The Uechi Way
Uechi-Ryu is a close fighting system. This means that the Karateka gets close in to an attacker in order to 'tie them up'. This makes it hard for the attacker to engage in high kicks or long lunge attacks. The Uechi-Ryu system prefers instead to administer short, close range kicks and punches and encorporates a degree of grappling in order to subdue the opponant. To learn the Uechi-Ryu system, a student will practice their Kata (a series of fighting forms) in order to perfect their skills. The Karateka learns to impliment these skills through sparring with both single and multiple opponants.
Uechi-Ryu Fixed Sparring (Bunkai)
Unlike many other forms of Martial Arts. Uechi-Ryu sparring is performed
at close quarters. The student will not stop moving but instead constantly
kicks, punches and blocks. Here, a student is practicing Kanshiwa Bunkai against five opponants. The Bunkai is a sparring drill derived from Kanshiwa Kata
