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Huge news for all UK karateka!
We are thrilled and honored to announce that Grandmaster George Mattson will be at Shogun Martial Arts School's Celebration of Uechi Ryu, Ramsgate, UK from 28-30 June 2024.
Recognized as the father of Uechi Ryu in America, Grandmaster Mattson was taught by Tomoyose Ryuko while serving in Okinawa for the US Army. He was also trained at the Uechi-Ryu Karate-Do headquarters by Kanei Uechi.
This is a rare chance to train in the UK under him, and we are grateful and honoured that he is joining us for this special celebration of Uechi Ryu.
To secure your spot at this can’t-miss event, get your ticket now - just £100 for all three days.
Together with George Mattson Sensei, the following high-ranked masters will also teach this seminar:
- Darin Yee Sensei
- Paul Swift Sensei
- Paul Kronschnabl Sensei
- Roy Bedard Sensei
- Lee Adams Sensei.
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| Darin Yee Sensei | Paul Swift Sensei | Paul Kronschnabl Sensei |
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| Lee Adams Sensei. | Roy Bedard Sensei |
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.
