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Uechi-Ryū
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Uechi-Ryū (上地流, Uechi-Ryū) is a traditional style of Okinawan karate. Uechi-Ryū means "Style of Uechi" or "School of Uechi". Originally called Pangai-noon, which translates to English as "half-hard, half-soft", the style was renamed Uechi-Ryū after the founder of the style, Kanbun Uechi,[1] an Okinawan who went to Fuzhou in Fujian Province, China to study martial arts and Chinese medicine when he was 19 years old.[2][3]
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Country of origin | Okinawa (Japan) |
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Ancestor arts | Pangainoon • Fujian White Crane • Huzunquan • Naha-te |
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After his death, in 1948,[4] the style was refined, expanded, and popularized by his son, Kanei Uechi.[5]