Tokyo Branch's New Information |
| <Back number year 2011-2012> |
<Black belt seminar &Promotion test・Board meeting>
On December 2,
Tokyo branch held a black belt seminar, promotion test and board meeting
at Yumekanakan.
In the black belt seminar, we focused on Kanshu bunkai and standardization
of katas. After the seminar, ten members took the promotion test.
At the board meeting, the details of the Tokyo Metropolitan Championship
and other impotent mattes were discussed. Also, it was brought up that
the number of members at Tokyo branch has reached 300.
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| Sanchin practice. |
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| Kanshu bunkai, which was adopted as one of the promotion test items as of October |
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| Group photo |
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| Promotion test: Kotekitae (arm pounding) |
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| Promotion test: Yakusoku kumite |
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| Promotion test: Written exam |
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| After testing |
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| Board meeting. We stop using handouts and instead use a projector for meetings. |
<Practice with Uechi-ryu karate do Wakayama Ryuseikan Tomoyori dojo>
On November 9, Master Hirao visited Wakayama Ryuseikan dojo for the 5th time. Besides learning Sanchin and Seisan, she invited them to participate in Tokyo Metropolitan Championship for 2013. She also thanked them for joining the special seminar as instructors. Thank you very much for welcoming us warmly!
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| Group photo after the practice |
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| Dinner party after the practice. |
<Practice with Uechi-ryu karate do [Tomoekai] Tsukaguchi dojo>
On November 11, Master Fujimoto visited [Tomoekai] Tsukaguchi dojo. Master Hirao and Mr. Tsukadaira from Fujisawa dojo also joined the practice as well. It was a fruitful two hour practice.
Tsukaguchi dojo was opened by Fukushima sensei who used to study under Furugen sensei and became his successor later. Furugen sensei used to be a student of Kanei Uechi sensei prior to the second world war.
Now the dojo is managed by the students of Fukushima sensei and besides Uechi ryu they also teach a style called Kuniyoshi ryu, which was passed down to current generation from Furugen sensei. They are working hard to promote the spread of these styles.
Tokyo branch has been conducting research in order to record and preserve the stages of development that Uechi ryu has gone through from Wakayama period, Nishinari Osaka period, Amagasaki Hyogo period, Okinawa to mainland and abroad period. We sincerely hope that we can promote active exchange between us.
Thank you very much for giving us a precious opportunity.
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| Kata " Toudei Seisan" |
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| Sanchin training |
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| Group photp |
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| Nameboard at the entrance |
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| We chatted on Furugen sesei , the trip to Fujian, Wakayama Ryuseikan etc. We all had a good time. Photo with a sanchin pose! |
< Autumn Event Report>
On October 21 Tokyo
branch held the Autumn Event (Special Seminar &Tokyo Metropolitan
Championship for black belts) in Muraoka elementary school gym in Fujisawa.
This time Master Shinzaburo Okuhama, Master Kazuya Takara and Master
Tsutomu Shikiya from Okinawa and two other participants from Okinawa
participated.
Also, Master Uechi and three other participants from Toyota Club (Aichi)
participated as well.
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| Training with Masters from Okinawa at Fujisawa dojo (October 20) |
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| Training with masters from Okinawa at Shonan Lifetown dojo (October 20) |
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| Kumite session with Master Kazuya Takara (October 21) |
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| Kata session with Master Tsutomu Shikiya |
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| Kobujutsu session with Master Shinzaburo Okuhama |
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| Tokyo Metropolitan Championship Opening ceremony: Greetings from Master Kazuya Takara |
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Individual kata competition |
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| Group kata competition. Many participants said that this helped create a sense of solidarity. |
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| Men's Kumite (68kg and above): Mr. Masaaki Uechi from Toyota Club (Last year's kumite champion) and Mr. Tatsuo Ishii from Ishikawa dojo competed agains each other in a second-round match and Mr. Ishii won by a lim margin. |
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| Women's Kumite: Ms. Junko Sugimoto became the champion for the first time. |
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| Awards Ceremony |
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| Group photo: See you all next year!
