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The origins of Okinawan karate and kobujutsu are still shrouded in mystery. It is said that the traditional Okinawan martial arts called ティ-[ti], the core of the people of Okinawa and may have a tough life…
空Kara means empty; 手Te(ti) means hand, thus “Karate” means “the empty hand”. Shuri-Te, Naha-Te, Tomari-Te are the three styles of Te (Hands) that Karate descended from.
空 手 [Kara te] is the Japanese pronunciation and [kara ti] is the Ryukyu language pronunciation.
It’s changing between vowels in Japanese (e) to (i) in Ryukyu language.
沖縄, Okinawa Karate, karati, 空手, 手, ti, 首里手, 泊手, 那覇手, 極真, 伝統, 琉球, Okinawa, 古武術, 古武道, 武器, 格闘術, 沖縄空手, 組手,

Okinawan Karate Links are listed in the Okinawatime> okinawa-links (url-http://okinawatime.com/okinawa-links/)
* Okinawan Karatedo and kobudo Dojo Yellow Pages. 沖縄空手道古武道道場一覧
* Okinawa Prefectural Hall of Martial Arts. 沖縄の武道館・空手道場
* Wonder Okinawa Karate and martial arts with weaponry

Uechi Ryu Karatedo 上地流空手道

Posted by okinawatime on 2009/03/04

uechi-ryu-karatedo

上地流空手道 Uechi Ryu Karatedo Here are some techniques unique to Uechi-ryu.
These also appear in ‘yakusoku-kumite’

more about “Uechi Ryu Karatedo 上地流空手道“, posted with vodpod

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