I think I may have found my answer (regarding rank)

It was known as toudi/de, "Chinese hands" in the Okinawan language, or just "te" for short.
Point I was trying to make was about the critique of someone saying "Karate" being introduced / re introduced to Okinawa when of course there were systems that never left was that the term and the system of "Karate" was from Japan with of course strong roots in Okinawa.
 
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