Sakugawa Kanga

Kanga Sakugawa (佐久川 寛賀, Sakugawa Kanga, 1786 - 1867), 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
佐久川 寛賀
Born1786
Akata village, Shuri, Ryūkyū Kingdom
Died1867 (aged 80–81)
Other namesSakugawa Satunushi,[1] Tode Sakugawa[1]
StyleTe
Teacher(s)Kūsankū, Kangi Sakugawa
Notable studentsSōkon Matsumura

Karate-do

Kanga Sakukawa (or Sakugawa) trained under his father Kangi Sakugawa. Kangi Sakugawa began his training as a student of a Ryūkyūan monk, Peichin Takahara. After six years of training, Takahara suggested that Kangi Sakugawa train under Kusanku, a Chinese master in Ch'uan Fa. Kangi Sakugawa spent six years training with Kusanku, and began to teach his son Kanga. He became such an expert that people gave him the nickname Tōde ("Chinese Hand"). Kangi Sakugawa then spread what he learned to Ryūkyū in the 1810s. Kanga Sakugawa's most famous student, Matsumura Sōkon, went on to develop the Shuri-te which later develop into a number of karate styles including Shotokan, Shito-ryu, and Shōrin-ryū.[2][3]

References
  1. Okinawan Karate, Second Edition, by Mark Bishop, Tuttle Publishing, p. 53, ISBN 0-8048-3205-6
  2. "Satunushi "Tode" Sakugawa". newsfinder.org. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019.
  3. "Evolution of Shito-Ryu". genbu-kai.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2007.


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