Kangi Sakugawa began his training as a student of a Ryūkyūan monk, Peichin Takahara.

Kangi Sakugawa spent six years training with Kusanku, and began to teach his son Kanga.

[2][3] Oral tradition describes Sakugawa as a mischievous youth, some stories say that he was walking near a river one day when he saw an older Chinese gentleman gazing upon the water.

Bushi Tachimura went on to teach Kishimoto Soko who taught Higa Seitoku who founded the Bugeikan in Okinawa.

Bushi Tachimura's shuri te remains preserved at the Bugeikan and contains many techniques that are not found in modern systems.