Asato Nobuhide, members entered the discussion on 2009 fiscal year measures. After the greeting speech of President Mr. On the 11th April 2010 (Sunday), Okikukai Annual Meeting was held from 6:00 PM, at the hall "Sowa" in Okinawa City. We hope that Masters Tomoyose Ryuko and Takamiyagi Shigeru will live long and continue to spread the his positive energy and knowledge and continue to be great inspiration of thousands and thousands of Karatekas around the globe. To prove that fact, Masters Morio Higaonna (GOJU-RYU), Zenpo Shimabukuro and Kiyuna Choko (SHORIN-RYU), Shinzato Katsukiho (MATSUBAYASHI-RYU), were present among the other well known KARATE Masters. Thus it goes well beyond the style of karate that they practice (UECHI-RYU). The contribution that Sensei Tomoyose Ryuko and Sensei Takamiyagi Shigeru had in spreading and development of KARATE in world was extraordinary. Master Tomoyose Ryuko (left) & Master Takamiyagi Shigeru (right)Īround 190 people gathered to show respect and love to these two great KARATE Masters. 2012, celebration party was held to honor Master Tomoyose Ryuko for receiving "THE ORDER OF RISING SUN" (gold medal with silver rays) and Master Takamiyagi Shigeru for being pronounced as the "THE PERSON OF CULTURAL MERIT" in Okinawa prefecture. Iha Koutaro Sensei (81 years old) - Ryukyu Kobido RyukonkaiĪt 25th Feb. Kikukawa Masanari Sensei (74 years old) - Okinawa Goju-ryu Karate-do Kyokai Iha Seikichi Sensei (86 years old) - Okinawa Shorin-ryu Karate-do US Shidokan Kyokai Maeshiro Morinobu Sensei (75 years old) - Okinawa Shorin-ryu Karate-do Kyokai Nakahodo Tsutomu Sensei (86 years old) - Okinawa Karate-do Kyokai Uechi-ryu Takara Shintoku Sensei (90 years old) - Okinawa Uechi-ryu Karate-do Kyokai It is been 7 years since last Karate-Kobudo Masters designation (Okinawa's Cultural Treaser). New six Karate-Kobudo Masters have Designated as an Intangible property persons by Okinawa Perfectural Government in 19th May 2020.
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THE ORDER FOR MASTERS OF THE OKIKUKAI ASSOCIATIONĪNNUAL MEETING OF THE OKIKUKAI ASSOCIATION
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Class Sizes are small and decorum maintained.More historical information is available on request. See the lineage chart for a simplified historical overview. Steve worked with top Okinawan teachers Yonamine, Nakumatsu, Shinjo, and Takimiagi in 1974, and met Kanei Uechi and Ryuko Tomeyose in 1984. The Albuquerque Dojo is operated by Steve Vosa who began training in 1971 under George Mattson and Robert Campbell in Boston, MA. When combined with circular breathing the forms become a moving meditation. The movements are taken from the fast power of the tiger, the precise balance of the crane, and the rooted stance and stepping of the dragon. The style or system has become known worldwide for its effective open hand techniques and unique blend of circular and straight movements with hard and soft applications. Kanei taught many students in Futima, Okinawa including the first American George Mattson in 1958, who became the father of Uechi-ryu in North America.
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His son Kanei Uechi added kumite (fighting drills) & bunkai (application of the techiques in the forms), along with five intermediate katas. The style was adopted by the Okinawans and renamed Uechi-ryu after Kanbun’s death in 1948. He learned three defining forms, Sanchin, Seisan, and San sei rui, along with fighting and conditioning under the teacher Shu Shi Wa.
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Kanbun Uechi traveled to Fuchou China in 1897 to study a superior art of fighting regarded at the time as Pangainoon (half-hard half-soft). Uechi-ryu has its origins in India, then to Southern China, on to Okinawa, Taught traditionally in Albuquerque since 1983