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| WELCOME TO UECHI-RYU WEST OKIKUKAI WEST |
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| April 13, 1931 - August 7, 2001 |
| Master Ahti Kaend |
| Founder of Uechi-Ryu West |
| Affiliated with OKIKUKAI, Okinawa |
| Master Nobuhide Asato |
| President, OKIKUKAI, Okinawa |
| Uechi-Ryu West Affiliated Dojos (Arranged South to North) |
| Garden Grove, CA - Sensei Olga Kaend |
| San Luis Obispo, CA - Sensei Steve Goss |
| Merced, CA - Sensei Greg Brown |
| San Jose, CA - Sensei Dave Sargent (contact for content on this web site) |
| El Sobrante, CA - Sensei Mehran Shahkar |
| Concord, CA - Sensei Alan Opp |
| Access this site from:: www.uechi-ryu-west.com www.shohei-ryu.com www.okikukai.org |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID - Sensei Scott Axlund |
| Ontario, Canada - Sensei Michael Ham |
| Links to other Uechi-Ryu, Shohei-Ryu, and Okikukai schools. |
| Interesting links related to Okinawa |
| Photos of interest (might be slow) |
| Memorial Page |
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| TOTAL VISITS |
| Uechi-ryu Karate-do is one of a few purely traditional systems of karate worldwide. Its direct link to Chinese roots is unmistakable, and the system is practiced in a consistent manner around the world. (For more on this, click on the "About" link directly below.) |
| ARTICLES |
| Closing the Gap, by Steve Goss |
| A Defensive Mindset, by Dave Sargent |
| History Study Guide, by Dave Sargent |
| Seisan Bunkai, by Dave Sargent (To be updated with 2006 revisions soon) |
| (Use your back button to return from the above pages) |
| Link to OKIKUKAI, Okinawa web site |
| Wentsville, MO - Sensei Dean Klossner |
| FALL 2005 SEMINAR WITH MASTERS SHIGERU TAKAMIYAGI, TOSHIO HIGA, AND HIROKUNI YAMASHIRO |
| Los Angeles, CA - Sensei Mike DeDenato |
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| NOTE: CKICK ON |
| FOR LINKS. |
| Master Tsutomu Nakahodo, Judan -- MENTOR TO UECHI-RYU-WEST |
| Shodan Test Essay by Nico Velasquez, Merced, May, 2006 |
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