Sakugawa Kanga

Kanga Sakugawa (佐久川 寛賀, Sakugawa Kanga, 1733 - 1815), also Sakugawa Satunushi[1] and Tode Sakugawa,[1] was a Ryūkyūan martial arts master and major contributor to the development of Te, the precursor to modern Karate.

In this Okinawan name, the surname is Sakugawa.
Kanga Sakugawa
Born1733
Akata village, Shuri, Ryūkyū Kingdom
Died1815 (aged 81–82)
Other namesSakugawa Satunushi,[1] Tode Sakugawa[1]
StyleTe
Teacher(s)Takahara Pēchin, Kūsankū
Notable studentsSōkon Matsumura

Karate-do

In 1750, Sakukawa (or Sakugawa) began his training as a student of a Ryūkyūan monk, Peichin Takahara. After six years of training, Takahara suggested that Sakugawa train under Kusanku, a Chinese master in Ch'uan Fa. Sakugawa spent six years training with Kusanku, and began to spread what he learned to Ryūkyū in 1762. He became such an expert that people gave him, as a nickname: "Tōde" Sakugawa (Sakugawa "Chinese Hand"). His most famous student, Matsumura Sōkon, went on to develop the Shuri-te which later develop into Shōrin-ryū style of karate. [2][3]

References
  1. Okinawan Karate, Second Edition, by Mark Bishop, Tuttle Publishing, p. 53, ISBN 0-8048-3205-6
  2. Satunushi "Tode" Sakugawa
  3. Evolution of Shito-Ryu
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