okinawa-te.
![Takahara Peichin](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/takahara-peichin.jpg?fit=300%2C269&ssl=1)
È conosciuto per essere stato il primo a spiegare gli aspetti o i principi del do ("Via")
![Sakugawa “Tode” Kanga (1733-1815) Sakugawa "Tode" Kanga](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sakugawa-kanga.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
Fondatore dello stile Shuri-te
(l'attuale Shorin-ryu)
![Sokon Matsumura (1809-1899) Sokon Matsumura](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sokon-matsumura.jpg?fit=147%2C196&ssl=1)
![Anko Asato (1827–1906) Anko Asato](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/anko-asato.jpg?fit=131%2C174&ssl=1)
![Matsumora Kosaku (1829-1898) Matsumora Kosaku (1829-1898)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/matsumora-kosaku.png?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
![Anko Itosu (1831-1915) Anko Itosu](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/anko-itosu.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
![Arakaki Seisho (1840-1918) Arakaki Seisho (1840-1918)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/seisho-arakaki.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
![Kanryo Higaonna (1853-1915) Kanryo Higaonna fondatore del Naha-te](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/kanryo-higaonna.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
Fondatore dello stile Naha-te
![Motobu Choyu (1857-1928) Motobu Choyu (1857-1928)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/motobu-choyu.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
![Kentsu Yabu (1866-1937) Kentsu Yabu (1866-1937)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/yabu-kentsu.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
![Motobu Choki (1870-1944) Motobu Choki (1870-1944)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/motobu-choki.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
![Kyan Chotoku (1870-1945) Kyan Chotoku (1870-1945)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/kyan-chotoku.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
![Chosin Chibana (1885-1969) Chosin Chibana (1885-1969)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/chosin-chibana.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
![Kanken Toyama (1888-1966) Kanken Toyama (1888-1966)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/kanken-toyama.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
![Yoshitaka Funakoshi (1906-1945) Yoshitaka Funakoshi](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/yoshitaka-funakoshi.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
![Minoru Mochizuki (1907-2003) fondatore del dojo yoseikan Minoru Mochizuki fondatore del dojo yoseikan](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/minoru-mochizuki.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
![Egami Shigeru (1912-1981) Egami Shigeru (1912-1981)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/egami-shigeru.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
![Nakayama Masatoshi (1913-1987) Nakayama Masatoshi (1913-1987)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/nakayama-masatoshi.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
10° Dan
![Nishiyama Hidetaka (1928-2008) Nishiyama Hidetaka (1928-2008)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/nishiyama-hidetaka.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
10° Dan
![Kase Taiji (1929-2004) Kase Taiji (1929-2004) - 10° Dan](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/kase-taiji.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
10° Dan
![Kanazawa Hirokazu (1931-2019) Kanazawa Hirokazu (1931-2019) - 10° Dan](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/kanazawa-hirokazu.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
10° Dan
![Teruyuki Okazaki (1931-2020) Teruyuki Okazaki (1931-2020)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/teruyuki-okazaki.png?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
10° Dan
![Mori Masataka (1932-2018) Mori Masataka (1932-2018)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/mori-masataka.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
9° Dan
![Yutaka Yaguchi (1932) Yutaka Yaguchi (1932)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/yutaka-yaguchi.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
![Takayuki Mikami (1933) Takayuki Mikami (1933)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/takayuki-mikami.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
9° Dan
![Asai Tetsuhiko (1935-2006) Asai Tetsuhiko (1935-2006)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/asai-tetsuhiko.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
10° Dan
![Keinosuke Enoeda (1935-2003) Keinosuke Enoeda (1935-2003)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/enoeda-keinosuke.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
9° Dan
![Hiroshi Shirai (1937) Hiroshi Shirai](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hiroshi-shirai.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
10° Dan
![Masaru Miura (1939) Masaru Miura](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/masaru-miura.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
9° Dan
