This makes me happy to study Uechi-Ryu... :) Well done, my friend.... :D If this offends anyone, than maybe they are not humble enough... " 2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.l" Proverbs 11:2 .....
Your video is informative and inspired. I had the privilege of studying at the Futenma dojo with Master Uechi and consider that training to be some of the best I've ever received. Although I was the only American at that dojo, I always felt included and respected as a student.
got to my brown belt under clay hicky from sackville nova scotia he was a small man in stature but could walk though anyone he wanted thank god he was a peaceful man lol
If you are going to make a video documentary of Uechi Ryu, maybe you should explain better and use the actual Japanese animals and words with english explainations. I studied Uechi ryu in Okinawa under an actual UECHI, the grandson of Kanbun Uechi. I am still very good friends with the family, and this video brings great disrespect to the family and stlye of karate. TAKE IT DOWN, and replace with a correct and explained one.
@tilyfo1 Plus, so far as I know, he is correct about Uechi-Ryu... He was not in depth, as you said... And I guess he included a picture of his Sensei as well.....
@tilyfo1 Sir I trained with Mr. Shimabukuro of the Naha Shi Uechi Ryu Dojo near Kokusai Dori in Okinawa Ken Japan in the 1990s and I found this clip to be ok. I would like to ask where and by what means do you feel this clip disrespected the Uechi family and or Uechi Ryu Karate. Thank you for your time.
@1banryukyu The Video Explains nothing at all. Uechi-Ryu is a well respected style, and should be displayed as such, especially by those of us who have had the privilege of studying under the family. One that truly respects the culture and history of Uechi-ryu, would either make a video providing more info than just the tiger crane and dragon, or not make one at all.
okay,it's time to say the history of uechi-ryu ... actually this uechi ryu is a basic strengthening exercise done by the chinese especially the southern chinese,not the northern chinese to confront any opponent in any difficulties .... we can find this uechi ryu practitioner in southern shaolin,not the northern shaolin,the monk who found this uechi ryu is Ma Tan Liao Wang（马坦了旺大师）,not only this,even wing chun also originated from southern shaolin,developed by a female buddhist nun,
@brenfroster1 uechi ryu founded in wen zhou,as i said before,by master ma tan liao wang,a monk refugee running from the shaolin temple,feared of being killed by the goverment soldiers lead by emperor Yong Zheng after the incident ''the burning of southern shaolin''.Master Ma ran to wen zhou located in the province of zhe jiang,a bit north of where the southern shaolin temple located in fujian province.At Wen Zhou,he taught local people martial arts and of course,the uechi ryu,to be continued...
@brenfroster1 during the middle ming dynasty,almost all the province located at seashores had been receiving threats from japanese pirates who eventually sacked everywhere they arrive ... at that time,unfortunately,wen zhou is also not excepted,many people died during the confrontation with japanese pirates.Therefore,the local people of wen zhou organised an army to offend the japanese pirates' invasion under the leadership of general Chi Ji Guang and Yu Da You,to be continued..........
@brenfroster1 during the offence against japanese pirate,general qi zhi guang accidentally found that wen zhou was a place fulled of martial art genius(this place has borned more than thousands of martial art officers who passed the martial art test carried out once in four years) in the capital.So,general Chi formed a formation to fight japanese based on the speciality of uechi ryu ... and this had helped the wen zhou local people to independently fight japanese pirates ... to be continued...
@brenfroster1 Sir Okinawa did not become a prefecture of Japan until 1879. Uechi Ryu was named after Mr. Uechi Kanbun by is oldest son Mr. Uechi Kanei and top deshi in 1958. Mr. Uechi Kanbun was born in 1877 and died in 1948. Mr. Uechi Kanbun traned in a style of Chinese Chuan Fa he called Pangainoon. So there was no Uechi Ryu Karate Do during the Ming Time Period.
this style seems to have elements of white crane kung fu, tiger claw, and dragon fist, interesting that it was created in japan, well okinawa is a part of japan so its a japanese style
This style came form central china in the late 1800's, when an Okinawan - Kanbun Uechi - went there for ten years and studied with the shaolin monks then brought it back to Okinawa. It was originally called Paingainoon until the students renamed it in honor of Kanbun.
