Dear Sir, Many thanks for the vintage video of Uechi ryu. As a practitioner of Goju ryu, I can see the obvious similarities and the differrences of course. Chinese history shows that physically shorter people prefer close -in fighting, the famous " fists of the South" Physically taller prefer long distance fighting, again, the famous "legs of the North" By Jue Fei, the great Chinese General, taught his warriors two opposite ways of fihting, long and short distance. Well, it is always the person and his or her dispositions and real abilities that decide, which way to start with and later on learn the opposit variant, in order to become an all-round practitioner of martial arts. Best regards. Paul,69
I'm 81...If I had it to do karate again I would do Uechi-Ryu...I first observed Uechi-Ryu in 1963. There were only 3 katas then. It was the purest martial art form, ... and to my understanding , the deadliest. I suspect it has lost much of it's original power by spreading outside Okinawa.
@@salvatoreplacidoplumari3840 I had the pleasure of training at the Central Dojo at Naha for GoJu Ryu Meibukan style with the Grand Master Meitoku Yagi and his sons Meitatsu and Meitetsu as well as at the Senaha Dojo. My main training was in the USA with Master Anthony Mirakian, GoJu Ryu. I was impressed with Uechi Ryu for its directness and simplicity and its brutal kumite. I had also 20 hard years with Mu Dong Kung Fu (Master Sam Wong) which I left off at age 70 to retire here in Florida.
Im in karate practicing uechi ryu. Kiyohide taught Alan Dollar and Alan dollar taught my sensei. Alan Dollar was a marine. Hard core. She trained under him. Studied him in guess you could say. She was certified in okinawa. She holds a black belt, i believe 5 degree. Im lucky to have found a martial art that comes from the lineage. This is as close to as raw and original, I will be able to practice and hold under my belt. Definitely not watered down or lost.
I was expecting this comment. Yes, it looks indeed like WC. I practice Uechi-ryu since 1988 and WC since 1995. I went to Okinawa 3 time, and the senseis I met all agreed with Uechi's similarity to WC. And this is due to the origins of Uechi-ryu, in China. This style did not have direct interference from the 3 schools Tomari-Te, Naha-Te and Shuri-Te. Its lineage comes directly from the Chinese martial art Pangai Noon.
@@martinabreu566 So this might indicate that they all borrowed from an even older common source, or they came to the same conclusion based on similar needs.
@@kitsune-klan Maybe both. What I know and it was told to me by an Uechi-ryu master who is outside the organized federations or organizations, is that southern Praying Mantis, Chu Gar, Bak Mei, Fujian White Crane and Wing Chun are present in Uechi-ryu. His Uechi-ryu was a lot different than what we can see today. It was clarily Kung Fu. Pangai Noon was a southern chinese martial art, so it can have been influenced by southern Praying Mantis. The Uechi-ryu postures have a very resemblance with southern PM postures.
You can see in street fights The opponent always attack The Chin or Head The teacher here is absolutely open to get attack' because it's very very fast on the street.so styles like Ashihara or kudo or Kyokushin or Enshin is the best.Osu
Urechi is a great school of karate as a karataka with 54 years in shorin ryu schools and such all karate schools must adapt but they must retane the traditions of there school, so they do not become Mc dojo and they as karate people do not end up looking like crap. I mean if they are Shotokan they should like shotokan.
Dear Sir,
Many thanks for the vintage video of Uechi ryu. As a practitioner of Goju ryu, I can see the obvious similarities and the differrences of course.
Chinese history shows that physically shorter people prefer close -in fighting, the famous " fists of the South"
Physically taller prefer long distance fighting, again, the famous "legs of the North"
By Jue Fei, the great Chinese General, taught his warriors two opposite ways of fihting, long and short distance.
Well, it is always the person and his or her dispositions and real abilities that decide, which way to start with and later on learn the opposit variant, in order to become an all-round practitioner of martial arts.
Best regards. Paul,69
I'm 81...If I had it to do karate again I would do Uechi-Ryu...I first observed Uechi-Ryu in 1963. There were only 3 katas then. It was the purest martial art form, ... and to my understanding , the deadliest. I suspect it has lost much of it's original power by spreading outside Okinawa.
Hello Sir, may I ask:
Did you train a ryuha from Okinawa?
Kind regards from Germany,
Salvatore
I began uechi ryu in my 40s.
It's a very good ryu.
@@salvatoreplacidoplumari3840 I had the pleasure of training at the Central Dojo at Naha for GoJu Ryu Meibukan style with the Grand Master Meitoku Yagi and his sons Meitatsu and Meitetsu as well as at the Senaha Dojo. My main training was in the USA with Master Anthony Mirakian, GoJu Ryu. I was impressed with Uechi Ryu for its directness and simplicity and its brutal kumite. I had also 20 hard years with Mu Dong Kung Fu (Master Sam Wong) which I left off at age 70 to retire here in Florida.
@@SoldierDrew Their kumite is brutal.
Im in karate practicing uechi ryu. Kiyohide taught Alan Dollar and Alan dollar taught my sensei.
Alan Dollar was a marine. Hard core. She trained under him. Studied him in guess you could say. She was certified in okinawa. She holds a black belt, i believe 5 degree. Im lucky to have found a martial art that comes from the lineage. This is as close to as raw and original, I will be able to practice and hold under my belt. Definitely not watered down or lost.
Okinowan kung-fu 👍
A lot of the mechanics look quite different from Shotokan. Some of it even reminds me of Wing Chun. Thanks for sharing the old footage!
I was expecting this comment. Yes, it looks indeed like WC. I practice Uechi-ryu since 1988 and WC since 1995. I went to Okinawa 3 time, and the senseis I met all agreed with Uechi's similarity to WC. And this is due to the origins of Uechi-ryu, in China. This style did not have direct interference from the 3 schools Tomari-Te, Naha-Te and Shuri-Te. Its lineage comes directly from the Chinese martial art Pangai Noon.
@@martinabreu566 So this might indicate that they all borrowed from an even older common source, or they came to the same conclusion based on similar needs.
@@kitsune-klan Maybe both. What I know and it was told to me by an Uechi-ryu master who is outside the organized federations or organizations, is that southern Praying Mantis, Chu Gar, Bak Mei, Fujian White Crane and Wing Chun are present in Uechi-ryu. His Uechi-ryu was a lot different than what we can see today. It was clarily Kung Fu. Pangai Noon was a southern chinese martial art, so it can have been influenced by southern Praying Mantis. The Uechi-ryu postures have a very resemblance with southern PM postures.
@@martinabreu566 Hey, thanks for all the details!
@@kitsune-klan You welcome!
You can see in street fights The opponent always attack The Chin or Head The teacher here is absolutely open to get attack' because it's very very fast on the street.so styles like Ashihara or kudo or Kyokushin or Enshin is the best.Osu
Urechi is a great school of karate as a karataka with 54 years in shorin ryu schools and such all karate schools must adapt but they must retane the traditions of there school, so they do not become Mc dojo and they as karate people do not end up looking like crap. I mean if they are Shotokan they should like shotokan.