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| Party after the Championship. We also celebrated the one year anniversary of the opening of Yumekanakan. |
<Uechi Ryu Karate Do Wakayama Ryuseikan・Tokyo branch Seminar Report>
On September 22 and 23 Tokyo branch held seminars with
Wakayama Ryuseikan.
This time we have invited Master Inoue and Master Shimonojiri for this
event.
We focused on arm conditioning, sanchin, seisan and sparing this time.
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| At the beginning of the seminar Master Fujimoto gave a presentation on the trip to Fuzhou, China. |
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| About 50 people attended the presentation. |
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| The first seminar was held at Fujisawa dojo. (Warm-up exercises) |
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| Arm conditioning after the warm-up. Master Shimonojiri on the right. |
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| Arm conditioning produced dull sound. Master Inoue on the right. |
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| Sanchin
by Master Inoue and Master Shimonojiri. |
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Individual training for willing participants |
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| About 40 participants practiced sanchin repeatedly. |
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| Group photo with the first seminar participants |
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| The second seminar was held at Lifetown dojo. This was open only for black belts. |
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| We directed our attention to seisan this time. |
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| We also focused on shot-distance strikes for sparing.
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| The idea of "defense is offense" was very informative. |
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| We
also demonstrated all eight katas for masters from Wakayama. |
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| Demonstration of pre-arranged kumite |
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| Commemorative
lecture by Master Inoue included history of Wakayama Ryuseikan
and many other interesting story |
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| Uechi
Ryu manipulative treatment (Uechi Ryu Kappo) by Master Inoue.
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| Group photo with the participants for the second seminar |
Research trip to Fuzhou, China
~Tracing the origin of Uechi-ryu~
Tokyo branch and the Paigainoon kempo research group invited Master Tamayose from Okinawa headquarters as a member of the investigation team. The main purpose of this trip was to retrace the footsteps of Shu Shi Wa (or Zhou Zi He) and Kanbun Uechi sensei. The investigation team visited and stayed in Fuzhou city in the county of Fujian, China from August 6 untill August 9 and conducted research.The research trip was made possible because we had communicated with Fuzhou Wushu Association closely and they offered generous support and cooperation.
The research trip was very meaningful for we could obtain detailed information about Shu Shi Wa, retrace the footsteps of Kanbun Uechi sensee, find the precise meaning/interpretation of the word “Pangainoon” and so on.
Also, the photos taken when we visited the birthplace and old residence of Shu Shi Wa are displayed at Lifetown dojo. For those interested members are welcome to visit. (Debrief session is scheduled in September)
Investigation team members:*Katsuji Tamayose (Okinawa Uechi-Ryu Karate-Do Association, Board chairperson)
*Keisuke Fujimoto (Okinawa Uechi-Ryu Karate-Do Association, Chair of Tokyo branch)
*Masaaki Terashima (Okinawa Uechi-Ryu Karate-Do Association member, currently resides in China)
*Takashi Izumi (Okinawa Uechi-Ryu Karate-Do Association, Vice Manager of Public Relations)
*Lin Zhang (Translator/coordinator)
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| Fuzhou city, the capital city of Fujian |
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| August 7 / Breakfast and meeting |
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| Ryuukyu
kan (a place where people from Okinawa stayed) With Mr. Wang and
Mr. Ye who are the officers of Fuzhou Wushu Association |
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| Picture
of Shu Shi Wa displayed in Ryukyu kan. |
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| Cemetery of Okinawans |
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| Stone
bridge near Ryukyu kan. More than some hundred years old but it
is still used today.Kaubun
Uechi sensee must have walked on this bridge.
