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I think it would be safe to say that whatever To-te Sakugawa learned in Beijing, it unquestionably enhanced that which he had originally studied in Okinawa. Every generation produces bujin who, in an effort to keep discipline a living experience for the society it serves, reinterpret the common principles on which it rests. Sakugawa was one such man, a bujin who, by revising old village meikata1 established a foundation on which a new tradition was established by the succeeding generation of students. Since Sakugawa’s time, subsequent bujin, and varying cultural forces have influenced the growth and direction of those martial arts cultivated in and around the district of Shuri.
Continuing to study the history of Sakugawa, I came across more testimony which provided a deeper understanding of this historical figure. Oral tradition maintains that To-te Sakugawa was born in 1782, which would place his birth more than 200 years ago. Sakugawa Kangi, the father of Kantei, and a former Shuri city council member who once governed his own constituency, was able to provide me with some valuable historical material about the life of To-te Sakugawa.