When Higa was a student of Naha Commercial High School at age 16, he became
willing to learn karate. He was physically weak, skinny and pale. He also
had a slight stoop. Moreover, he was a bookworm. He liked reading books
very much. Higa was an easy target to bully. He was being bullied at
school, so he became reluctant to go to school. He felt so depressed that
he even thought of trying to kill himself. But he changed his mind. He
thought he could die at any time. ¡ÈI will revenge someday!¡É said
Higa to
himself. So he decided and began learning karate.

¡ÈThe motive for learning karate was not pure at all. I was just thinking
I
would revenge the bullies someday in the future. Ha ha ha!¡É said Higa
with
laughing. He first learned karate from Master Jiro Shiroma of Shuri-te
style. And later, he also learned from Master Jin-an Shinzato (Naha-te
style), Master Seiei Miyara (Shuri-te style) and Master Choshin Chibana
(Shuri-te style). Master Jiro Shiroma always said, ¡ÈDon¡Çt talk
about
karate. Don¡Çt demonstrate karate.¡É He warned us that we tended to
show
off our strength if we learned karate.

- to be continued -

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