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Exceptional Seminar in France (Toulouse)
There is an exceptional seminar next 22nd & 23rd of Feb. It will take place in Toulouse (France) but very close to the airport so if you want to join it you are more than welcome and I will be very…
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2020 Happy Uechi-Ryu Year
We are already the second week of January so I’m not so late to wish you a fantastic year 2020. As highlighted in my previous posts, 2019 was a huge year for me and I hope 2020 will bring fantastic good…
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2019 Summary
2019 : a surprising year ! I should have never expected to achieve all the things I’ve done : French Shodan, Uechi Ryu French Cup (5th in Kyu Kata), and the great honor to have been promoted Jun Shihan by sensei…
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2019 November : new start
After the seminars performed with Kinjo sensei , it was time for me to finalize a project proposed by Hanshi George Mattson. Indeed just after my Shodan, George Sensei asked me about my willing to teach Uechi-Ryu :’based on your experience…
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2019 October : Koburyu
Early in October were organized by Jean Smith Sensei three Karate and Kobudo seminars school There took place in Paris, Tours & Toulouse. I assisted Paris and Toulouse (my hometown). In Paris Kinjo sensei presented his school Koburyu he created based…
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Grand Master Kinjo Seminars
Grand Master Takashi Kinjo (Kobudo & Karate 10th degree) will be exceptionaly in France early October 2019. Kinjo Sensei is a well known Pangainoon & Okinawan Kobudo Grand Master he studied with Itokazu Seiki (Karate) and Shimpo Matayoshi (Kobudo). He’s training from…
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HOW LONG does it takes to earn a BLACK BELT ?
That’s the questions I received the most in the last couple of Months. That’s indeed a good question even if earning a Black Belt is not a Time Trial but a kind of gaining maturity in your Uechi skills, stamina, Balance…
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Big June !
June 2019 was an amazing month and a huge one for me. Indeed after only 3 years of training it was my shodan test but let’s start from the begining …. We started the last days of May with the Uechi-Ryu…
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Uechi Brothers in France
May will be a busy month for Uechi Practitioners ! Indeed all start with the yearly Uechi-Ryu French Cup the 25th of May (sparring & Kata) in Maisons-Laffite (Paris area). The French Cup will be chaired by Kansho and Kanyu Uechi flying…
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Interview Of Yoshitsune Senaga
Today we learned from IOC that Karate will no more be in the Olympics after Tokyo. This has caused a lot of emotion and the Karate community is still divided about the presence or not in the Olympics. I will not…
