All the story's point to the same , I wish I could get a copy of this book. Uechi seems to have been no different than any of the other arts in its evolution. the fundamentals and templates exist and have flourished , but the context behind the changing often lost . the popularity while the savior o...

Thanks for posting Van Refreshing , and while it will now always boil back down to we dont really know , more information is always a blessing. A more academic and balanced view of change , and open mindedness , especially in reference to wakayama can only open eyes to the styles evolution imho. The...

Hey very welcome make sure you flick Rick an email

Max helped me through a solo three year sanchin expirement

Happy training , am pleased your carrying on what Max gave you , wish you all the best

Hi Mick , Max was a great guy and a influence on my Ryu when i found myself training alone and isolated in NZ

Such a shock , I couldn't beleive it , sorry for everyones loss

If your not in contact try Rick Wilson , Max was a member of his IUPA

Wpd-rc.com is his website

Or. WPD-RC@HOTMAIL.COM

Yup far better , nice

Doesn't mean much if you didn't ever grab anything

Uechi lite?

Ps the sticking drills aren't missing , just the sticking part

Kotikitae with all the range and without losing contact is the base hubud and is reflected in many systems

It's all about ranges angles and contact and control

Hi Bill , this is really it I came to uechi through kyoshi McCarthy after learning a uechi style sanchin from him I saw the tegumi drills as a part and directly saw the possible interpretation of kotikitae as more a hubud type pattern Incorporating flows and extrapolating uechi versions from the kat...

8) nothing is ever one thing and labels never quite fit most of the time me never get to the topic and just argue the language , its all a story of a real experience , never quite communicable , and we all get it wong , it's the human condition. the labels are limited the people involved sometimes l...

logical fallacy's lead to addressing cognitive dissonance surely we don't want to go there

false nails it .

contrary/complementry ?

relativity ?

yin/yang ?

ps the only way to get the do is through the jutsu IMNSHO, otherwise your just engaging in self-flagellation

(that should spice up the conversation)

you need one of these Bill

been looking at the toyota 86

Good work by Sony now its on everyone else , maybe the big chains will see the dollars lost and join in once nothing happens , I cant see Obama having a run at them though to pressure them forward, but heck maybe it's there democratic right !! The world stage. The internet has created a world withou...

It's just the addle-minded culture we have now were private communication can be leaked out of context for entertainment , of course this is fine if it's already been leaked and especially if it involves celebrities ..... I mean all the focus was about that right ? and not really about any hacking o...

Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin blasted the studio and the media at large for their reactions to the Sony hack. "Today the US succumbed to an unprecedented attack on our most cherished, bedrock principle of free speech by a group of North Korean terrorists who threatened to kill moviego...