Kanga Sakukawa

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Kanga Sakukawa
Born	1733 Akata Village, Shuri,  Japan Ryūkyū Kingdom
Died	1815
Other names	"Tode" Sakukawa, Satunuku Sakugawa
Martial art practiced	Te
Teacher(s)	Peichin Takahara, Kusanku
Notable students	Sokon Matsumura

Kanga Sakukawa (佐久川 寛賀, Sakukawa Kanga ^?, 1733 - 1815) was an Okinawan martial artist who played a major role in the development of Te, the precursor to modern Karate. In 1750, Sakukawa (or Sakugawa) began his training as a student of an Okinawan monk, Peichin Takahara. After six years of training, Takahara suggested that Sakukawa train under Kusanku, a Chinese master in Ch'uan Fa. Sakukawa spent six years training with Kusanku, and began to spread what he learned to Okinawa in 1762. Sakukawa's most famous student, Sokon Matsumura, went on to create the Shorin-ryu style of karate.^{[1] [2]}

[edit] References

1. ^ Satunshi "Tode" Sakugawa
2. ^ Evolution of Shito-Ryu