International Uechi-Ryu Karate-Do Association headed by James Thompsonħ. International Uechi-ryu Karate-Do Federation headed by George Mattson
International Kenyukai Association (Kenyukai) is headed by Kiyohide SHINJO: Started as a fraternity within the Uechi Ryu Association in 1981. Okinawa Karate Do Uechi-Ryu Zankyokai (Zakimi Shubukan) is currently headed by Naomi TOYAMA. Headed by Kanmei UECHI (son of Kanei Uechi) Uechi-ryu of Los Angeles is a member of Okikukai West. Information and news about the activities of Russian Okikukai hombu, Uechi. Okikukai West is an affiliated membership of North American schools located in California, Missouri, New York and Canada. The Okinawa Karate Do Association is headed by former senior students of Kanei UECHI Following the 1991 death of Kanei Uechi, son of Uechi-ryu founder Kanbun Uechi, there was an organizational split and senior students of Uechi Kanei formed a distinct organization and named the new organization as Okikukai. Thus, one could translate the renaming of the style to “The way of the fair and bright shining path”. Ryu (pronounced “roo”) is the Japanese word for “style” or “path”. The name also refers to two Japanese eras, a past one, Showa, and the present one, Heisei. Name given to system by Okikukai The name Shohei-Ryu comes from two Chinese characters, "Sho" meaning “to shine brightly” and "Hei" meaning “fairness”, “equality” and “peace”. In 2007 he shared his technique, Defending to the Four Directions, published in the Journal of Asian Martial Arts, which allows for a more applied practice of Uechi-Ryu basics through the incorporation of movement. This style had only the three main katas as we know them today Sanchin( “Saen chin”), Seisan (“Say saen), and Sanseirui (“San-say-rue”). In 1995 Master Rymaruk founded the United States Uechi-Ryu Karate Association. Instructors are able to use their discretion as to what a child should be capable of at a certain level taking into account the childs age. The grading requirements listed below for children acts as a guideline only. In the Fujian Amoy dialect the style can be appropriately translated to “half-hard, half soft”. Shi Gakko Shudan (Four School Group) Est 1986.
Pangainoon Kenpo is a method of self-defense. Predecessor name to our system of karate before it was renamed to Uechi Ryu in 1940. Uechi-Ry International Karate Association The Uechi-Ry International Karate Association, also known as 'Uechi International' was created under the direct authority of our Chairman, Master Sensei Robert J. Therefore, Uechi-ryu Karate-Do means The way of empty hand in the style of the Uechi family. Uechi is a family name and Ryu mean “style”, “kara”means empty and “do” (Pronounced “doe”) means way. Uechi Ryu Karate-Do (“Way-chee Roo Kara-tay Doe”)