Thanks for posting the little history lesson... but instead of George Mattson, my lineage would be Shusiwa, Kanubun Uechi, Kanei Uechi, Nakahodo-sensei, Shihan Neil Dunnigan, Sensei Manuel DeSa...me!
Sanchin is one of the 3 primary katas brought from China by Kanbun Uechi, who trained for ten years under Shusiwa, a Shaolin mon from the Fujien province, who took moves from both northern and southern kung-fu styles and combined them to create a powerful style called Pwangainoon.
Uechi Ryu has many grappling techniques, and throwing techniques that are very similar to contemporary forms of Aikido. To say that Uechi Ryu is a "striking art" is incorrect. Or to think that Karate in general is only kicking and punching is also wrong. The more you train, the more you will understand this. If you do not practice Uechi Ryu, then you should train in it and discover this on your own.
Nathan Johnson and his research group, Ko-do ryu, discovered that Uechi Sanchin and Seisan, like Matsubayashi Kusanku are only Sai kata, or forms with specific sai techniques intended to be used in order to disarm a swordman (Seisan) or a Bo-man (kusanku) while Sanchin is the basic kata aimed to teach how to use/manipulate a pair of Sai (a chinese police weapon/tool for civil arrest)! See kodoryu video for demo.
BULLSHIT, johnsons book on seisan n sanchin bein a sai kata is so mocked by researchers and been picked apart by bullshido that its almost funny..1. Sanchin is a chinese kata, used in almost every fujian and hakka kung fu style, and its used only as a chi gung, conditioning exerisce. NON of them use it with a sai, so how can it be originaly a sai kata? 2. The chinese never used the sai and the police were only equiped with a spear and saber(dao) 2 say the used a sai is a out right lie.
Actually the chinese did in fact used Sai. It was brought over from India as a weapon oif the royal army. However, u r rite in the fact that the chinese police didnt use them but it was handed down in various martial arts through out china and okinawa.
Hes only tryin make money off his book dats riddled with holes n history n fabricated delusions, lucky only idiots beleive him. The chinese police never used the sai, thats a lie. We chinese know ur history, u can even google it, chinese police only used a spear or DAO(saber). why would we used a farmin tool?(sai).. agian SANCHIN is a chinese form, look at the chinese versions on youtube NON USE a sai...johnsons just tryin sell a lie(money).
nathan johns a funny man, first he says sanchin and tensho are two person pushing hands kata...then in his next book he takes it back and says its a SAI KATA n always has been...umm ok? so which one is it? an another funny fact is he said that tensho done in ancient times as pushin hands drill...news flash miyagi chojun CREATED tensho in the 1930s based on crane techniques n as a softer sanchin...its not ancient n its not a push hand drill,miyagi the creator would have mentioned it. =P
There are a few Takedowns and stuff in Uechi,... but if you want to learn PROPER Grapling, Uechi of course isnt the place to look for. Judo, Ju Jutsu, Pankration and other Arts are the way forward in terms of throwing,.. most Uechi ka i know (and i know quite a bunch of em, training for almost 12 years in this style myself :) ) just have zero knowledge of proper Thnrowing mechanics (unless they are cross trained, which is certainly a good thing).
If I am not wrong, the crane is an attack with the fingers of an opened hand, the dragon is the "claw" closing a bit the fingers and hitting with the bone under the index...but the tiger?!?
very cool its a lot like my style goju ryu karatedo but a lot more open hand my sensei said the two styles are sister styles the same but not the same
I remember circle blocks with your hands and feet was a big focus, and we kicked with our toes not the ball of your foot, also you learned to have a body impervious to blows, you were tested on this each class. One story had Sensei Kresge letting a VW Carmen Ghia drive up on his stomach to show how tight it was, I think they were asked to stop the demos due to ins reasons. There was also mind focus that is for instance try to punch a hole in a piece of paper w/o touching it, things like that.
