sentences:  Characteristics of Shudokan karate include large circular motions with an emphasis on covering and its own unique "kata".Toyama's karate training began at the age of nine in 1897 with Itarashiki, although he studied with Yatsusune Itosu for 18 years, until the latter's death in 1915.In 1907 Toyama was appointed ""shihandai"" (assistant master) to Itosu at the Okinawa Teacher's College, and he and Gichin Funakoshi, who later developed Shotokan karate, were the only two students to be granted the title of "shihanshi" (protégé).