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A short documentary about training in the traditional martial arts of Okinawa at the Bugeikan dojo of the Higa family with footage from the mid 1970’s to present. The Bugeikan is a multi-disciplinary school that offers a diverse range of skills to the interested student of Ryukyu Bujutsu. Karate, Kobudo and Okinawan Te or ’Ti’ are taught by instructors of the dojo. Higa Kiyohiko is the son of Higa Seitoku who opened the dojo in the 1950’s with the express intention of preserving a number of rare and little known fighting arts of the Ryukyu’s before they slipped into obscurity. Today Kiyohiko only teaches a small group of senior students who in turn continue to preserve and develop the dojo’s martial heritage through the instruction of others. Joel Reeves is the senior UK Representative of the Bugeikan and Private Student of Higa Kiyohiko. He offers personalised training and informal dojo visit/workshops to interested parties throughout Europe & UK.
