Tō-Te

Tō-Te or sometimes written as Tō-De (Tō-de;唐手;Okinawan, Tū-dī; Hand of China) is the oldest known style of Okinawan Karate, being the source to every known modern Karate style.

First being developed in secret, it was later on released in the entire Okinawan Island and changed it's name into Okinawa-Te. Okinawa-Te gave birth to the creation of 3 other styles: Shuri-Te, Naha-Te and Tomari-Te.

Okinawa-Te
Later, towards the end of the nineteenth century, due to the “colonization” of Okinawa by Japan (since 1609, the year in which the Satsuma clan invaded the Ryūkyū islands of which Okinawa is the main island) and to distinguish themselves, Tō-Te has become Okinawa-Te (沖 縄 手)