![Kawasoe Masao (1945) Kawasoe Masao (1945)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/kawasoe-masao.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
![Osaka Yoshiharu (1947) Osaka Yoshiharu (1947)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/osaka-yoshiharu.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
8° Dan
![Naito Takeshi (1948) Naito Takeshi (1948)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/naito-takeshi.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
9° Dan
Stile Goju-ryu
![Chojun Miyagi fondatore dello stile Goju-ryu](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/chojun-miyagi.jpg?fit=192%2C300&ssl=1)
Fondatore dello stile Goju-ryu
![Seiko Higa (1898-1966) Seiko Higa (1898-1966)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/seiko-higa.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
![Eiichi Miyazato (1922-1999) Eiichi Miyazato (1922-1999)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/eiichi-miyazato.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
10° Dan
![Yamaguchi Gogen (1907-1989) Yamaguchi Gogen (1907-1989)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/yamaguchi-gogen.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
![Meitoku Yagi (1912-2003) Meitoku Yagi (1912-2003)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/yagi-meitoku.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
![An’Ichi Miyagi (1931-2009) An'Ichi Miyagi (1931-2009)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/anichi-miyagi.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
![Morio Higaonna (1938) Morio Higaonna (1938)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/morio-higaonna.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
10° Dan
![Tetsugi Nakamura (1965) Tetsugi Nakamura (1965)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tetsugi-nakamura.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
Stile Shito-ryu
![Kenwa Mabuni](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/kenwa-mabuni.jpg?fit=221%2C300&ssl=1)
Fondatore dello stile Shito-ryu
![Kenei Mabuni (1918-2015) Kenei Mabuni (1918-2015)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/kenei-mabuni.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
10° Dan
![Kenzo Mabuni (1927-2005) Kenzo Mabuni (1927-2005)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/kenzo-mabuni.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
10° Dan
![Shogo Kuniba (1935-1992) Shogo Kuniba (1935-1992)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/shogo-kuniba.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
8° Dan
![Fumio Demura (1938) Fumio Demura (1938)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/fumio-demura.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
9° Dan
Stile Wado-ryu
![Hironori Otsuka](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/hironori-otsuka.jpg?fit=239%2C300&ssl=1)
Fondatore dello stile Wado-ryu
![Hironori Otsuka II (1934-2015) Hironori Otsuka II](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/hironori-otsuka-II.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
10° Dan
![Yutaka Toyama (1938) Yutaka Toyama](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/yutaka-toyama.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
9° Dan
![Masafumi Shiomitsu (1940) Masafumi Shiomitsu (1940)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/masafumi-shiomitsu.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
9° Dan
![Nishimura Seiji (1956) Nishimura Seiji (1956)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/nishimura-seiji.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
7° Dan
![Kazutaka Otsuka (1965) Kazutaka Otsuka](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/kazutaka-otsuka.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
6° Dan
![Minh Tran Hieu Minh Tran Hieu](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/minh-tran-hieu.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
7° Dan
![Iwao Yoshioka (1946) Iwao Yoshioka](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/iwao-yoshioka.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
![Toshio Osaka Toshio Osaka](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/toshio-osaka.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
8° Dan
Stile Shukokai
![Tani Chojiro (1921-1998)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tani-chojiro.jpg?fit=203%2C203&ssl=1)
Fondatore dello stile Shukokai
![Tsutomu Kamohara (1950) Tsutomu Kamohara (1950)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tsutomu-kamohara.jpg?fit=150%2C200&ssl=1)
9° Dan
![Haruyoshi Yamada (1938-2018) Haruyoshi Yamada](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/haruyoshi-yamada.jpg?fit=120%2C200&ssl=1)
10° Dan
Stile Sankukai
![Nanbu Yoshinao (1943-2020)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/nanbu-yoshinao.jpg?fit=205%2C270&ssl=1)
Fondatore dello stile Sankukai
Stile Kyokushinkai
![Oyama Masutatsu (1923-1994)](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/oyama-masutatsu.jpg?fit=224%2C300&ssl=1)
Fondatore dello stile Kyokushinkai
Stile Yoshukai
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.martialnet.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/yamamoto-mamoru.jpg?fit=180%2C249&ssl=1)
Fondatore dello stile Yoshukai