The blue areas shows elements of the content that are official in OKIKUKAI Association. The content of UECHI-RYU system is given in Scheme below. All progress in creating was closely monitored and refined by Uechi Kanei Sensei before finalization and inclusion in the system. Others Seniors could been involved with the projects, but these were the principal members of the Development Committee. The group was named as The Development Committee included the following Seniors Members (in a alfabetical oreder): In the late 1950’s and early 60’s, Uechi Kanei Sensei was authorized a group of seniors members to piece together the fighting techniques taught to him by his father, modify the SEISAN-BUNKAI, and create the intermediate Kata and other material which today make up the system of UECHI-RYU. The base of this system was the KATA: SANCHIN, SEISAN & SANSEIRYU. It is an original Chinese form known as "a form of complete tension and complete relaxation".
The greatest specialty of UECHI-RYU is SANCHIN-KATA, a form of isometric contractions, synchronized with a concentration and specific way of breathing - which is the basis of this system. A stroke with the bent thumb "BOSHIKEN-ZUKI" and A stroke with the tip of the big toe "SOKUSEN-GERI" This system belongs to "half soft - half hard" KARATE-DO systems, and its features certain specialties, which are difficult to come across in other karate schools, such as: This are basic psychophysical characteristics developed by the system. Together, this three animals symbolize firmness, briskness and flexibility. Dragon giving swiftness and unpredictability. Crane giving softness and graciousness and This system is also denominated as "system of the tiger, crane and dragon", because it characterized by what these three animals symbolize: It encompasses power, speed and beauty into one and is a physical expression of art of human movement.Uechi Kanbun's PANGAI-NOON system broughted from China, was consisted of three Kata, one Bunkai, and several conditioning and techniques of training. It contains movements to the four and eight cardinal points and transitions through suegoshi-dachi, shizen-dachi, zenkutsu-dachi. The final kata of Uechi-ryu and one of the original kata brought back from China. The kata is characterized by dynamic speed and movement and requires the use of the lower body in conjunction with ‘muchimi’. It is the 7th kata found in Uechi-ryu and includes tenshin, hiji-ate, shoken sukui uke, gedan-barai, etc, as well as emphasizing the delivery of these techniques from suegoshi-dachi. Kanchin was created by Uechi Kanei sensei and includes movements similar to those found in Sanseru kata. Using the lower body is greatly emphasized in this kata。 Kanchin (完戦)(カンチン) It emphasizes cat-leg stance and includes other techniques not found in other Uechi-ryu kata such as hira-te mawashi kake uke, boshi-ken tsuki, etc. This kata is the creation of Uechi Kanei sensei. Sesan requires speed and agility to peform properly. It is a kata that develops fighting skills and is characterized by mostly open-hand techniques, and single-leg stances. Contained within this kata is the base of crane fist which allows it to be flexible during fighting. It contains ‘dragon fist’, ‘tiger fist’, and ‘crane fist’ and is therefore referred to as ‘dragon, tiger, crane’. One of the Chinese boxing kata brought back from China which includes: Sanchin, Sesan, and Sanseru. It contains movements from ‘Pangainuun’ and ‘Okinawa te’. This kata was created in 1963 by Uehara Saburo sensei. It contains many challenging techniques for beginning students such as hira-te mawashi uke, boshi-ken tsuki, hiji ate from suegoshi-dachi and many others. This kata contains many of the movements found in Sesan kata and was intended to prepare the student for learning Sesan. From 1970 onwards it was also referred to as ‘Dai ni Sesan’. Like the kata Kanshiwa, Kanshu uses the kanji from Uechi Kanbun and Shu Shiwa. It is the only kata in Uechi-ryu that contains regular punches. This kata originally contained three one-knuckle strikes that were later changed to regular punches to better aid beginning students. The kata was originally called “Kanshabu” but in 1970 it was renamed “Kanshiwa”.
This kata was created by Uechi Kanei sensei in 1954 using kanji from their respective names of his father Kanbun and his teacher, who was referred to as Shu Shabu. All subsequent kata are defined by the principles contained in Sanchin. You are not supposed to practice other kata before you practice Sanchin. It contains the basic stances and strikes, means of training the mind, as well as provides training to resist various strikes. This is one of the kata that directly comes from Pangainuun Souuthern Shaolin boxing.