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Due to the current situation with COVID-19, the event will have to be rescheduled. We well get back to you with the new dates. Stay home, stay safe and do Sanchin! 

Didier Lorho Sensei (6 Dan) is leading a seminar in Belgium on the 25 and 26 of April. Lucie Bodere Sensei (4 Dan) will assist with a self-defense session on Sunday morning. The event will take place at Sporthal Iham in Mechelen.

Important info
Date/Time: Saturday 25 (13:30 - 15:00/ 15:15 - 16:45) Sunday 26 April (9:00 - 11:00/ 11:00 - 12:00)
Venue: Sporthal Iham, Bautersemstraat 57, 2800 Mechelen
Price: 6EUR kids/ 15EUR students and adults
Info: www.uechi-ryu.be

On Thursday, January 21, 2021, the American Uechi-Ryu family lost one of the most respectful masters and a martial arts pioneer. Van Canna Sensei (10 Dan) was Mattson Sensei’s most senior student. He began his Uechi training in the early 1960s. During the sixties and early seventies, Van Canna contributed a lot in the promotion and spreading of Uechi-Ryu through his numerous tournament victories and championships. Van Canna was a specialist in the field of personal safety, and he is regarded by many as a karate instructor with great insight in real-world, effective karate practice.

No more than 24 hours after the spreading of the sad news about the loss of Van Canna Sensei, on Friday, January 22, 2021, the European Uechi-Ryu family mourns the loss of the iconic Karate pioneer, Mario Topolsek Sensei. Topolsek Sensei started his training in Uechi-Ryu in the mid-1960s. In the early 1970s, he went to Okinawa where he was accepted as a student of Kanei Uechi. Topolsek Sensei founded one of the first Uechi-Ryu Dojos in Europe and he is the teacher to many of today’s high-ranked teachers around Europe and the Balkans. He received his 5Dan instructor’s license from Kanei Uechi Sensei in 1983.

On behalf of Uechiryu.eu I would like to express my deepest condolences to the families and students of those two prominent martial artists.
Antonis Tzounis

THE EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED DUE TO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS

The Italian Karate Federation (FIK) is hosting a great seminar in Bergamo this April. The event will take place at the Palazzetto Dello Sport on Saturday, 18 and Sunday 19 of April 2020. The following Okinawan and Italian instructors will lead the seminar, that will include Okinawan Karate and Kobudo:

Shimabukuro Sensei (10 Dan Shorin-Ryu)

Yamashiro Sensei (9 Dan Uechi-Ryu)

Ikemiyagi Sensei (9 Dan Goju-Ryu)

Zilioli Sensei (6 Dan Uechi-Ryu, 4 Dan Ryu-Kyu Kobudo)

Gaspardo Sensei (Goju-Ryu)

For more info please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Due to the current situation with COVID-19, the event will have to be rescheduled. We well get back to you with the new dates. Stay home, stay safe and do Sanchin! 

Okikukai Serbia Hombu is known for a long tradition in international events with Okinawan instructors. For 2020, one more event will take place in Belgrade between 1-3 May 2020. Takashi Arakaki Sensei (8 Dan) and Shozen Arakaki Sensei (8 Dan) will lead the seminar along with Vladimir Popovic Sensei (8 Dan) and Milan Dimitrieski Sensei (7 Dan). Furthermore, from Okinawa, Asao Nakasone Sensei (6 Dan) and Fukichi Miyoshi Sensei (4 Dan) will be the assistant instructors. The seminar will have intensive Uechi-Ryu Karate-Do and Ryukyu Kobudo (Kenryo-Ryu) sessions.  

For more information, please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Registrations deadline: 15 April 2020.

Download the booklet of the seminar here.