Uechi Kid

You should practice the way you would use you technique on the street. Heel up is a weaker stance than heel down.

Wow. That's really cool. I just got home from the Doctors office and was feeling a little down. I have arthritis in both knees that is getting worse very quickly and I don’t like my options. Your store really lifted my spirits. Thanks. And tell your friend to keep up the hard work. He has accomplished a lot.

Shorin Ryuu: Well said. ApHoTiC. The web sight that you posted has a lot of information/ history about Uechi Ryu. Uechi is a great style to learn. I've been training for nine years and I'm so glad that I chose Uechi Ryu. If Stephen Drehobl trains with Master James Thompson you would be very fortunate to be exposed to him. He is an excellent practitioner and has a wealth of knowledge. But do go and watch a couple of classes. Good luck.

We call them blocks and they do serve that purpose but they really are attacks. We have some really cool applications for the basic blocking drills.

Way to go. Keep up yhe hard work.

Way to go. It's great to see that you're so excited about karate. Keep up the hard work.

I was in the mood for a good laugh. Thanks

Don't get me wrong. It isn't that I dont beleive that that can't be done. It's that if it can it would take years of intruction and practice. There is a lot about this world that can't be explained and alot of people want to pass it off as a hoax.

kempocos I agree with than completely. That's why we don't teach children or any adult who doesn't show us that he/she has the right temperament.

For me I found that I would and do talk me way out of potentially bad situation rather than get in a fight. I think it has to do with having more self-confidence now than before. Also if I chose to fight my way out of a bad situation the chances of coming out unscaved are slim.

No that was Sieyu Oyata and his students like Jim logue and Al Giraldi. Kyusho and Tuite are NOT Dillman creations as many claim I didn't say that Dillman was the creator of kyusho and tuite, just the one who open our eyes to it. The creators or should I say the original discoverers have been gone for probable hundreds of years

I was just wondering if your sensei sent thirty or forty years on a mountain top in Tibet?

The truth is that no two people do a kata exactly the same. That is why it is so important to learn kata well before you teach. That way you know how it is supposed to be and can keep the kata as close to the original as possible until you truly understand it. Amen to that

Samurai Shotokan I had forgotten that quote. Thanks.

In our training we have the typical block, punch, kick bunkai. We also have tuite applications. When we practice the tuite, if our stance is bad or our elbows out of place or shoulders up instead of down, we have trouble making the tuite applications work. When we have all of that right the tuite applications work with devastating results. So practicing the proper position in kata and bunkai helps build the muscle memory so that in a real situation we perform well and hopefully we don’t get hurt.

That's right, learn some theory then Practice, Practice, Practice. Then start all over again. Doing this has kept training alive for us.

You can say what you want about George Dillman, when it comes to opening the eyes of the western world to kyusho and tuite, he’s the one. I agree that he is a showman, gets off track easy and probably is greedy, and I wouldn’t want him for my sensei, but he open my eyes to a whole new way of looking at kata. We have found some amazing applications that follow kata exactly. Thanks George

All I can say is "FIGHT OVER."

Around here (SF bay area) cost of classes range from $50 to $75 per month.

Pressure point fighting is what Karate is really all about. It’s a secret that Okinawan and Chinese masters don’t open up about much. They like to keep it in the family or teach it to only there most senor students. George Dillman has opened the world of pressure point fighting to the western world. He has written a number of books and has many videos on this subject. You can find out more by going to his web sight. https://www.dillman.com There is another great book called; The Encyclopedia of Dim-Mak by Earl Montaigue.And yes it takes years to master. That’s why they say karate is a life long study. It’s good to see that there are some open minds on this site.

Uechi Ryu is full of grappling. In fact it's mostly grappling (tuite). It's said that Uechi Ryu is like fighting in a phone booth. Things like wrist locks, shoulder dislocations, turning your opponent around putting him on his knees so his head is belt high. That's the kind of thing we practice. And it's all right there in kata. Brings a whole new meaning to kata when you have those kind of applications to think about.

When I was coming up through the ranks I was told that Shodan (first degree black belt) meant "the beginning". You've become proficient at the basics. Now you can get serious about training. There is a ledged that says that at one time, all belts were white. As you trained your belt began to get dirty and dingy, started to YELLOW. As your training progressed it got more dirty and dingy and was even darker more BROWN in color. After a number of years of training the color of you belt would be so used that it was actually black.

For brand new people one hour seems to be about the best amount of time. For more advanced people an hour and a half to two hour works out well. Anything more than two hours is useually to much.

Uechi Ryu here. Northern California. Nine years and counting.

I don't think that it's right that this new teacher ask you to go back to 5 kyu. You earned your rank. If Goju Ryu is anything like Uechi Ryu you're registered in Okinawa as a Shodan. You are staying in the same style, same katas. I wouldn’t do it. Train on your own and go back to your old sensei for a tune up from time to time.