lower ranks start with points and the contact increases with your rank. I studied Uechi Ryu in the 70s thanks to my friend Drew Perkins under sensei Ted Kresge in Pinellas Co Fla.
hello. I'm practising shito ryu but I would like to begin uechi ryu. I would like to ask something about. The students in uechi ryu are they practising the point system karate or are they training for full condact matches?
hi, :) i am very interested in the uechi ryu style. but i wonder about some things. first, i come from a shotokan style. very little grappling is used as my sensi believed in striking gard,fast,and then getting away. would i be able to carry this over to uechi ryu,or is there a lot of grappling ?
i am a practitioner of uechi ryu and a member of the karate organization Ji Teki Jeku and am now training with Master Ken Nakamatsu during his trip to florida. you forgot to say that the three katas you mentioned are just the katas brought over from china by Kanbun. Kanbun never actually finished his training in china.
hi like your video just wanted to know if you know a guy name bill. he was my teacher and thous where the main things he would teach us.well if you get the time pleas write back.
No, I am sorry to say I do not know a guy named Bill, as I mostly know the most important figures in Uechi Ryu, like the founder and the first teachers etc. Thank you for leaving a comment, and I'm just curious, are you still training in Uechi Ryu?
There is a guy named Bill Adams who is a 4th degree black belt. He teaches in Melrose, MA and is my teacher. He learns from Buzz Durkin,soon to be a 9th degree and who was a student of George Mattson.
i now my lineage from were is started
kanbun uechi 9th dan
kanei uechi 10th dan
ryuko tomyose 10th dan
george matttson 10th dan
mike vena 3rd dan
me none
GUIDOeminem 3 weeks ago
How many kata's does uechi ryu has ? and is true that uechi ryu has the least amount of kata's compared to all the other styles of karate ?
ISD782 1 month ago
@ISD782 there is 8 here they are in order they are learned
sanchin
kanshiwa
kanshu
seichin
seisan
seirui
kanchin
sanseiryu
GUIDOeminem 3 weeks ago
Yes I do and have trained with him on many occasions.
Geoff is a great person, and is very skilled.
UechimanM 2 months ago
Does anybody here happen to know Master Geoff Krouse?
Dagreatest94 4 months ago
ja das ist eine feine sache aber dojos sollten sich edikte kommentieren um sich auch in der lebendigen zeit heutzutage zu übersetzten
alekx58 6 months ago
This makes me happy to study Uechi-Ryu... :) Well done, my friend.... :D If this offends anyone, than maybe they are not humble enough... " 2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.l" Proverbs 11:2 .....
blackneos940 1 year ago
Your video is informative and inspired. I had the privilege of studying at the Futenma dojo with Master Uechi and consider that training to be some of the best I've ever received. Although I was the only American at that dojo, I always felt included and respected as a student.
mclean05tcd 1 year ago
Hey boehmtj, does Sensei Duncan Macleod still teach in Truro? Sorry for asking I just haven't been to his dojo in years.
happihowie 1 year ago
got to my brown belt under clay hicky from sackville nova scotia he was a small man in stature but could walk though anyone he wanted thank god he was a peaceful man lol
vanillagrunt 1 year ago
@vanillagrunt hey i train in truro nova scotia under bruce sensei cool
boehmtj 1 year ago
Is this an original Okinawan technique?
JESUSISGREATEST 1 year ago
If you are going to make a video documentary of Uechi Ryu, maybe you should explain better and use the actual Japanese animals and words with english explainations. I studied Uechi ryu in Okinawa under an actual UECHI, the grandson of Kanbun Uechi. I am still very good friends with the family, and this video brings great disrespect to the family and stlye of karate. TAKE IT DOWN, and replace with a correct and explained one.
tilyfo1 1 year ago
@tilyfo1 Why is this disrespect?... The very fact that he made this video means that he respects the Uechi clan....
blackneos940 1 year ago
@tilyfo1 Plus, so far as I know, he is correct about Uechi-Ryu... He was not in depth, as you said... And I guess he included a picture of his Sensei as well.....
blackneos940 1 year ago
@tilyfo1 Sir I trained with Mr. Shimabukuro of the Naha Shi Uechi Ryu Dojo near Kokusai Dori in Okinawa Ken Japan in the 1990s and I found this clip to be ok. I would like to ask where and by what means do you feel this clip disrespected the Uechi family and or Uechi Ryu Karate. Thank you for your time.
