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...

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...

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...

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...

city of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Important Okinawan masters of Shuri-te: Sakugawa Kanga Matsumura Sōkon Itosu Ankō Asato Ankō Chōyū Motobu Motobu Chōki Yabu...

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...

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 contemporary to the more famous Bushi Matsumura...

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

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...

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...