reference to the art of "Tudi,". Around the 1820s Sakukawa's most significant student Matsumura Sokon (1809–1899) taught a synthesis of te (Shuri-te and Tomari-te) and Shaolin (Chinese) styles. Matsumura's style would later become the Shorin-ryu style.   The thing is that Okinawans were able to develop an empty-handed fighting system that