A great Karate & Kobudo seminar with a 10-member delegation from Okinawa prefecture is being organized on the 20th and 21st of January 2018 in Munich. The event will take place in Grandlstraße 5a (sports hall of the secondary school at Blutenburg). Participants should be over 16 years and over 6th Kyu. The course fee for both days is 25,00 Euro (payment to be made in advance by bank transfer).

The training schedule is:

- Saturday, 20/01/2018 from 08:00 to 17:00 (including breaks) Karate and Kobudo demonstrations will take place from 15:30 till 16:30.

- Sunday, 21/01/2018 from 08:00 to 12:30 (including breaks)

The Senseis who will teach in the seminar are:

Sensei Shinjo 9. Dan Uechi Ryu
Sensei Ike Miyagi 9. Dan Goju Ryu
Sensei Akamine 9. Dan Kobudo
Sensei Sakugawa 9. Dan Shorinji Ryu
Sensei Shimabukuro Zenshun 6. Dan Seibukan

More info: http://karate.earth/ 

An all-Okinawan Karate seminar with great masters will be held in Malakoff, France. The event is organized by the Okinawa Goju-ryu Shodokan Europe (O.G.S.E.) and its head instructor, Zenei Oshiro Sensei (Hanshi 8 Dan). The style of Matsubayashi Shorin-Ryu will be represented by Taira Yoshitaka Sensei (Hanshi 10 Dan), the style of Uechi-Ryu will be represented by Kyohide Shinjo Sensei (Hanshi 9 Dan) and Goju-Ryu by Zenei Oshiro Sensei (Hanshi 8 Dan). The seminar will start on the 2nd until the 3rd of December, 2017 and will be open to all karate practitioners and styles. The event's venue is the Gymnase Jacques Duclos, Place de la Republique 92240, Malakoff, France. Each day will include two training sessions from 10:00 to 12:00 in the morning and 15:00 to 17:00 in the evening. The participation fees are 75Eur for the two days and 40Eur for one day. 

Important Info:
Dates/Hours: 2-3 December 2017, 10:00-12:00 and 15:00-17:00
Venue: Gymnase Jacques Duclos, Place de la Republique 92240, Malakoff, Paris, France
Contact: Oshiro Zenei Sensei, Tel.: 0676492732, Herdoin Jean-Francois, Tel.: 0622282530, email: jean-francois[at]orange.fr

One more great Uechi-Ryu Karate seminar with Vladimir Popovic Sensei is being organized this January in Moscow. The seminar is held by Evgeny Rybyn Sensei, head of Okikukai Russia. The training sessions will take place in Sportland club (http://www.sportland-club.ru) in 5 and 6 of January 2018. More information can be found at  www.okikukai-rus.ru, on the phone: +79258907394 and the e-mail: komidzumi[at]mail.ru.

Important info:
Dates: 5-6 January 2018
Venue: Sportland (map: https://yandex.com/maps/-/CBaOaFaTxC)
Information: tel. +79258907394 / e-mail. komidzumi[at]mail.ru

During the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of June 2017 hundreds of Uechi-Ryu karate practitioners had the opportunity to be on the tatami the Palais Omnisports de Maisons-Laffitte (78). This was the 12th Uechi-Ryu Coupe de France, and attracted almost 120 practitioners and 110 tournament participants.

In Kata, for the first time this year, there was a separation between male and female according to their level (Kyu and Dan). This allowed practitioners of lower ranks to make it to the podium. An additional pressure weighed was put on the shoulders of practitioners, since they were judged by Uechi Kansho Sensei, the current Soke of the style and the great grand-son of the founder of the style, Kanbun Uechi, and Haruki Kawasaki Sensei who came from Okinawa for the occasion.

After the Kata competition, it was the time for Kumite tournament. The Kumite tournament was held under full contact rules with controlled punches to the head area.

On Sunday morning, 74 karatekas of all styles came together to attend a seminar under the Masters Kansho Uechi and Haruki Kawasaki. Practitioners from Russia, Spain, England, Belgium, Portugal, and even Australia attended the event. For more than 3 hours, the training focused on the fundamental principles of Uechi-Ryu Style. The leader instructors expressed their gratitude to all the attendees for the beautiful moments they shared and gave an appointment for the next year during the 13th event which again will be held in Maisons-Laffitte.