Also known as

Tode Sakugawa · Sakugawa Todi · Sakugawa Satunuku

Description

Okinawan pioneer of the Shuri lineage of karate, known as "Tode" (Chinese hand) Sakugawa. Sources disagree on whether he learned from Kushanku in Okinawa or in China.

Teachers (1)

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  Kushanku

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  sports_martial_artsChinese martial arts Possiblebalance

  Possible – conflicting evidence recorded

  Tradition, reported as such. Funakoshi and Nagamine hold instead that Sakugawa learned in China.

  Some evidence points to the claim, but it is thin, indirect, or in unresolved conflict with other evidence.

  (1756)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Tradition, reported as such. Funakoshi and Nagamine hold instead that Sakugawa learned in China.

  “Then, around 1756, when Kushanku arrived in Okinawa from China, Sakugawa began to learn the Chinese martial arts from him.”

  — Cramer, Mark I.. (2018). The History of Karate and the Masters Who Made It: Development, Lineages, and Philosophies of Traditional Okinawan and Japanese Karate-doinfo

  “Tradition states that Sakugawa Todi was a student of Kusanku.”

  — Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

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  “However, both Gichin Funakoshi and Shoshin Nagamine content that Tode Sakugawa did not study under Kushanku.”

  — Cramer, Mark I.. (2018). The History of Karate and the Masters Who Made It: Development, Lineages, and Philosophies of Traditional Okinawan and Japanese Karate-doinfo

Students (1)

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  Matsumura Sōkon

  sports_martial_artsShuri-te Possible

  Possible

  One source states it; the other reports it as disputed, with Chinese teachers named instead. Sakugawa's dates (to about 1815) leave little overlap with Matsumura's (born 1797 or 1809).

  Some evidence points to the claim, but it is thin, indirect, or in unresolved conflict with other evidence.

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  One source states it; the other reports it as disputed, with Chinese teachers named instead. Sakugawa's dates (to about 1815) leave little overlap with Matsumura's (born 1797 or 1809).

  “Matsumura was also a student of Sakugawa Satunuku.”

  — Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

  “While some researchers have reported that Sokon Matsumura studied under Kanga Sakugawa, there is not total agreement on this issue.”

  — Cramer, Mark I.. (2018). The History of Karate and the Masters Who Made It: Development, Lineages, and Philosophies of Traditional Okinawan and Japanese Karate-doinfo

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