Sakugawa Kanga
Kanga Sakugawa | |
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Born |
1733 Akata village, Shuri, Ryūkyū Kingdom |
Died | 1815 (aged 81–82) |
Other names | Sakugawa Satunushi,[1] Tode Sakugawa[1] |
Style | Te |
Teacher(s) | Takahara Pēchin, Kūsankū |
Notable students | Sōkon Matsumura |
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.
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 a such 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 2 3 4 Okinawan Karate, Second Edition, by Mark Bishop, Tuttle Publishing, p. 53, ISBN 0-8048-3205-6
- ↑ Satunushi "Tode" Sakugawa
- ↑ Evolution of Shito-Ryu