Dear Sensei Mattson, I’d like to begin by first thanking you for your visit to Chicago to conduct the Friday night Dan testing, as well as the two day seminar. The lessons learned are indeed invaluable, and have truly shed new light on aspects of Uechi that mustn’t ever be overlooked or forgotten. Such aspects …
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Mar 30 2004
Peter A. Papoutsis’ Essay regarding the Chicago Seminars
Dear Mr. Mattson: First, let me say that I truly enjoyed the two days of Uechi-Ryu seminars that you provided to us here in Chicago. Your knowledge and years of experience are greatly appriciated. Second, in response to your request to write down our thoughts on what we learned at the seminars, I would like …
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Mar 30 2004
Essay on Mr. George Mattson’s Chicago seminar 2004.
Presented by Kenji Higashi 1470 Cypress Ave. Hanover Park IL. 60133 Sensei Mattson. Mr. George Mattson’s special training session was held in Chicago from March 26 to March 28, 2004. I met him on March 27 for the first time. He is one of the first Americans to learn Uechi-Ryu Karate …
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Nov 24 2003
Enhanced Training With Kyu Kumite and Dan Kumite
By Ethan B. Miller Among the discussions that commonly come up about Kyu and Dan Kumite is the effectiveness of the kumites as tools for training towards real confrontations. Sometimes the commentary seems to negate the worthiness of these drills entirely. This seems to me to be completely wrong-headed. If you take a commonsense approach …
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Nov 23 2003
Ideas For Nukite Training
By Ethan Miller Nukite training, or spearhand training is probably one of the more underestimated strikes in Uechi-Ryu and other styles of Karate. In sparring it’s generally not permitted or adaptable, while it becomes more accessible to the advanced user it appears to commonly become a grey area in usefulness. I had often downplayed its’ …
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Nov 15 2003
Five Weapons of Uechi-Ryu’s Hiraken Strike
By Ethan Miller, nidan While testing for my shodan test in 1994 one of the questions I was asked by the test board was to name a strike that was being shown. It was the hiraken, and I was then asked to explain how it was used. After I did this, I of course wondered. …
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Sep 08 2003
Hand Strike Training
by Ethan Miller Many people use the heavy bag for practicing hand strikes. I generally do about 100 strikes left, right with a seiken fist, then do combinations in threes also with a seiken fist. I will then usually practice shuto left and right on the edge of the bag and boshiken strikes to the …
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Jul 15 2003
What it means to be a Kempo Karate Man
by David Nishimoto The study of Kempo Karate requires a lifetime of diligent thought. Many hours of isolated study and concentrated thought and practice are necessary to build the inner strength found in Karate. Meditation builds the focus within the mind. The mind, focused, builds confidence and well being for the body. It is during …
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Jan 22 2003
Bukan – Creativity in crisis
By David Nishimoto Morality guides the training of Kempo practitioners. Because the attitude of competition is removed from Kempo the training in done in a spirit of mutual cooperation. Masters share information with students to improve and close observed openings. In competitive environments the students must either pay for advanced information or be a part …
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Jan 09 2003
Karumijutsu – the escape pattern (Kempo foot work)
by David Nishimoto Footwork provides the evasive qualities of kempo. A weight distribution of 50 percent between the front and back legs serves no purpose. Kempo uses a 60/40 distribution between the front and back leg. In a reverse cover the weight distribution of 40/60. A cat stance changes the weight to 20/80 between the …
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