Grand Master Kanki Izumigawa

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Kanki Izumigawa (1908-1969),

Kanki Izumigawa was one of Seiko Higa top students. He learned Goju-Ryu from Seiko Higa in Saipan. Seiko Higa had studied under Kanryo Higashionna (of Naha-te) and trained with Chujun Miyagi (the founder of Goju-Ryu).

Kanki Izumigawa was born in Okinawa to a samurai family and was the founder of the Senbukan Dojo, which had its headquarters in Kawasaki City and branches in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kanagawa Prefecture.

His son Kanbun Izumigawa carried on his School in Japan. Kanki Izumigawa was one of the first to spread Goju-Ryu and Seiko Higa tradition in mainland Japan.

His top student was Sosei Ichikawa.