Congratulation to the Germany Uechi-ryu candidates who passed their dantest September 28th.
Testboard seniors, Al Wharton.Kyudan and Sensei Paul Kronschnabl,
Promoted: Anton Gareis for Nidan , Martin Link for Nidan, Jürgen Donhauser for Shodan, Volker Köstzner for Shodan, Michaela Günter for Shodan and Johann Aßbeck for Shodan
“If we look at Uechi dojos across the globe, there are many organisations with some very talented instructors/coaches. If we stood all these side by side and watched their kata, they would all be recognisable as we would expect, but closer viewing shows us some minor nuances influenced by the individual’s journey of exploration of their martial art, whether it be from cross-training or from research. The IUKF embraces this and, through seminars, encourages the sharing of ideas. Uechi by rote is where they want to be; others will want to explore connections and objectivity none of these should stop an association or federation from growing.
Influences on our preferred art also come from outside the dojo; for example, many of us are business professionals, and we will be aware of the 5 whys, which is an iterative interrogative technique used to explore the cause-and-effect relationships underlying a particular problem. The primary goal of the technique is to determine the root cause of a defect or problem by repeating the question “Why?”. Each answer forms the basis of the next question. The “five” in the name derives from an anecdotal observation on the number of iterations needed to resolve the problem.
Not all problems have a single root cause. If one wishes to uncover multiple root causes, the method must be repeated asking a different sequence of questions each time.
The method provides no hard and fast rules about what lines of questions to explore or how long to continue the search for additional root causes. Thus, even when the method is closely followed, the outcome still depends upon the knowledge and persistence of the people involved.
An example of analysing a kata
Why? – do we do the kata this way. (First why)
Why? – does this move show a technique one way in kata but different in bunkai
Why? – do we do the same move in different directions
Why? – don’t we look at the relationship between kata and Bunkai
Why? – is my kata not effective
I would wager that we do this unconsciously, and many simply view this as ‘My take on it.’ In my opinion, this is the key to the enjoyment and usefulness of seminars, where we can explore our own training against an alternative view.
Regards,
Lee Adams – 8h Dan Kyoshi, IUKF GB
One of the benefits of being an IUKF member is the ability to travel to other areas of the world and find other friendly IUKF family members to greet you and to open their dojo to you. Senior student John Joseph is certainly taking advantage of this perk as he’s a frequent traveler and has visited several national and international dojos.
Sensei Paul Kronschnabl of Germany was the gracious host who entertain John while visiting their country. I’m sure John Joseph will have a lot to talk about when he gets back. It’s great to find a friendly face while you are away from home in the states or abroad.
Thank you Paul for your friendship and your part in the IUKF family.
Darin Yee
Hi Darin,
today I picked up John and we drove to the dojo for a workout.
John take part of the training and I think he enjoyed it.
He can tell you about it, when he is back in US.
Everything was ok. At the end of the training I asked him to give some ideas about his way for training kata.
It is always interesting for me to see what other Uechika are doing.
Best wishes,
Paul
I’ve just come home from visiting Uechi-Ryu dojos in Arizona and California.
I find people in our Uechi-Ryu family both friendly and receptive.
These visitations were dedicated to the introduction of the new directions of the IUKF and of course the exchange of individual Uechi-Ryu ideas and techniques.
The most noticeable dojo in the San Francisco area was East Bay Karate-Do whose Sensei is John Felipe. He is a dynamic young teacher with plenty of energy and progressive ideas.
The setup of the spacious dojo is methodically designed with maximum usage in mind.
Upon entering the dojo, I witnessed the students diligently training. I can see the joy they resonate as they skillfully demonstrate their katas, weapons and prearranged sets. This is training as it should be. The more we indulge, the higher our spirit and our skills progress.
Sensei John Felipe has certainly demonstrated to me his ability to build, grow, and teach in a Uechi-Ryu Dojo.
The IUKF is very proud to claim Sensei John Felipe as one of our up and coming young leaders in the Uechi world.
Darin Yee
Over the last weekend in May of 2019, Sensei Darin Yee visited our dojo, Tiger Martial Arts in Langley, Wa, to train with us and run a special seminar. It was one of the most amazing things I’ve done in my time as a Uechi Ryu student.
Sensei Yee, not only, led some of the classes that weekend, but also gave me some private instruction that greatly helped me to improve my roundhouse and side thrust kicks. His seminar was the most informative training session I’ve ever taken , showing me how to effectively apply the different moves that we study in our Katas.
I absolutely loved working with Sensei Yee and I cannot wait to attend more of his seminars and study with him again. Hopefully I’ll see you the upcoming Winterfest.
Thank You Sensei Yee !!
Olivia Livingstone, Tiger Martial Arts
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