| While Karate was primarily organized in Shuri and | | | | a shipwreck on the coast. He took refuge in the |
| Naha, Tomari originally had little direct influence. This is | | | | graveyard of the mountains of Tomari, and later lived |
| because, at that time, Tomari was inhabited by a | | | | in a cave. Reportedly, Annan was the master who |
| simple people; it was a city of fishermen. Tomari had | | | | taught the kata Chinto to Sokon Matsumura. |
| its share of notable masters, however, with Kosaku | | | | Matsumora and Oyadomari apprenticed under local |
| Matsumora (1829-1898), Kokan Oyadomari | | | | masters Kishin Teruya (1804-1864) and Giko Uku |
| (1827-1905) and Gikei Yamazato (1835-1905) the | | | | (1800-1850). They learned from Teruya the kata |
| most notable. They studied under Annan, as well as | | | | Passai, Rohai, and Wanshu, and from Uku, the kata |
| Ason, a Chinese sergeant.It is said in Okinawan | | | | Naifanchi. Matsumora was also versed in the jo-jutsu |
| tradition that Annan, a pirate, was a castaway from | | | | (short staff technique) of Jigen ryu. |