Photo (video still): Uechi-ryu karateka in white gi in Sanchin stance with both arms extended forward, performing Sanchin at a dojo seminar while others watch
Image: Lionel Reynaud | Uechi-Ryu Karate Kenkyujo Oryukai, via youtube.com

Record 025 · Sanchin · 1926

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Sanchin

Uechi-Ryu

“Sanchin: the Uechi-Ryu version.”

Uechi-Ryu lists Sanchin as a core kata. Written 三戦. Dated 1926: taught by 1926. Centred on breathing or tension.

Official site
  • core-kata
  • breathing-form

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Lionel Reynaud | Uechi-Ryu Karate Kenkyujo Oryukai, via youtube.com
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Oryukai
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Dating

taught by 1926

  • “In 1926 (Year 15 in Taisho Era), Kanbun opened Pangai-Noon Ryukyu Jutsu (Pangai-Noon Okinawan martial art) in Tehira-cho, Wakayama City. The teaching philosophy maintains tradition, he selects only a small number of elites. Each new student required a guarantor, and Kanbun maintained his secrecy that he did not let others watch his rigorous training sessions. The training mainly involved what he learned from Shu Shiwa, such as Sanchin, Seisan, Sanseiryu” · kenyukaiinternational.com
  • “In 1926 (Year 15 in Taisho Era), Kanbun opened Pangai-Noon Ryukyu Jutsu (Pangai-Noon Okinawan martial art) in Tehira-cho, Wakayama City.” · kenyukaiinternational.com
  • “The training mainly involved what he learned from Shu Shiwa, such as Sanchin, Seisan, Sanseiryu” · kenyukaiinternational.com