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Through the concerted efforts of Funakoshi and his third son Gigo (1906–1945), who emigrated to Tokyo in 1923 at age seventeen, significant changes were made to the traditional methods of teaching Okinawan karate. Mimicking the system of belt advancement first established by judo’s founder Jigoro Kano (1860–1938) in the late 1880s, Funakoshi adopted a similar system of dan/kyu ranking, consisting of color belts and an ascending level of black belts. Furthermore, in an attempt to simplify the pronunciation of the Pinan kata, Funakoshi renamed them Heian while altering certain prescribed stances and kicks. Oddly, Itosu did not transmit the Pinan kata to Funakoshi prior to his departure from Okinawa, a process left to Osaka-based Shito ryu founder, Kenwa Mabuni. Likewise, Gigo contributed much in the way of technical expertise to his father’s style of karatedo. Alternatively known as Yoshitaka, he is credited with the creation of ritual one-step sparring and the three Taikyoku, or Kihon, kata that virtually mirror the Kicho patterns used today in traditional taekwondo. The Taikyoku set was generally used as a precursor to the more complex Heian kata.