1banryukyu 1 year ago
@1banryukyu The Video Explains nothing at all. Uechi-Ryu is a well respected style, and should be displayed as such, especially by those of us who have had the privilege of studying under the family. One that truly respects the culture and history of Uechi-ryu, would either make a video providing more info than just the tiger crane and dragon, or not make one at all.
tilyfo1 11 months ago
okay,it's time to say the history of uechi-ryu ... actually this uechi ryu is a basic strengthening exercise done by the chinese especially the southern chinese,not the northern chinese to confront any opponent in any difficulties .... we can find this uechi ryu practitioner in southern shaolin,not the northern shaolin,the monk who found this uechi ryu is Ma Tan Liao Wang（马坦了旺大师）,not only this,even wing chun also originated from southern shaolin,developed by a female buddhist nun,
brenfroster1 1 year ago
@brenfroster1 uechi ryu founded in wen zhou,as i said before,by master ma tan liao wang,a monk refugee running from the shaolin temple,feared of being killed by the goverment soldiers lead by emperor Yong Zheng after the incident ''the burning of southern shaolin''.Master Ma ran to wen zhou located in the province of zhe jiang,a bit north of where the southern shaolin temple located in fujian province.At Wen Zhou,he taught local people martial arts and of course,the uechi ryu,to be continued...
brenfroster1 1 year ago
@brenfroster1 during the middle ming dynasty,almost all the province located at seashores had been receiving threats from japanese pirates who eventually sacked everywhere they arrive ... at that time,unfortunately,wen zhou is also not excepted,many people died during the confrontation with japanese pirates.Therefore,the local people of wen zhou organised an army to offend the japanese pirates' invasion under the leadership of general Chi Ji Guang and Yu Da You,to be continued..........
brenfroster1 1 year ago
@brenfroster1 during the offence against japanese pirate,general qi zhi guang accidentally found that wen zhou was a place fulled of martial art genius(this place has borned more than thousands of martial art officers who passed the martial art test carried out once in four years) in the capital.So,general Chi formed a formation to fight japanese based on the speciality of uechi ryu ... and this had helped the wen zhou local people to independently fight japanese pirates ... to be continued...
brenfroster1 1 year ago
@brenfroster1 Sir Okinawa did not become a prefecture of Japan until 1879. Uechi Ryu was named after Mr. Uechi Kanbun by is oldest son Mr. Uechi Kanei and top deshi in 1958. Mr. Uechi Kanbun was born in 1877 and died in 1948. Mr. Uechi Kanbun traned in a style of Chinese Chuan Fa he called Pangainoon. So there was no Uechi Ryu Karate Do during the Ming Time Period.
1banryukyu 1 year ago
What about sato shinjo and keyohide shinjo
fuKdaKKKSnNIGGAS 1 year ago
hey i'm a 3 stripe perple belt in uechi ryu
cocacolamint 1 year ago
where can i see all the katas online without buying a dvd?
binnun 1 year ago
does anyone know paul erickson? he was my karate instructor.
killerxela 1 year ago
this style seems to have elements of white crane kung fu, tiger claw, and dragon fist, interesting that it was created in japan, well okinawa is a part of japan so its a japanese style
integra0guy 2 years ago
This style came form central china in the late 1800's, when an Okinawan - Kanbun Uechi - went there for ten years and studied with the shaolin monks then brought it back to Okinawa. It was originally called Paingainoon until the students renamed it in honor of Kanbun.
uechisandan 2 years ago
Thanks for posting the little history lesson... but instead of George Mattson, my lineage would be Shusiwa, Kanubun Uechi, Kanei Uechi, Nakahodo-sensei, Shihan Neil Dunnigan, Sensei Manuel DeSa...me!
