In 1972, a beautiful building of karate dojo was built for Master Higa by
his supporters. However, Master Higa himself thinks a dojo is not necessary
for practicing karate. He said, ¡ÈBefore the dojo was built, I practiced
karate at the yard or garden of my home. There were Gajimaru (= a banyan
tree) and Sakura (= cherry blossoms) in my yard or garden. I loved
practicing karate there under the moonlight. I think if we practice karate
at the place surrounded by the beauties of nature, melted in nature, we can
see a wonderful value of karate and understand karate better.¡É

He also criticizes a karate tournament or karate as a sport. Master Higa
said, ¡ÈIt is not a karate if you stop your punch before contact. But if
you really fight, injury or worse than injury is inevitable. Essentially
karate is not fit for a tournament sport. It is impossible to make karate a
tournament sport.¡É

¡ÈKyudo Mugen.¡É (= Studying karate and searching for the Truth is
infinite.) It is a word from Master Yuchoku Higa who has been training in
karate for more than fifty years. The name of his dojo, ¡ÈKyudokan¡É
is
derived from this word. There is no end for mastering karate. If we seek
the Truth, the path toward the Truth will become distant.

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