  Master Seiko Higa  Master Seiko Higa In My Memories by Saburo
Higa Translated by Sanzinsoo Remarks: The original Japanese
title "Omoide No Higa Seiko Sensei" written by Mr. Saburo Higa,
an acupuncturist. This article appeared in the book, "Karate
Denshinroku" (= True History of Karate) by Akio Kinjo, as a
supplementary article. Pages 326-331 (Okinawa Tosho Center,
1999)  I joined Itoman Dojo, a karate academy of Master Seiko
Higa, in October 1952. At that time, the Dojo was located in
front of Itoman Elementary School and faced a bus road. At the
corner of the Dojo, there was a carpenter’s workshop. I met with
Mr. Akio Kinjo for the first time in November 1955 when he was
waiting for Master Seiko Higa at the Dojo. He was a student of
Ryukyu University and devoted himself to practicing karate.
Although in the chaotic times after World War Two in Okinawa,
there were a lot of excellent students in Itoman Dojo such as
Juei Tamaki, Seikichi Toguchi, Seiko Kina, Soko Yamakawa and
Choshin Ishimine who was a promi