With time, we wanted to integrate the younger categories.
So, if immobilization battle is won by Ippon Shobu. Later we added ground work, which allows competitors to continue to work for 10 seconds. To distinguish the Uechi-Ryu other styles, fists techniques must be initiated by blockages to be counted. In the KO competition is allowed, the face it is formed with a foot technique, and body, where the hand techniques are joining the first. We subsequently associate the fight game, then open only to seniors. Initially the competition was only focused on the katas. Didier Lorho) have created 2006 Coupe de France of Uechi-Ryu. The ultimate aim, in real life, can dissuade his opponent merely by using a focused block. To this every workout there is a pair work in which blows are worn, so that the opponent is strengthened. In addition, there is a huge hardness of body work, or "Where Kitae». So, the application of defensive and offensive techniques work more intuitively. Positions are high, we work "Sanchin Dachi" on kata because the Uechi-Ryu is a martial art based on self-defense. Today the Uechi-Ryu has only 8 kata, which is smaller compared with other styles of karate, Shito-Ryu as or Shotokan. We find certain techniques that resemble it in our katas, such as the use of fingers as a claw or spike. The three symbols, namely the tiger, the dragon and crane are inherent elements in Uechi-Ryu. It was only when his son, Kanei Uechi, took over from his father that he created 5 additional katas. Today it is the only karate style that still bears the name of its founder.Ĭhina return, Kanbun Uechi only knew 3 kata, namely Seisan, Sanseiryu et Sanchin. Back in Okinawa, it transforms the name of his school "Uechi-Ryu Karate Jutsu". He returned a few years later in Japan and opened his first dojo where he was teaching the Karate Jutsu Pangainoon. After 10 years at his side, Kanbun Uechi obtained her teaching diploma. This school whose techniques are based on three animal symbols, the Tiger, the dragon and crane, goes much influence Kanbun. Its founder Uechi Kanbun, Japanese original party to avoid conscription Japanese, there was the meeting of Shu Shi Wa, expert Pangainoon (ed. The Uechi-Ryu is a martial art that comes from South China. Interview with Didier Lorho, 5th Dan, that sheds light on the foundations of Uechi-Ryu. Trainees, all smiles at the end of this gathering, were proof of the satisfaction that reigned. Work, made in the tradition of Okinawa, took place at a steady pace and martial atmosphere. While most had attended the day before in the Coupe de France, the spirit of the day Sunday was different. It's about fifty participants who could benefit from the knowledge of these two great masters of the discipline. Hirokuni Yamashiro, 8th Dan and professor at Okinawa, moved for the occasion, to teach this course in conjunction with Yukinobu Shimabukuro, 8th Dan and expert federal.