Uechi-Ryu Greece, Greek representatitve of Okinawa Tradirional Karate
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Establishers of Uechi-Ryu Karate-Do |
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OF THE KARATE-DO SYSTEM OF "TIGER, CRANE & DRAGOON"
One of the most famous and the most original of Karate-Do systems is the system of "tiger, crane and dragon" which was brought to Okinawa from the Southern China by the famous Master Kanbun UECHI (1877-1948).
He was practicing under the supervision of the Taoist priest Shu Shi Wa (1874-1926) for 10 years.
His own dojo in China was founded in 1907 but remained open only for 3 years.
Kanbun UECHI returned to Okinawa in 1910 and migrated to Japan in 1921 where, in the region of Osaka (the town of Wakayama). In Wakayama, he started teaching only his fellow countrymen from Okinawa.
In 1947 Kanbun UECHI moved to the island of Ishima, near Okinawa, where he died a year later.
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SHU SHI WA
(1874-1926) |
UECHI Kanbun
(1877-1948) |
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The first student of Kanbun UECHI in Japan (Wakayama) was Master Ryuryu TOMOYOSE, and later and odest Kanbun's son Master Kanei UECHI who superposed and shaped the system.
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TOMOYOSE Ryuryu
(1874-1958) |
UECHI Kanei
(1911-1991) |
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UECHI Kanbun's Karate-Do system is today practiced within several associations and schools in Okinawa: ShoHeiRyu, Uechi-Ryu and Pangai-noon.
All these organizations have retained the same base of the system, whose development contributed towards creation of several independent administrative bodies.
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Establishers