Jun 07 2013
Sensei George, I never got around to thanking you for letting me train with you and your students when I was there in Florida a few months back. I hope Susan didn’t mind me calling her several times trying to find the location. My GPS wasn’t synched up. But you know me, wherever I am …
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May 22 2013
The Recipe There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning. -Christopher Morley- It doesn’t matter whether your baking a cake, some gluten free brownies, (ha ha Susan) or trying to develop a successful team with a sense of community……… The blending of ingredients is the benchmark of success, not the ingredients themselves. Grand Master …
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Apr 19 2013
Our May 11th “regional workout” like the previous 2 was a huge success. Our number of attendees were 50 plus. They came from all of the surrounding states and traveled as far as 3 to 4 hours to honor us with their participation. Sensei Gary Wong 8th dan and I were both part of the …
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Apr 16 2013
This is just a quick note to thank you for joining me for the annual kung fu dinner in Boston. This was always a great reason for Uechi people to get together for festivities outside of a workout. We get to join the largest martial arts organizations in Boston’s Chinatown and their associates from the …
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Mar 21 2013
Amazing how many videos, pictures and memories one can accumulate in a lifetime. I have a storage locker filled with memorabilia that I’m trying to catalog and digitize for the future Martial Art Library my friends are creating. Hope you enjoy some of the memories that didn’t make it into my last book, “The Way of Uechi-ryu …
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Mar 17 2013
From my Newsletter Archives – 2003 Uechi-ryu Family of Organizations! by Steve Goss As many of you know, the late 1980’s heralded a major shift in organizations practicing Uechi-ryu. Prior to that time, most of us were members of the Uechi-ryu Karate-do Association. Now there are many more associations. During my last trip to Okinawa …
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Mar 13 2013
Note: May workout changed to Saturday, May 11th! March 9th, the “HUT” hosted a regional workout lead by Sensei Paul Giella and Sensei Vinny Christiano. This was a classical workout conducted by 2 “down to earth old time instructors” with a lot of skills and teaching experience. The workout was invigorating and intense. We covered …
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Mar 06 2013
I receive quite a few e-mail from friends who discover broken links in the “Uechi-ryu.com” website. About three years ago IUKF hired a web administrator who took on the project of “modernizing” the site, which has been evolving from a primitive “FrontPage” format back in the early 90s, to the state-of-the-art “WordPress” which we are …
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Feb 13 2013
Hello, I hope this letter find you in good spirits and splendid health. I am writing on behave of the “Uechi-Ryu” friendship workout committee comprised of Pat Saunders, Christian Maine and myself. We are inviting all honorable and respectful adult Uechi- Ryu practitioners to attend. The first workout was at in Stow, Ma hosted by …
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Jan 23 2013
You Are Never Too Old To Learn Uechi-ryu Karate It was at the Summer fest 2010 I met George Mattson for the second time. I had studied Uechi-ryu karate with George in 1965 and 66 in Boston, but stopped because, like many of us, work, travel and family took priority. Surprisingly …
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