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| Performance
exchange with Fuzhou Wushu Association, |
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| Kata performance: Fowl style |
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| The fourth generation successor of Shu Shi Wa, Mr. Hong (Tiger Style) |
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| Sanchin by Master Hu (Tiger style) |
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| Uechi-ryu Sanchin training (Master Fujimoto and Mr. Terashima) |
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| Seichin (Mr. Izumi)
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| Old style (Pangainoon) Seisan (Master Fujimoto) |
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| Sanseiryu (Master Tamayose) |
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| Prearranged Kumite (Master Fujimoto and Mr. Izumi) |
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| Exchanging opinions after the performance exchange |
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| Group photo with performers |
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| Banquet |
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| Group
photo at the banquet. We promised the long-lasting exchange and
communication of two associations
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| August 8 / Downtown in Fuzhou city |
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| Landscape near the residence of Shu Shi Wa |
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| After the 2nd banquet |
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| Badge of Fuzhou Wushu Association |
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| Gift from Fuzhou Wushu Association
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| Gift from Fuzhou Wushu Association / Text of Tiger style Sanseiryu |
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| On the way back to Japan, we visited Shanghai (Yuyuan Garden) |
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| Beautiful
night view of Shanghai |
On July 5th Sunday "The 16th Tokyo Metropolitan Karate Championship was held at Muraoka elementary school gym in Fujisawa city.
One hundred and ten participants took part in this event. The competition was fierce.There were kata and kumite tournaments both for children and adults with kyu degrees. Although it was extremely hot, all the participants tried their best to demonstrate how hard they have been training.
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| Opening ceremony |
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| Kata tournament of kids |
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| Kata tournament of adults |
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| Demonstration of Uechi-Ryu Kyu kumite & Dan kumite |
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| Demonstration of Seisan Kata |
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| Demonstration of Kobu-Do |
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| Kumite tournament of kids |
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| Kumite tournament of adults |
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| Group photo |
May 20th, 2012 Tokyo Brunch
<Training Workshop for 1st degree and above & Spring Promotion Test>
On May 20th Tokyo branch held a training workshop for black belts and a spring promotion test.
Kanshu bunkai and Dan Kumite w
ere the main topics of this workshop. As of October 2012 Kanshu bunkai will be included as part of the promotion test. We intend that all the instructors and black belt holders acquire this first and then pass it onto the lower ranks.Also, “Uechi-Ryu Dan Kumite” is the traditional pre-arranged kumite that is composed of techniques that are unique to Uechi-Ryu. By practicing Dan KUmite, we hope to preserve this tradition and hand this to the next generation.
Following the training workshop, five members took the promotion test. Three other members from Tokyo branch will take the test that is scheduled to take place at Okinawa headquarter in June.
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| Master Henry Carino who led the training workshop (left) |
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| Group photo with all the instructors and black belts |
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| Promotion test (Seisan Bunkai) |
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| Written exam |
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| Examiners (front) and examinees (back) |
<Spring special seminar etc>
Tokyo branch invited Master Kina and Master Tamayose as instructors for the spring special seminar. The seminar and practice were held from April 6th to 8th.
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| Chigasaki Dojo |
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| Fujisawa Dojo |
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| Life Town Dojo |
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| Kamakura Dojo |
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| Yokohama Tsurumi Dojo |
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| Welcome dinner |
<International exchange practice>
We were very honored to have Mr. Itzik Cohen and Mrs. Marina Cohen from Israel Shito-ryu (San Shin Kai) to practice with us at Tokyo brunch.
