Uechi-Ryū (上地流, Uechi-Ryū) is a traditional style of Okinawan karate. Uechi-Ryū means "Style of Uechi" or "School of Uechi". Originally called Pangai-noon...
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Kanei Uechi (上地完英, Uechi Kan'ei, June 26, 1911–February 23, 1991) was the son of Kanbun Uechi, founder of Uechi-Ryū, one of the primary karate styles...
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George Mattson (martial artist) (category Uechi-ryū practitioners)
martial arts books and the first American to be awarded a black belt in Uechi-Ryū Karate-do. He was the first to teach the style professionally resulting...
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Kanbun Uechi (上地完文, Uechi Kanbun, May 5, 1877 – November 25, 1948) was the founder of Uechi-Ryū, one of the primary karate styles of Okinawa. Kanbun was...
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styles, the most well-known being the Okinawan Karate styles of Uechi-Ryū and Gōjū-Ryū, as well as the Chinese martial arts of Fujian White Crane, Five...
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Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū Tenshinsho Jigen Ryu Tessenjutsu Togakure-ryu Tōon-ryū Toyama-ryū Uechi-ryū Wado-ryū Yabusame Yagyū Shingan-ryū Yoseikan Budo Yoseikan...
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Seisan (category Gōjū-ryū)
Kaminohenshi-ryu karate Tang Soo Do Uechi-ryū Wadō-ryū Shingo-ha Yoshukai Karate Yoshukai Karate Shindo-ryu Karate Kiaido Ryu JKF Renbukai Ronin Kempo - Jutsu...
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Uechi (written: 上地) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Uechi Kanbun (上地 完文, 1877–1948), Founder of Uechi-Ryū. Uechi Kanei...
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successor styles to Naha-te include Shōrei-ryū (earliest school), Gōjū-ryū, Uechi-ryū, Ryūei-ryū, Shito-ryu and Tōon-ryū. Okinawa Karate Japanese martial arts...
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styles such as Uechi-ryū and Gōjū-ryū (剛柔流). Shitō-ryū is extremely fast, but still can be artistic and powerful. In addition, Shitō-ryū formalizes and...
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is a nine-time All-Okinawa kata and kumite champion, and a 10th dan in Uechi Ryū karate. One of his most memorable moments was his three second knock out...
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Natan Levy (category Mixed martial artists utilizing Uechi-ryū)
in Tel Aviv, Israel. After being awarded his 3rd degree black belt in Uechi-Ryū Karate, he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, in the United States at the age...
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Karate lineages in Okinawa--Shōrin-ryū, Gojū-ryū and Uechi-ryū. Bassai (抜塞) One of the most common kata in the Shōrin-ryū lineages, this kata is traditionally...
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look much like a block in Goju/Uechi ryu, but they are executed from different perspectives. A key principle in Wadō-ryū is that of tai sabaki (often incorrectly...
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often accepted for kata competition include Kyokushin, Shōrin-ryū, Uechi-Ryū or Isshin-ryū among others. Karate has grown in popularity in Africa, particularly...
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Isshin-Ryū (一心流, Isshin-ryū) is a style of Okinawan karate created by Tatsuo Shimabuku (島袋 龍夫) in approximately 1947/1948 (and named its present name on...
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to be Shōrin-ryū, Gōjū-ryū and Uechi-ryū. Internationally, the various styles and sub-styles include Matsubayashi-ryū, Wadō-ryū, Isshin-ryū, Shōrinkan,...
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Kyokushin, which is an extremely hard style derived from Shotokan and Gōjū-ryū, involves much more breaking and full contact, knockdown sparring as a main...
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Arcenio James Advincula (section Uechi Ryu)
a martial artist and a first-generation student of the founder of Isshin-ryū Karate, Tatsuo Shimabuku. He also has an extensive background in Largo Mano...
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Goju-Ryu Karate. Blue Snake Books. p. 3. ISBN 9781623175597. Retrieved 23 March 2022. Gōjū-ryū kata Archived 2006-04-21 at the Wayback Machine "Shitō-ryū kata"...
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sparring in Okinawan dialect, used in Gōjū-Ryū Jiyu Kobo - old version of Jiyu Kumite in Uechi-Ryū used by Uechi Kanbun's Wakayama dojo Many schools feel...
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in Naha. The successor styles to Naha-te include Gōjū-ryū, Uechi-ryū, Ryūei-ryū, and Tōon-ryū. Naha has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification...
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Goju-ryu Shito-ryu Chito-ryu Isshin-ryū Uechi-ryu Shorin-ryu Ryūei-ryū Shōrei-ryū Shohei-ryu Tōon-ryū Kenyu-ryu Tokitsu-Ryu Kuma-ryu Washin-ryu Shōrinji-ryū...
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training methods, such as Judo, Ninjutsu, Aikido, Uechi-ryu karate, Goju-ryu karate, and Wadō-ryū karate. The methods of effecting kuzushi depend on...
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Nishi (West) Elementary School (西小学校) Uechi Kanbun, Founder of Uechi-Ryū. Shinjō Kiyohide, 9th Dan Okinawan Uechi-Ryū Master, nine-time all-Okinawa Kata...
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Chōjun Miyagi (宮城 長順), founder of Gōjū-ryū; Funakoshi Gichin, founder of Shotokan; Uechi Kanbun, founder of Uechi-ryū; Kanken Tōyama, founder of Shūdōkan;...
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This powerful stance is serves as the foundational stance for all of Uechi-ryū kata, and it is used in the multitude of kata attributed to Kanryo Higashionna...
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of Okinawa (1945) Expo '75 Miss International 1975. Kanbun Uechi, the founder of Uechi-ryū, one of the primary karate styles of Okinawa, was from the...
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Akiko Yajima (redirect from Aki Uechi)
Aki Uechi (うえち あき, Uechi Aki), previously known as Akiko Yajima (矢島 晶子, Yajima Akiko, May 4, 1967) is a Japanese voice actress from Kashiwazaki, Niigata...
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Retrieved 12 September 2017. Mattson, George. "Rank, Stripes and Titles". Uechi-ryu Martial Arts. Retrieved 1 February 2016. SHIN, PAUL H. B. "Top-ranked...
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