Hi Art, You mention your tournament days ,you must have had a certain explosiveness then ,was this the contributing factor in ,or towards your indepth study of explosiveness ,or was it something very different ?. Max. ================= This Power Thing Interesting question Max, I’ll try to explain the difference in tournament fighting and reality. Tournament fighting …
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Feb 19 2008
Photo Gallery Specs
From Paul Giella. . The Hut group is going strong. We have developed a new kumite for 2008, called the “push/grab kumite”, meaning the all the attacks are pushes or grabs and all the defenses are jujitsu/judo/aikido-like adaptations of Uechi-ryu moves. We have also learned the new kata from Okinawa, ‘Ryuko’, and are practicing it …
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Feb 13 2008
Fedele Cacia Racing at Sebring
A Day at the Races! While at WinterFest, Fedele Cacia invited me to the famous Sebring Raceway in Central Florida to watch him race his custom Porsche! Wow, what an experience! And what a difference from my racing days in the 1960s, when I completely rebuilt a 1958 TR3, turning a tame little sports car …
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Feb 02 2008
Heard it through the “grapevine”
From Andre: George- Thank you for the good wishes.. This weekend has been amazing! I was hoping for a twofer, HOF and 4th Superbowl.. The team played well and I our QB gave us a chance to win even with seconds still left on the clock! But Brady is still young and drive and fire …
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Jan 27 2008
WinterFest 2008
****Check out Art Rabesa’s New Forum!!!Looking for students who would like to attend an Art Rabesa seminar in Florida! Watch for details!!!! You don’t want to miss this one!!!! WinterFest 2008 Everyone had a fantastic time at this years event. We began on Friday with an all-day golf tournament, an evening of Karaoke …
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Jan 09 2008
Website Update
Wow! Kimo Wall just sent me an e-mail, saying he is coming to WinterFest!I’m very pleased with the response this year. Should be a full house. Sunday, Jan20th will be the last day to register. Last Minute WinterFest Registrations!!!! Jan 25-27, 2008 [update: it is fixed!} Click Here If you tried to register on-line within …
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Dec 12 2007
Happy Holiday!!
Happy New Year to All. . . Have a safe and enjoyable Holiday and a wonderful New Year. Don’t forget WinterFest. January 25, 26 and 27th. Get out of the snow and cold weather. Come on down! Love to you all from Susan, George and Tia ——————– Update: The Uechi-ryu WinterFest will be held …
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Nov 07 2007
WinterFest 2008
Just learned that 7th dan, Bill Arch passed away Nov 24th. Bill, a long time Uechi practitioner, lived in Kalamazoo, MI. He was 71 years old. Click Here for Memorial WinterFest Update: Information & Registration forms now available! Christmas came early for the Mattson Clan! I’m sure most of the martial art world is familiar …
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Oct 26 2007
New USA Citizen… Bryan Liu
I’ve met many wonderful people who were/are associated with the martial arts. In 1983, Wenji (Johnny/Bryan) Liu became a valuable liasan between the China martial art community (in New York and Fuzhou China) and my efforts to locate links between Uechi-ryu and Chinese fighting systems. Because of Wenji’s efforts, my early SummerFests were able to …
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Oct 20 2007
Stress and Realism in the Martial Arts
Stress and Realism in the martial arts: [From Van Canna’s "Realism" Forum. An important topic that is normally not discussed in a dojo and one where no pat answers exist. I’ve written about it and in accompanying chapters, discuss what I consider to be the best, albeit, limited solutions. The subject is part of my new "memories" book, which …
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