Okikukai Croatia (Karate Club Karlovac - Karate Club "Uechi-Ryu" Rijeka) and hear instructor Daniel Bjelivuk (5.Dan, Shihan) organize a seminar with Vladimir Popovic Sensei (7.Dan, Kyoshi) this May. The seminar will take place in Rijeka at Uechi-Ryu Dojo on 21st and 22nd of May 2016.
Important Info:
Date: 21~22 May, 2016
Venue: Uechi-Ryu Dojo, Rijeka, Croatia
Info: Daniel Bjelivuk Sensei - daniel.bjelivuk[at]gmail.com
Uechi-Ryu France and its head instructor, Yukinobu Shimabukuro organize a seminar with Hirokuni Yamashiro Sensei from Okinawa. The seminar will be held at Sunday 5th of June 2016, from 9:30 up to 12:30 in the morning, at Palais Omnisports Pierre Duprès, Rue de la Digue - Maisons-Laffitte, France. The seminar will follow the Uechi-Ryu Coupe de France 2016 (see article here)
The seminar is open to practitioners over 14 years old. Participation fees are: 15 eur for the UechiRyu KarateDo Europe (Shubukan) affiliated members and 25 eur for all the others.
Important Info:
Date: 5 June 2016
Time: 9:30 ~ 12:30
Venue: Palais Omnisports Pierre Duprès, Rue de la Digue - Maisons-Laffitte, France
Information: uechiryu.europe[at]gmail.com
The Japanese Experts Seminar will be held this July for the third time in the area of Bouches-du-Rhône. The event will take place in the city of Cassis at 8, 9 and 10 of July 2016.
6 experts will lead the three-day sessions:
Yukinobu Shimabukuro (Uechi-Ryu)
Hiroo Mochizuki (Yosekan Budo)
Ryozo Tsukada (Shito Ryu)
Seisuke Adaniya (Shorin Ryu)
Yuichi Sato (Shotokan)
Zenei Oshiro (Goju-Ryu)
Participation fee: 50 € for 3 days
A martial arts Gala will be held on Saturday evening from 18:30 to 20:30.
Okikukai Serbia Hombu and its head instructor, Vladimir Popovic Sensei (Kyoshi, 7.Dan) organized the international annual Dan promotions event. Practitioners from seven countries accepted the challenge of a 3-day intensive training under the austere eyes of Popovic Sensei, that led to the Dan promotion examinations on Saturday, the 23rd of April. All the training sessions, as well as Saturday's test took place at Serbia Hombu Dojo.
Katherine Loukopoulos Sensei (8.Dan Matsubayashi Shorin-Ryu and Kobudo practitioner), head of the Bubishi Karate-Do organization attended the events as a honorary guest from Greece.
On Saturday afternoon, another nice surprise was organized by Milan Dimitrieski Sensei (Renshi 6. Dan), owner of Sanchin Dojo, who invited all the practitioners to celebrate the five year anniversary of his Dojo. Students of Sanchin Dojo made a wonderful demonstration and a great international party followed!
This gathering gave also the chance to practitioners and owners of branch dojo to meet and discuss the future plans for 2016 and 2017.
Uechiryu.eu congratulates all the participants to the intensive training and the ones who successfully passed the Dan examinations.
Photos from the intensive training and Dan examinations:
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Photos from Milan Dimitrieski Sensei's Dojo celebration:
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The Coupe de France Uechi-Ryu 2016 will be held in Maisons-Laffitte again. The event will take place on the 4th of June 2016.
Honorary guest for this year will be Hirokuni Yamashiro Sensei (Hanshi, 8.Dan) from Okinawa.
A seminar with Yamashiro Sensei and Shimabukuro Sensei will follow the Coupe de France the day after the event (more info here).
Important Info:
Date: 4 June 2016
Venue: Palais Omnisports Pierre Duprès, Rue de la Digue - Maisons-Laffitte, France
Information: uechiryu.europe[at]gmail.com