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| March 8 (Thursday) Practice at Tokyo Bayside Club |
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| The
guests experienced Sanshin, arm conditioning etc. |
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March 10 (Saturday) The guests observed the practice
at Shonan Fujisawa dojo. |
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Arm conditioning |
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March 10 (Saturday) We practiced together at Shonan LIfetown
dojo (Yumekanakan). |
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Mr. Cohen performing Shito-ryu Seisan |
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Kata Comparison between modern Uechi-ryu Seisan and the
Pangainoon Seisan taught by Kanbun Uechi |
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| Group photo with Tokyo brunch officers and Shonan Lifetown dojo members |
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Dinner on the 2nd floor of Yumekanakan after the practice
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< Karate DVD >
Tokyo Branch officers DVD-recorded “Technical interpretation for intermediate students” at Okinawa Dento Gigei Shinko Kaikan (nicknamed “Yumekanakan” on Sunday of February 5th. The DVD includes Kanshu, Kanshu Bunkai, Seichin, Seisan Bunkai, Yakusoku Kumite #6 - #10 for mainly 3rd kyu up to 1st kyu students. Also it includes Bo and Nunchaku kata in order for more students to be interested in Kobudo by studying such basic weapon kata. The DVD is scheduled to be issued to the branch members only in the mid of March.
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| “Many rehearsals before recording “ |
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| “Maezato no Nunchaku…tense atmosphere in front of camera” |
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“Group photo of performers. Good job in icy cold Dojo from
Sunday morning! |
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“Luncheon meeting about the next DVD for advanced students.
(Curry rice was prepared by Vice President Hirao Sensei at the upstairs
of Yumekanakan) |
< Training in the Headquarter >
Vice President of Tokyo Branch, Hirao Sensei is visiting Okinawa Headquarter for intensive training of Karate and Kobudo (January 15th - 18th). We are looking forward to hearing the report from her.
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- Hirao sensei at the monument of |
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- Kobudo traning |
＜Class of Kanshu Bunkai study>
Tokyo Branch had a class of Kanshu Bunkai study by dojo masters and interested persons of black belt on January 14th. Each one of movement in Kanshu was verified in detail based on basic interpretation of the Kata and Bunkai was improved the precision with careful check and correction. Tokyo Branch would like to propose the Headquarter to accept the Kanshu Bunkai as an official training subject and to teach it to the members.
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- Bunkai and interpretation of morote-mawashizuki |
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- Attending members at the class |
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supplementary
exercises |
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Sanchin training demonstration |
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Arm
conditioning |
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Shito-ryu
kata performance by the president of the club |
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Seisan
kata comparison between Pangainoon karate and modern Uechi-ryu karate |
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Presentation
of Uechi-ryu karate and Q&As |
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Group
photo |
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Japanese traditional New Year's lunch |
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| Okinawan music performance by Mr. Maekawa and Ms. Hirao |
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| Gift from our association (DVD on Uechi-ryu techniques) |
Tokyo Branch
held 15th Metropolitan Karate-Do Tournament in Chigasaki City Public
Gymnasium on October 23rd.
International members from U.S, Germany and Israel participated in the
tournament and many of participants played exciting performance in front
of spectators. The following are the prize winners of each category.
Kata Competition
- 2 Dan and lower : 1st place : Yasutaka Shirabe (Yokohama Tsurumi Dojo)
2nd place: Hiromi Hatanaka ( Shonan Fujisawa Dojo)
3rd place : Lia Wohlfeiler ( Israel )
4th place : Naohito Futa ( Shonan Fujisawa Dojo)
4th place : Noriko Kawamoto ( Shonan Kamakura Dojo )
Kata Competition
- 3 Dan and above: 1st place: Thomas Podzelny ( Germany)
2nd place: Takahiro Sugimoto ( Shonan Chigasaki Dojo)
3rd place: Hajime Yamamoto (Shonan Chigasaki Dojo)
Kumite Competition
: 1 st place: Masaaki Uechi ( Toyota Club)
2nd place : Jun Hayashi ( Chito-Ryu Karate-Do )
3rd place : Hajime Yamamoto ( Shonan Chigasaki Dojo )
4rth place: Takahiro Sugimoto ( Shonan Chigasaki Dojo)
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| Kumite
final |
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| Kata
final |
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| Judges |
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| Group
photo |
Tokyo Branch of the Association and Shonan Branch of Ryukyu Kobudo held the special seminar with 3 Sensei (Okuhama Sensei, K. Takara Sensei and Matsuda Sensei of Kenyu Kai) on October 23rd at Chigasaki City Public Gymnasium. 30 members (mainly black belts) participated in the seminar and spent fruitful time.
