Higa Yuchoku

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Higa Yuchoku (1910–1994) was a prominent karate practitioner. He started training Shorin-ryu under his father's senior student. He continued the training until 1935, when he began training Ti and Goju-ryu under Jinan Shinzato, Chōjun Miyagi Sensei's senior student.^[1] From 1945 he studied Shorin-ryu under Chōshin Chibana Sensei and became his uchi deshi. He was later promoted to Vice-President of first Shorin Ryu Karate Do Association, and in 1976 he received the rank of Jū Dan, 10th Dan.^[2] He was a teacher of Yoshimitsu Onaga for a long time.

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• HANSHI, YUCHOKU HIGA (10th Dan)
• Master Yuchoku Higa Practice Karate In The Moonlight
• Higa Yuchoku's picture