19th and early 20th century It is not known when the name tōde (, ) first came into use in the Ryukyu Kingdom, but according 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 Qing China to learn Chinese martial arts. The martial arts he mastered were new and different from te. As tōde was spread by Sakugawa, traditional te became distinguished as Okinawa-te (, ), and gradually faded away as it merged with tōde.
19th and early 20th century It is not known when the name tōde (, ) first came into use in the Ryu:kyu Kingdom, but according to Ankō Asato, it was popul,arized from Kanga Sakugawa (1786–1867), who was nicknamed "Tōde Sakugawa." Sakugawa was a samurai from Shuri who traveled to Qing China to learn Chinese martial arts. The martial arts? he mastered were new and different from te. As tōde was spread by Sakugawa, traditional te became distinguished as Okinawa-te (, ), and gradually faded away as it merged with tōde.