Terry Daly :7th dan Kyoshi, teaches in East London. Open hand and one knuckle techniques and kicking with the big toe.Ĭlick on a pic to go to the UK board member dojo page (more links below) It is characterised by upright stance, circular hard and soft (evassive) blocks, The name Pwangai-noon (my spelling) was used to describe the style. The Kadena dojo won the championship in fifteen of the twenty tournaments.Uechi Ryu Karate is an Okinawan style, which originated in China and was brought to Okinawa early The Uechi ryu tournament ran uninterrupted for twenty years until the break up of the Uechi Ryu Association in 1988. He retired from competition after the 1980 Uechi ryu tournament, due to the ill health of his father. The champion of this historic sparring event, open to black belts of all karate styles, was Kiyohide Shinjo.
In 1978, the eighth year of his championship reign, the first All Okinawa Championship Tournament was held. He became a legend in Okinawa in the process and is often called “Okinawa’s Superman” He continued to do so for a record nine years. His son Kiyohide, placed third in kata in the inaugural tournament.Īt the third annual tournament in 1970, Kiyohide Shinjo won the championship in both kata and kumite. Seiyu Shinjo was the organizer and tournament director. It included kata (forms) and kumite (sparring) competition for black belts. In 1968, The Uechi Ryu Karate Shubukai held the first annual Uechi ryu tournament. In time Kiyohide won every fight with great pleasure. As Kiyohide’s size, strength, and karate ability increased, so did his dislike for American servicemen. For many years the skinny young Okinawan was beaten by the challengers. Seiyu Shinjo often ordered his son to fight the belligerent Americans.
Intoxicated servicemen often found their way into the dojo, challenging the Okinawans to fight, in those days. He maintained the uncompromising, sometimes inhuman, standard of training established by Kanbun Uechi.
He began karate training, not by his own choice, when he was ten years old. On NovemIe-jima Island produced a modern day karate legend name Kiyohide Shinjo.
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