Kanga Sakugawa (佐久川 寛賀, Sakugawa Kanga, 1786 - 1867), also Sakugawa Satunushi and Tode Sakugawa, was a Ryūkyūan martial arts master and major contributor...

later become the sensei (mentor) of Sakugawa Kanga (1733-1815), the father of Okinawan karate. Depending on Sakugawa's birth date, Yara may have been his...

Shōrinji-ryū (少林寺流) (also known as Sakugawa Koshiki Shōrinji-ryū Karatedō) is a form of karate derived from the teachings of Kanga Sakukawa. "he History, Principles...

himself and his fellow man." He was the first teacher of Sakugawa Kangi, the father of Sakugawa Kanga. First Karate pioneers Archived 2009-04-22 at the Wayback...

gojūshiho, kusanku (the embodiment of kusanku's teaching as passed on to Tode Sakugawa) and hakutsuru. The hakutsuru kata contains the elements of the Fujian...

(weapon) are studied as secondary weapons. Tradition maintains that Sakugawa Kanga, entrusted with the protection of prominent Ryūkyū families, had studied...

is that Higa was the teacher of Takahara Peechin, who in turn taught Sakugawa Kanga. Takahara Peechin (1683-1760) died 30 years before Higa(1790-1870) was...

Kusanku" in KishimotoDi, this version was passed on by a student of Kanga Sakugawa known as Bushi Tachimura, a contempory to the more famous Bushi Matsumura...

martial art style called karate. His student Sokon Matsumura blended Sakugawa's style with Shaolin kung fu to form Shuri-Te karate. Matsumura was Anko...

to Ankō Asato, it was popularized from Kanga Sakugawa (1786–1867), who was nicknamed "Tōde Sakugawa." Sakugawa was a samurai from Shuri who traveled to...