Higa Peechin

Matsu Higa ( bl. 1700 ) lived on Hamahiga, Kingdom of Ryukyu (now part of Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture). He was one of the first and most influential martial artists of Karate and Kobudo.

Matsu Higa was the teacher of Takahara Peichin was the then taught Sakugawa Kanga, the teacher of Matsumura Sokon.

Swell

• Richard Kim: Okinawan Weapons of Matsu Higa, 1983 ( English), ISBN 978-0920129036
• Richard Kim: The Weaponless Warriors, 1974 ( English), ISBN 978-0897500418
• Werner Lind: Encyclopedia of Martial Arts, 1999, ISBN 3-328-00838-1

• Karateka (Japan)
• Kingdom of Ryukyu
• Born in the 17th century
• Died in the 18th century
• Man