George Mattson
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Quality and Depth in Uechi-ryu Karate Do. By David Mott I’ve been asked on numerous occasions what do I look for when I observe someone’s karate. This question arises particularly in relationship to testing ranks from white belt to dan. I offer the following in order to help each student and each instructor have a clearer …
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The Human Heart: Vulnerable When Hit or Physically Shocked By Dorothy B. Reitman, Uechi-Ryu Karate The lay public and newcomers to the martial arts tend to consider the most serious injuries that a person may inflict upon another to be percussive injuries such as the breaking of bones or head injuries. However, strikes that …
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Essays Relating to George Mattson’s March, 2004 Chicago Seminars: Kenji Higashi’s Essay: March 30, 2004 Peter A. Papoutsis’ Essay Pete Nason’s Essay Corey Diamond ‘s Essay Jami Kahn’s Essay Paola Bortolin Jake Monson Eugene Fliman BJ Monson David Kahn, Sensei
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Bringing back the Best Uechi has to Offer: Remember Thompson Island? How about the ’85 Winter Camp on Okinawa, or the Masters’ first visit to the old Mattson Academy? Maybe you were there for each of those events. Or, maybe like me, some of them exist only as old “Uechi legends” – tales the old …
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The Path of the Uechi-ryu Artist: by David Mott, Renshi The path which we take as Uechi-ryu Artist is one of self discovery. It could be said that there are many “levels” to this self discovery but, just as each piece of a hologram contains the complete information to make the entire hologram, each “level” …
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Articles published by Simon Lailey The Cerebral Art of Sensei George Mattson (Traditional Karate Magazine June 1993) George Mattson, Part Two: Swallowing the Pill Tiger Boxing (Combat Magazine)
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The following represents material that the author may want to publish at a later date. It is understood that those who evaluate this document may need to copy and distribute it to others who may be in a position to judge the candidate for the title of renshi. However the author requests that no other …
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Intrinsic Concepts in the Teaching of Classical Okinawan Karate by Anthony DiFilippo Introduction The roots of Asian society lie in the careful attention given to reflective thought on the needs of all society and in the conscious development of effort as a process of spiritual awakening or enlightenment (kaigan) for everyone, working in relationship and …
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Review: Tokitsu K. Miyamoto Musashi: His Life and Writings . Boston : Shambhala Publications, Inc. 2004, ISBN 1-59030-045-9, $34.95. (20% discount available by ordering from website: http://www.shambhala.com) I got my first Musashi “hit” when, following class way back in 1957-58, my original karate teacher Ryuko Tomoyose, used Musashi legends to reinforce a particular karate technique’s …
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Review: Masaaki Hatsumi. Advanced Stick Fighting. Appleby B, Wilson D. trans. Tokyo : Kodansha International, 2005, ISBN 4-7700-2996-9, $35 (US: Hardcover). Many of you will, no doubt, be familiar with Stick Fighting by Masaaki Hatsumi and Quintin Chambers. First published in 1971, the book is older than a great deal of its readership, yet has …
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