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| Kobudo
group by Shinzaburo Okuhama sensei |
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| Kata
group by Genkichi Matsuda sensei<Kenyu-Kai> |
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| Kumite
group by Kazuya Takara sensei |
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| Group
photo |
Shonan Shubu-Kan (Tokyo Branch) held the opening ceremony of Okinawa Dentogigei Shinko Kaikan (meaning Okinawa Traditional Art & Craft Promotion Hall ) with many guests from inside and outside of Japan on October 22nd. The hall is located in Chigasaki City and was established for promotion and diffusion of all kinds of Okinawa traditional arts and crafts including martial arts, Okinawa music, dance etc. The hall is managed and operated by a steering committee consists of representative members and members' families. The hall will also open for a local community for healthy development of youth, for a crime prevention and health improvement. Also it will be used for a shelter at a state of emergency.
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| Shinko
Kaikan |
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| Japanese
Shinto Ritual for the opening ceremony |
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| Kanshiwa
(by Instructors Sugimoto, Oyama and Kamaeguchi) |
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| Speech
by Okuhama Sensei |
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| Chatanyara
no Sai ( by Instructor Sumida) |
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| Okinawa
traditional dance of congraturation "Kagiyade fu" |
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| Chito-Ryu
Kata, Rohai ( by Chito-Ryu Hayashi Sensei) |
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| Seisan
Pangainoon version ( by Director of Shubukan, Fujimoto) |
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| Sanseiryu
(by Kazuya Takara Shihan) |
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| Shu
shi no Kon Dai ( by Okuhama Shihan) |
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| San
Shin musical performance by Advisor of the Tokyo Branch Mr. Maekawa)
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| Group
photo |
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| Social gathering luncheon |
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| Signboard
of the main entrance written by Director of the Association, Tamayose
Sensei |
Visiting report / Wakayama Ryuseikan
Tokyo Branch members (Fujimoto Chairman of Tokyo Branch and 4 other members) visited Uechi-Ryu Wakayama Ryuseikan of late Kanbun Uechi's original dojo in Wakayama prefecture and had an exchange practice with Ryuseikan members on September 23rd. Tokyo Branch have held exchange practice with Wakayama Ryuseikan 6 times so far and we would like to continue the friendship with them to trace footsteps of late Kanbun Uechi Master and to learn the starting point of Uechi-Ryu Karate-Do. We all thank Wakayama Ryuseikan people for their hospitality.
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| All
of members are doing Sanchin training. |
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| Mr.
Uechi (Shihan Dai, Toyota Club Dojo) is doing Sanchin practice
with heavy weight. |
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| All
of members are training Ude-Gatame (Kote Kitae) at the end of
class. |
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| Group
photo after the class |
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| Mr.
Sugiura (Kamakura Dojo member) is standing the historical site
where Pangainoon Karate-Jutsu Kenkyu-Jo (Pangainoon Karate-Jutsu
Research Center) was established. |
Metropolitan Karate-Do Championship
Tokyo Branch sponsored 15th Annual Metropolitan Karate-Do Championship on July 17th at Muraoka Public School Gym in Fujisawa. 121 entrants of Junior students (Junior high school students and down) and Kyu-class students (high school students and up) including participants from other style organizations such as Chito-Ryu Karate-Do. Tokyo Branch is also scheduling to hold the Championship tournament for Dan-class people on October. It will make about 160 participants all together of both events above and it will be one of the biggest scale tournaments on Uechi-Ryu Karate-Do in mainland Japan.
All of participants showed great performance with praying for restoration of Japan from the March 11th disaster in spite of intense heat of Japanese summer. We must say thank you to all of guests, participants, parents and officials for helping the event and also thank you to Sensei and friends for sending us many messages of encouragement from all over the world.
