The Footprints of Kanbun Uechi

[emattson]

"As a youth his body was honed by farming the rocky soil of Takafuto..."

Later, while Kanbun Uechi was wandering in China, Master Makabe Udon, had ridiculed Kanbun Uechi as a “Fat belly Uechi.” It goes to show how quickly isolation, loneliness, and hardship can turn muscle into flab, in my opinion. Another possibility is that his family had food trouble. The human body may cling more tightly onto its fat stores if the eating habits are inconsistent or restricted.