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    Kanbun Uechi (上地完文, Uechi Kanbun, May 5, 1877 – November 25, 1948) was the founder of Uechi-Ryū, one of the primary karate styles of Okinawa. Kanbun was...
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    as "half-hard, half-soft", the style was renamed Uechi-Ryū after the founder of the style, Kanbun Uechi, an Okinawan who went to Fuzhou in Fujian Province...
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    Kanei Uechi (上地完英, Uechi Kan'ei, June 26, 1911–February 23, 1991) was the son of Kanbun Uechi, founder of Uechi-Ryū, one of the primary karate styles...
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    May 2014. Fujimoto, Keisuke (2017). The Untold Story of Kanbun Uechi. pp. 19. "Kanbun Uechi history". 1 March 2009. Archived from the original on 1 March...
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  • Uechi (written: 上地) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Uechi Kanbun (上地 完文, 1877–1948), Founder of Uechi-Ryū. Uechi Kanei...
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  • George Mattson (martial artist) (category Uechi-ryū practitioners)
    Karate styles before starting lessons with Uechi Kanei finally. A few months before becoming too ill, Uechi Kanbun returned to Okinawa and taught at his son's...
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  • by Kanbun Uechi. It has obvious foundations in Sanchin, relying primarily on the "Sanchin stance" or sanchin dachi (三戦立ち) and opening as does Uechi-Ryū...
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    (Gōjū-ryū) Chōki Motobu (Motobu-ryu) Tatsuo Shimabuku (Isshin-ryū) Kanbun Uechi (Uechi-ryū) Kentsū Yabu (teacher of Shōrin-ryū) Sai On Shō Shōken Tei Junsoku...
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  • Landis, American lawyer and judge (b. 1866) 1948 – Kanbun Uechi, Japanese martial artist, founded Uechi-ryū (b. 1877) 1949 – Bill Robinson, American actor...
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    Battle of Okinawa (1945) Expo '75 Miss International 1975. Kanbun Uechi, the founder of Uechi-ryū, one of the primary karate styles of Okinawa, was from...
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