KALAMAZOO, MI - In a squat, wooden building tucked away in Kalamazoo's Southside neighborhood, you'll find one of the country's most decorated martial arts practitioners. It's far from a flashy ...

at the height of their training, being tested under rigorous conditions to achieve the distinction of junior black belt [black belt with white stripe], for youth under 18yrs within the Uechi Ryu ...

Mattson, who brought Uechi Ryu to North America from Okinawa, Japan, after being stationed there. After a year of training in Uechi Ryu, a classmate informed Wharton that he had seen a wonderful ...

with regular training held on Saturdays at 11am. The Academy will introduce a second class in January 2025, with the overarching goal to teach the meaning and traditions of foundational Uechi Ryu ...

Uechi-Ryū karate Master Neil Stone (far right ... Because the test is preceded by months of intense training, Stone said the chances of failing are extremely low. “They go in front of various ninth ...

Dollar acknowledges that he is slightly unusual. Along with nearly 20 years of training in Uechi-Ryu (a style of Okinawan karate), he has a background in competitive bodybuilding along with such ...

Shinjo, a seventh-degree black belt, has been training for 30 years, learning under his father, Shinjo Seiyu, who in turn trained under Uechi-Ryu founder and grandmaster Kanbun Uechi. They ...

The Uechi-ryu Karate Championship Series was held outdoors Saturday, Aug. 21, in North Carver. More than 100 competitors participated in this second tournament in a three-part series that ...

ATKINSON — Six people in North America hold the honor of Grand Master and 10th-degree black belt in the Okinawan Uechi-Ryu style of karate and one of these martial artists lives here in ...

A group of five students including Manoharan’s son Rohit and daughter Haritha gave a scintillating performance on stage which encompassed the power and precision of traditional Uechi Ryu Karate.