Sanchin is one of the 3 primary katas brought from China by Kanbun Uechi, who trained for ten years under Shusiwa, a Shaolin mon from the Fujien province, who took moves from both northern and southern kung-fu styles and combined them to create a powerful style called Pwangainoon.
uechisandan 2 years ago
@uechisandan
Where do U study Uechi Ryu? I study in Randolph, Massachusetts with 6th degree Black Belt Sensei Mike Murphy.
HotRide182 2 years ago
you should put audio to this.
Strider2112 2 years ago
that was not a Okinawan dragon>>>>>
takeshimiyagi 2 years ago
why no goldfish?
areamkarim 2 years ago
Question: is there competition in Uechi-ryu?
unstable0 2 years ago
@unstable0 competition?
chatanwarrior 2 years ago
Uechi Ryu has many grappling techniques, and throwing techniques that are very similar to contemporary forms of Aikido. To say that Uechi Ryu is a "striking art" is incorrect. Or to think that Karate in general is only kicking and punching is also wrong. The more you train, the more you will understand this. If you do not practice Uechi Ryu, then you should train in it and discover this on your own.
rpger1569 2 years ago
Nathan Johnson and his research group, Ko-do ryu, discovered that Uechi Sanchin and Seisan, like Matsubayashi Kusanku are only Sai kata, or forms with specific sai techniques intended to be used in order to disarm a swordman (Seisan) or a Bo-man (kusanku) while Sanchin is the basic kata aimed to teach how to use/manipulate a pair of Sai (a chinese police weapon/tool for civil arrest)! See kodoryu video for demo.
varva79 2 years ago
BULLSHIT, johnsons book on seisan n sanchin bein a sai kata is so mocked by researchers and been picked apart by bullshido that its almost funny..1. Sanchin is a chinese kata, used in almost every fujian and hakka kung fu style, and its used only as a chi gung, conditioning exerisce. NON of them use it with a sai, so how can it be originaly a sai kata? 2. The chinese never used the sai and the police were only equiped with a spear and saber(dao) 2 say the used a sai is a out right lie.
anhkhoinguyen 2 years ago
please put the link of bullshido and were such researcher are mocking ... so every one here can read that!
varva79 2 years ago
Actually the chinese did in fact used Sai. It was brought over from India as a weapon oif the royal army. However, u r rite in the fact that the chinese police didnt use them but it was handed down in various martial arts through out china and okinawa.
jiggahippo 2 years ago
Hes only tryin make money off his book dats riddled with holes n history n fabricated delusions, lucky only idiots beleive him. The chinese police never used the sai, thats a lie. We chinese know ur history, u can even google it, chinese police only used a spear or DAO(saber). why would we used a farmin tool?(sai).. agian SANCHIN is a chinese form, look at the chinese versions on youtube NON USE a sai...johnsons just tryin sell a lie(money).
anhkhoinguyen 2 years ago
where is written that policemen used only spear or saber? please give me the link or some dcuments were it is reported. thanks
varva79 2 years ago
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anhkhoinguyen 2 years ago
nathan johns a funny man, first he says sanchin and tensho are two person pushing hands kata...then in his next book he takes it back and says its a SAI KATA n always has been...umm ok? so which one is it? an another funny fact is he said that tensho done in ancient times as pushin hands drill...news flash miyagi chojun CREATED tensho in the 1930s based on crane techniques n as a softer sanchin...its not ancient n its not a push hand drill,miyagi the creator would have mentioned it. =P
anhkhoinguyen 2 years ago 2
There are a few Takedowns and stuff in Uechi,... but if you want to learn PROPER Grapling, Uechi of course isnt the place to look for. Judo, Ju Jutsu, Pankration and other Arts are the way forward in terms of throwing,.. most Uechi ka i know (and i know quite a bunch of em, training for almost 12 years in this style myself :) ) just have zero knowledge of proper Thnrowing mechanics (unless they are cross trained, which is certainly a good thing).
