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Uechi-Con 2022 : Mattson sensei
In the last 22nd & 23rd of September Uechi-Ryu Butokukai was organizing Uechi-Con Event in Manchester (New Hampshire, USA). Butokukai was founded by Buzz Durkin in 1984.Durkin sensei started his Uechi-Ryu path in 1966 with George Mattson and went to Okinawa…
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One Night in Naha
The last June 27th, I had the luck to be invited by Kinjo sensei and the USA Koburyu to attend an on-line seminar with Naha. The original On-Line Zoom was planned to learn Koburyu Kobudo and Kinjo sensei kindly proposed to…
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New ! Koburyu-Karate.com
I am super happy to share with you a new website I have just finished to build : Koburyu-karate.com This website is the outcomes of many exchanges I add with Kinjo sensei and his wife Masami sensei. The Koburyu （孝武流）has been…
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Mattson Academy
From March 2022, Lionel Reynaud is now teaching within the Mattson Academy Of Okinawan Uechi-Ryu Karate-Do.Lessons are opened to the Academy members and to the On-Line Program Members (athomekarate.com & Oryukan). “This is a fantastic opportunity and & great honor to be Instructor…
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Mattson sensei in Bugeisha
Bugeisha issue#11 is available with George Mattson in the cover page (see above). 2 very interesting articles Bugeisha is a well know Martial Arts Magazine born in the 90’s and reborn in 2021. In the Jan’22 issue, you will find 2…
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Shimabukuro 2nd zoom session – Full video
Before to start writing this few lines I would like to apologize, I am very late in my Blog update. The last months saw me to face 3 lockdowns and I spent the most of my time to work and train…
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Koburyu Kobudo Seminar
With the covid-related restrictions there are sometimes positive things appearing.Being confined at home or on our area allow us with the help of internet to be closer to Okinawa and train on line with Grand Masters. Saturday 5th of March Kinjo…
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Train with Y.Shimabukuro – Full video
As explained in my previous post , Shimabukuro sensei & Didier Lorho were animated a remote session in the World Uechi-Ryu Practitioners Facebook Community . During the 2 hours session Yukinobu Shimabukuro went back first in the most iconic Uechi-Ryu technique…
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Train with Shimabukuro sensei
The Facebook Group of World Uechi-Ryu Practitioners is organizing an exceptional on-line event with Shimabukuro sensei Saturday 9th of January at 2:00PM (CET). During this session Shimabukuro sensei and Didier Lorho (French Federal Expert) will be on line to work with…
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Training with Takehiro Gaja Sensei
Takehiro Gaja (Okinawa Uechi-Ryu 9th degree) was a student of Kanbun & Kanei Uechi. It is unfortunately not so common to get the opportunity to learn from a such Grand Master.Gaja sensei has been recently interviewed by Chris Wilson. During his…