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| ●Junior Kata tournament |
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| ●Adult Kata tournament |
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| ●Junior Kumite tournament |
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| ●Adult Kumite tournament |
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| ●Opening ceremony |
Tokyo Branch invited Dojo Master, Takashige Tomoyori Sensei and Senior Instructor, Takafumi Simonojiri Sensei from Uechi-Ryu Karate-Do Wakayama Ryuseikan, where late Grand Master Kanbun Uechi started teaching Pangainoon Karate-Jutsu first time, and held the "Pangainoon Karate-Jutsu Seminar" at Fujisawa Dojo on June 25th. Wakayama Ryuseikan has pass the technique of Kanbun Uechi and his first student, Ryuyu Tomoyori (grand father of Takashige Tomoyori sensei) down from generation to generation up to today.
The seminar was open to the black belts only to learn the original and authentic Wakayama Ryuseikan's technique especially concentrating Seisan Kata. Also Tokyo Branch showed them the Seisan Kata and all of us shared an excellent time to study historical and technical transition from Pangainoon Karate-Jutsu to current Uechi-Ryu Karate-Do.
We thank both of Sensei from the bottom of heart for their effort to come all the way from Wakayama to have the seminar although they had to make just a day trip because of their business.
We look forward to keeping a great relationship beyond the difference of organizations to exchange the information and to study each other for further improvement of Uechi-Ryu Karate-Do.
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| ●Sanchin Nukite traning at biginner class |
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| ●Sanchin demonstration |
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| ●Seisan demonstration by sensei Shimonojiri |
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| ●Seisan instruction by sensei Tomoyori |
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| ●Udegatame(Kotekitae) demonstration |
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| ●Comemorative photo with black belt member |
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| ●Welcome dinner |
On May/22,2011 Tokyo branch had a Karate seminor & Dan promotional testing
at Yokohama Tsurumi Dojo.
At the seminor Sensei Kina Kensho(8th Dan) from Okinawa tought them "Uechi-Ryu Dan Kumite" .
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| ●Seminor / "Uechi-Ryu Dan Kumite" |
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| ●Seminor / "Uechi-Ryu Kata" |
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| ●Dan promotional testing-1 |
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| ●Dan promotional testing-2 |
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| ●Dan promotional testing-3 |
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| ●Dan promotional testing-4 |
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| ●Comemorative Photo |
On May/5,2011 Tokyo branch had a Karate/Kobu-Do demonstration at "Haisai
Festa 2011" in Kawasaki City.
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| ●Sanchin demo |
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| ●Sokusen-Keri Tameshiwari |
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| ●Kanshiwa Kata by junior class students |
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| ●Seisan Bunkai |
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| ●Kobu-Do demo |
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| ●Comemorative photo |
Shonan Shubukan Society of Self-Defense and Combat study held a special study class which was tracking Grand Master Kanbun Uechi Sensei's footmark and his technique on April 9th.
Director Fujimoto Sensei presented the information collected about Kanbun Uechi Sensei.
On the screen, and there were many questions and answers and exchange opinions among participants.
The Society will keep researching the origin of Uechi-Ryu with various researching activities.Please look forward to the next study class.
It must be very important for all of Uechi-Ryu trainees to understand what is the difference on technique between Kanbun Sensei and Kanei Sensei and how the difference came up and to keep the faithful recording.