Cheers
Alamo25 2 years ago
Hi there!
I have a question:
which are the hits for the three animals?
If I am not wrong, the crane is an attack with the fingers of an opened hand, the dragon is the "claw" closing a bit the fingers and hitting with the bone under the index...but the tiger?!?
can You explain me better?
thanks for posting, love karate!
alexg1983 2 years ago
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anhkhoinguyen 2 years ago
very cool its a lot like my style goju ryu karatedo but a lot more open hand my sensei said the two styles are sister styles the same but not the same
greggoju 3 years ago
it makes sence if your mind body and spirit arent working as one you wont perform as well.
nighthawkjac 3 years ago
I remember circle blocks with your hands and feet was a big focus, and we kicked with our toes not the ball of your foot, also you learned to have a body impervious to blows, you were tested on this each class. One story had Sensei Kresge letting a VW Carmen Ghia drive up on his stomach to show how tight it was, I think they were asked to stop the demos due to ins reasons. There was also mind focus that is for instance try to punch a hole in a piece of paper w/o touching it, things like that.
BradBaldwintheDrumm 3 years ago
to xristostory
lower ranks start with points and the contact increases with your rank. I studied Uechi Ryu in the 70s thanks to my friend Drew Perkins under sensei Ted Kresge in Pinellas Co Fla.
It is one the the best schools Ive ever seen.
BradBaldwintheDrumm 3 years ago
hello. I'm practising shito ryu but I would like to begin uechi ryu. I would like to ask something about. The students in uechi ryu are they practising the point system karate or are they training for full condact matches?
xristostory 3 years ago
Its interesting to see how many people actually practice this martial art. Im a student under Sensei Allen Bentley here in Myakka City, Florida
UechiRyuCrane 3 years ago
I know George personally, hes a really cool guy with some interesting stories.
knoxberry 3 years ago
do practice any form of iron body conditioning?
lpbmartialartsfan 3 years ago
yes it is extremely emphasized
kip129 3 years ago
hi, :) i am very interested in the uechi ryu style. but i wonder about some things. first, i come from a shotokan style. very little grappling is used as my sensi believed in striking gard,fast,and then getting away. would i be able to carry this over to uechi ryu,or is there a lot of grappling ?
theewatchman 3 years ago
no uechi ryu is mostly a striking art but it includes simple hip tosses and sweeps but it works well to cross train with jiujitsu
kip129 3 years ago
i am a practitioner of uechi ryu and a member of the karate organization Ji Teki Jeku and am now training with Master Ken Nakamatsu during his trip to florida. you forgot to say that the three katas you mentioned are just the katas brought over from china by Kanbun. Kanbun never actually finished his training in china.
kip129 3 years ago
mma>>>>>>>>>>>tma's
888zzz 3 years ago
its sad 2 see mattson is put in after kanei and not kanmei
ozzydigger 3 years ago
hi like your video just wanted to know if you know a guy name bill. he was my teacher and thous where the main things he would teach us.well if you get the time pleas write back.
alvaro041107 3 years ago
No, I am sorry to say I do not know a guy named Bill, as I mostly know the most important figures in Uechi Ryu, like the founder and the first teachers etc. Thank you for leaving a comment, and I'm just curious, are you still training in Uechi Ryu?
GreatUke 3 years ago
no im sorry but i dont, i want to go back and start training but i just dont have the time to. but hopefully pretty soon.
alvaro041107 3 years ago
That's good. What belt did you have when you stopped?
GreatUke 3 years ago
in kids i ended in red belt. in adults i ended in green
alvaro041107 3 years ago
There is a guy named Bill Adams who is a 4th degree black belt. He teaches in Melrose, MA and is my teacher. He learns from Buzz Durkin,soon to be a 9th degree and who was a student of George Mattson.
sconno03 3 years ago
@alvaro041107 Could it have been Bill Botnick?
whoibuoy 1 year ago