Why Kanbun Sensei leaving China so soon?

January 17th, 2008 at 9:38 · Filed Under Karate, Martial Arts, Research · 10 Comments 

My research effort about Uechi-Ryu has been gaining some momentum and one interesting fact I found out together with my students about Kanbun Sensei is that, why Kanbun Sensei left China so soon?

The research has sparkled from an unrecorded fact which was told by mouth. We gathered quite some materials which indicated some speculations and deviation from what I already knew of. Kanbun Sensei might have more than one teacher while he was in Fuzhou.

I have established many theories why Kanbun Sensei left China in a hurry. But this information cannot be published at this moment because it can affect the family honor of the Uechi’s descendants as well as shaking the Uechi-Ryu community. All these can come down with a simple question, why Kanbun Sensei left China?

My research is gaining more interesting facts and I am planning to go deeper into it.

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Research Paper

January 3rd, 2008 at 22:34 · Filed Under Karate, Research · Comment 

At the end of 2007, I saw another challenge to teach the students about concepts. A simple movement such as wa-uke or circular block has many concepts in its fundamental which I find it difficult to learn, teach and to talk about.

I wrote an article to provoke thinking and self-exploration, hopefully can lead my students, friends and even myself to self-realization of the technique and its fundamental concepts. It has received a number of feedback. I hope more feedback will come in so that I want to compile those feedback for writing a paper about it.

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