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| ●Special Study |
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| ●Participants |
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Address
of retirement I am finishing my tenure of office as President of Tokyo Branch on March 31st, 2011. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for my retirement from the President of Tokyo Branch with full of support from Shihan and Senior Consultant Mr. Fujimoto, Chief Director Mr.. Abe and down in the Branch. I believe that not only myself but also every one of Tokyo members could feel how powerful we were when we succeeded the big events of Tokyo Branch 15th Anniversary by all of efforts and mutual help from each one of you. I will keep making my best effort for further development of Tokyo Branch under new President Mr. Fujimoto to have a successful International Tournament in this October. Again, thank you very much for everything. President of Tokyo Branch Hiroko Hirao <4th Dan> |
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Address
of inauguration I am Fujimoto who is the Director of Shonan Shubukan and I have been just appointed to the President of Tokyo Branch for the next term by the Tokyo Branch Board Meeting on March 26th. I would like to say thank all of branch officers from the President Hirao and down for a great leadership on the management of Tokyo Branch until now. At the times when more than one year has passed since our Association was established and foreign members have been increasing and then all of us to go forward for further development of the Association, unfortunately we, Japanese suffered from an huge earthquake. Unprecedented disaster which modern Japanese have ever experienced such as a severe earthquake, monstrous Tsunami attack and trouble on nuclear power plant destroyed the moral fiber and shrunk the enthusiasm of many Japanese people. However " The Sun also Rises" as the saying goes. Let's carry out the restoration of Japan with our indomitable spirit and much appreciated support from many friends all over the world. We sometimes may have to change the training environment under the influence of electric power shortage. But as I would like all of you to help each other and keep training untiringly and powerfully, and then make it to a big driving force for restoration, I would highly appreciate our members' and their families' continuous cooperation. Our wish to make a friendship with Ryuseikan people in Wakayama, who have past the technique of the originator Kanbun Uechin Sensei's from generation to generation, was realized recently by a happy chance. There were precedents in some of organizations belonging to Uechi-Style that totally new Kata was created. However my faith is " we never can search for the path of truth without learning the starting point. I, as a member of the Association who hold up the basic principle of Going back to the starting point, would like to deepen the friendship with Ryuseikan people further . Lastly, I think many people have anxieties that the International Tournament on October at Chigasaki might be canceled because of the influence from the disaster. However I would like to hold the tournament as scheduled to make it as the symbolic event for restoration of Japan and to meet the expectation of foreign members. I would highly appreciate it if all of members and your families would provide us with continuous support and cooperation. Thank you very much, Keisuke Fujimoto <7th Dan> |
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All of Enthusiasts and Fans of Uechi-Ryu Karate-Do:
A disastrous earthquake and Tsunami struck the Northeastern Japan (magnitude of 9.0) on March 11th and it caused great number of victims and missing people.
We have received so many heartwarming letters and messages of sympathy form you on this disaster. Okinawa Uechi-Ryu Karate-Do Association Tokyo Branch members thank all of you from the bottom of hearts for your thoughtfulness. Hundreds of thousands Japanese people in the North are still suffering from the harsh conditions in refuge places and facing to the terror of radiation leak from the nuclear power plants. Even Tokyo Metropolitan Area are still having some troubles on the infrastructure caused by the power cut. However many people have been remaining unruffled and making a start for a restoration with great support from the people all over the world.
Fortunately non of Tokyo Branch member was severely affected by the earthquake and Tokyo Branch Dojos almost got back to the normal condition for practice except some classes cancellations because of power cut.
We would like to repay the kindness and thoughtfulness we received from you by the success of our International Tournament on coming October.
Thank you very much,
Okinawa Uechi-Ryu Karate-Do Association
All of Board members
On 19th/Feb, Tokyo branch held martial arts exchange with martial artists from China,Ms Cho tni & Mr Sun jinhoa.
We exhibited Chinese Kenpo system , Uechi-Ryu karate and Tai ti
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| ●Tai-Chi |
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| ●Chinese Kenpo |
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| ●Seisan |
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| ●Comemorative photo |
Tokyo branch made a new flag.
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| ●New flag |
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Happy
new year.
Membares of Tokyo exceed 280 persons. I am very encouraged to see students practice karate and challenging next step to promotion of kyu and dan. All members of Tokyo branch are very good personality and tallent not only karate but all activity , they kindly offer their knowledge,experiences. In the year of 2011, we have world tournament and we spend to prepare for this big event. After that tournament, we wish to feel feelong to achieve our next goal. Thank your for reading this message. Hiroko Hirao Chairman of Tokyo branch |
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