Most modern karate styles can be traced back to the famous Satunuku 'Tode' Sakugawa. At 17 years of age Sakugawa started practicing shuri-te under an Okinawan monk by the name of Takahara Peichin(1683-1760).

At age 23, Sakugawa was advised by Takahara to leave and train under Kusanku, who was a master of Chinese Kung Fu and was also a military attache in Okinawa.

When Kusanku returned to China in 1756, Sakugawa followed. Sakugawa stayed in China for six years. He learned valuable lessons from Kusanku and went on to become a great master himself. In 1762 Sakugawa returned to Okinawa to introduce this fighting method. It didn’t take long for people to recognise Sakugawa as an expert in Tode (Chinese hand). This is probably the time he picked up the nickname Tode(Chinese hand) Sakugawa.

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