Aug 17 2010
The Double Edged Sword of the Martial Arts From my friend Terry Bryad. Martial art philosophy that I speak of often. In traditional Japanese and Okinawan martial arts they talk about Karate-Do and Karate-Jitsu. The emphasis of Karate-Do is that it is all about developing character, honor and integrity of the participant, the old “it doesn’t …
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Jun 18 2010
Re: Chinkuchi – a hogan term for what? Originally posted by Dana Sheets So what doesthatmean? From my experience, these fuzzy word problems come either from a word or concept not translating well, or from a problem in the culture of origin. Words can be funny things. I was once involved in the …
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Nov 11 2009
My good friend and student, Captian Greg Postal, M.D., posted the following on Van’s forum yesterday. I’ve been reading and hearing a lot about the shooting at Ft Hood and thought what Greg wrote was worthy of front page coverage. G.E.Mattson P.S. Tha’s Greg on the left, with Jerry McDonald, me and Paul Haydu …
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Dec 12 2008
Folks: If you’re interested in seeing it, the National Geo channel will be airing a documentary on the Shaolin Temple one week from today. The show will present both the traditional aspects of the Temple as well as all of its commercial business endeavors of recent years. Please mark your calendar for next Thursday, December …
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Dec 04 2008
Dear Sensei George, How are you and the Family? I hope that you’re healthy and strong and practicing regularly. This article, for your site, is for those individuals who may seek another perspective on all the “Masters” floating around given the extreme commercialism today in the MA. Manny You’re a master? Sorry, I don’t …
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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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Mar 30 2004
Dear Mr. Mattson, Thank you for teaching me new ways of doing Uechi-ryu. I think it helps to learn different ways and forms of karate. When I do my blocks I get more power when I keep my arms bent. When I do the chop-backfist-nukite, I learned not to keep my hand by my face. …
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Mar 30 2004
Sensei Mattson’s seminar in Chicago at the end of March gave all of us the opportunity to go back to the essentials of Uechi Ryu Karate. Karate-Do, the path of the empty hand…path of the open hand. Based on this concept, Sensei Mattson, through his teachings and example, showed us that Karate-Do is essentially a …
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