BUT there are also crane and dragon movements. We do in fact know who his teacher was, the problem has been that he was not a famous teacher so a prior history is hard to find facts on.ĭid he study a tiger fist form, yes uechi-ryu practitioners would agree on that. We have to assume he would know what the name of his own style was if it had one. Which may explain why both Uechi-ryu and Goju-ryu have had style name issues. It may not be the name of the style he studied and as someone on this sight posted a very good article on Chinese systems, many smaller local styles did not have names. However this was only the term that Kanbun Uechi used for what he taught. It is a Hakka language term meaning "get in and out quick and hit hard". From what I was told by some one fluid in Chinese and a high ranked practioner in the style, pangainoon does not mean half hard half soft. Would you care to share your knowledge and explain how you know the origins of uechi-ryu. the original Chinese name for the style was Pangainoon which is a Hakka language term. When on a trip to China to find the roots of Uechi ryu, George mattson who brought the style to America was told by the Chinese practitioners there, that it was "like a time capsule". also the teaching he received and passed on was not flowery and very direct in contrast to the way many CMA systems have evolved. you can see the emphasis on body hardening. it is very interesting from a historical perspective because his time there as a student and later as a teacher (he was the only non Chinese teaching at the time that we know of) was during the boxer rebellion. the bunkai shown is more of a standard for organizational testing and demonstrations rather than a strict single interpretation of the kata. he has past on and i am saddened that i will not be able to work with him again. if you have good eyes to see, you can make a comparison on Seisan kata as well and i would conclude that at one time in the distant past they were the same.Īs for the video clips Shinyu Gushi was a great practitioner and of great historical value. this certainly sound like the version of sanchin that Uechi also studied. Morio Higaonna (no relation) said that the sanchin kata that Kanryu Higaonna had learnt in China from RuRyuko was open handed with quick fast strikes with breaths to match and there were turns in the kata, later Miyagi Chojun closed the fists and took out the turns and also changed the breathing and the amount of dynamic tension. the original Chinese name for the style was Pangainoon which is a Hakka language term.Īs to the similarity to Goju ryu, i would have to agree.