Seiyu, however, after moving back to Okinawa (first on Ie-jima Island, then Naha and finally Kadena) continued his karate training with Kanei Uechi and opened his own dojo. Seiryo had to stop his own karate training after the war due to a respiratory problem. Seiyu was extremely fortunate to learn from both Kanbun and Seiryo until Kanbun’s death. His first son, Seiyu (July 10, 1929-Oct 23, 1981) became a student of Kanbun in 1939. Seiryo Shinjo (June 10, 1908-March 5, 1976) entered Kanbun Uechi’s dojo in 1927. In 2009, Rooke School of Karate became now a proud new member of the UechiRyu Karate Do Kenyukai Association of North America. (The first North American student and Black Belt of UechiRyu was George Mattson.) Over the next few decades Kanei Uechi continued to be completely dedicated to the organizing and teaching of his system. In 1957 Kanei opened the Futenma dojo to the public. The Shinjo family were the only ones present when Kanbun died. Kanbun decided to return to Okinawa in 1946 and died on Novemon Ie-jema Island where he and the Shinjo family had relocated to. In 1942 Kanei returned to Okinawa (now with his own family) and began teaching Pangainoon in the yard of his home. In 1941 he was promoted to Master level by his father.
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Ten years later he received a Certificate of Instruction and Full Proficiency and opened his own dojo in Osaka. In 1927, Kanei Uechi travelled to Wakayama and joined his father and the dojo. Ryuyu Tomoyose officially became Kanbun Uechi’s first student followed by a number of other Okinawa’s including Seiryo Shinjo. In April 1925, after many appeals from Ryuyu Tomoyose and other Okinawans for Kanbun to pass on his great knowledge and ability to future generations, Kanbun changed his mind and ended his fifteen year ban on teaching martial arts and opened his first school in Japan. He settled in Wakayama and secured employment in a textile mill. In April 1924 Kanbun left his family in Okinawa to seek employment and travelled to mainland Japan. Returning to Okinawa, he married and on Jhis son Kanei was born. Disheartened by this event, Master Uechi vowed never to teach again, closed his school and returned to his homeland in 1910.
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During this time it is believed that one of his students became involved in a dispute and called upon his training to kill another person. He has the distinction of being one of the very few foreigners ever to teach chuanfa in China.Īt the end of training, Master Uechi opened a school in Nanchon, a city in Fukien Province, where he taught for three years. Master Uechi studied in Fukien for ten years and became a Master of Pangai-noon. His teacher was Shushiwa, a Buddist priest who had received his training in the Shoalin Temple. It is a specialized method of self-defense that concentrates on the use of the single-knuckle punch, spear-hand strike, pointed kick and circular block.
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Pangai-noon was taught in the Shoalin Temple in Southern China, and is derived from the interwoven movements of the tiger, crane and dragon. There, in Fukien Province, he studied the art of Pangai-noon. At the age of 20 (in 1897), in order to avoid serving in the Japanese military, which at that time occupied Okinawa, Kanbun fled to China. He was born on in Isumi, a small village in northern Okinawa. Grand Master KanbunUechi, considered the founder of Uechi-Ryu Karate-Do, was responsible for lifting the veil of secrecy, bringing this art out of China and into Okinawa and Japan. To print off a booklet with more information on UechiRyu history, dojo etiquette, black belt qualifications and more click here – Uechi-Ryu History. Thus, studying Uechi Ryu Karate-do means literally to follow the way of Uechi’s style of empty hand. The word “Karate-do” means empty (kara), hand (te) and way of life (do). Originally taught as Pangainoon (meaning half hard, half soft), the name was changed to UechiRyu to honour Kanbun Uechi (1877-1948) after his death. It is derived from a form of Chinese martial arts (chuan-fa) with its headquarters on the island of Okinawa, Japan – the birth place of modern karate. The style of karate taught at this school is called Uechi-Ryu.