Reviving an old thread here for update purposes: To my great pleasure, an Uechi dojo has become available in my general area and have been an active member of it for the past 2.5 years now. Currently ranked San-Kyu. I say, "general area," as I'm driving an hour and twenty minutes, one-way,...

I suppose it comes down to the students proficiency in which every art one practices. :) I've witnessed TKD fighters really hammer some people home with those dramatic, high flying jumping side kicks....I've seen guys get really creamed precisely because they weren't keeping their feet on the ground...

Hello to all. My name is Jason and as you can gather from the subject line, I'm from Tennessee. I am a TaeKwonDo practitioner and have been since 1985. I can't recall how I "discovered" Uechi-Ryu but its been a rather recent discovery and I've been fascinated by it since. I would very much...