Feb 17 2006
China Trip Review, by Darin Yee:Everyone who journeyed to the “Middle Kingdom” lead by Darin Yee (who is a seasoned visitor there) are now safely home. Our group of constituent adventurers comprised of Uechi-Ryu students from Massachusetts to California. The number of travelers totalled thirteen. Everyone started from their prospective airports and met at the San Francisco …
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Feb 03 2006
The forums are really doing well. And have you noticed how interesting the topics are? It is very true, martial artist are a well rounded group. We work out hard and play hard. And of course, don’t forget we eat well. Mary S. has volunteered to moderate the new "Chow Now" forum and it may …
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Feb 03 2006
The following letter is from Darin Yee (7th Dan) who is organizing an exciting trip to China. If you’ve ever thought about going there, and experiencing the root systems from which ours was extracted, this would be the opportunity! Contact Darin if you have an interest in going. Paul HayduChairmanIUKF CHINA TRIP Greetings to All, …
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Feb 03 2006
On behalf of the IUKF Board of Directors, I would like to wish everyone the best of what I believe is going to be a very good year for Uechi-Ryu. We wish all of you a successful 2006! The IUKF Board has been very busy on your behalf. Many of the seeds sown in 2005 …
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Feb 02 2006
We have The DVD version of the popular National Geographic series “Deadly Arts”It is a 2 DVD set with the 6 episodes of the series. The series explores 6 different martial arts, Aikido, Capoeira, Karate, Kalaripayyattu, Savate and Muay Thai, in the country of their origin and examines technique, culture, history and philosophy. Our host …
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Dec 28 2005
Wow!!!!While I’ve been traveling and busy with non-karate business, Van Canna has been setting records on the Forums; recently logging in a seemingly impossible number of posts (50,000) on his Reality based forum. Van works hard creating controversial and interesting topics. To do this, he will often take positions that force traditional martial artist to dig deep …
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Jun 14 2005
From the Newsletter archives: June, 2005 In my last newsletter I described an experiment that I hoped would validate what I had learned from Kanei Uechi and Ryuko Tomoyose involving Sanchin breathing and Uechi-ryu breathing. Although I felt comfortable with what I was doing and teaching, there was a part of me that questioned …
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Apr 13 2004
Eugene Fliman Second-degree black belt I would like to start saying that it was a great weekend! I got promoted to second-degree black belt (Nidan). It was not an easy road for me, and it took a lot of effort and dedication both on my side and on my family’s side, especially my wife Sofya, …
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Mar 30 2004
No matter how much I think I might know about the study, practice and teaching of Uechi-ryu, a short visit from Sensei Mattson never fails to humble me. As always, I am honored and grateful that Sensei Mattson was able to travel to Chicago to spend a weekend working with me and my students. I …
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Mar 30 2004
First off, I would like to thank Mr. Mattson for a very exciting and beneficial weekend. We appreciate all the time he spent with us over the course of the three days he was here. We are very lucky to have a man of Mr. Mattson’s abilities to visit Chicago and keep us in touch …
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