WELCOME TO
UECHI-RYU WEST
OKIKUKAI WEST
April 13, 1931 - August 7, 2001
Master Ahti Kaend
Founder of Uechi-Ryu West
Affiliated with OKIKUKAI, Okinawa
Master Nobuhide Asato
President, OKIKUKAI, Okinawa
About Uechi-Ryu West, OKIKUKAI, and Black Belt Certification
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
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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Master Tsutomu Nakahodo, Judan   --   MENTOR TO UECHI-RYU-WEST
Shodan Test Essay by Nico Velasquez, Merced, May, 2006
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