From me to you;
I hope you have wonderful holidays spent with loved ones.
Enjoy yourself now, come the New Year you get to work that turkey off!
Scott

As a UechiRyu student my ears tend to perk up whenever I hear any term related to my training. The book The Art of Hojo Undo; Power Training For Traditional Karate did just that for me.
I will say that I was pleasantly surprised by the content and concepts discussed in this book.
The author Michael Clarke is a 7th dan Goju-ryu teacher living and training near Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. He has extensive experience in Karate going back to 1973.
In UechiRyu we learn Hojo Undo as meaning ’supplementary training exercises’ and most …

Ok, call me old fashioned, I like wearing a uniform in class I really do… however for practical purposes it’s useless. Certainly life and death survival does not depend on you wearing a Karate uniform.
The Karate uniform, or “gi”, emerged over time to establish a sense of uniformity among students in dojo. And as it resembles traditional garb of the time in Japan (when it first came into use); it could easily be viewed as practical or normal wear for that early period. Although it is accepted as the standard …

After looking for quite a while I have settled on this new theme for the Uechi-ryu Journal web site. It will take a while before I get everything placed just right; but I think you will find it a lot more pleasing to the eye!
Enjoy, and stay tuned!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Thanksgiving spent with friends & family!
Gobble gobble!