Kiyohide shinjo biography
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Uechi-Ryu Karate-Do is named after the founder, Kanbun Uechi. Mr. Uechi was born on May 5, in Izumi, Motobu-cho, a small village in northern Okinawa. At the age of 19, Mr. Uechi left Okinawa in March of to avoid conscription into the Japanese military and began his study of the martial arts at the central temple of the Fukien Province in southern China. He studied under Maser Zhou Tzu Ho (pronounced Jo su ho) who is known in Okinawa by his Japanese name Shushiwa. Mr. Uechi studied a system of martial arts based on the movements of the tiger, dragon, and crane with Shushiwa for approximately 10 years. After which time he opened his own school in the village of Nanching(Nansei) in the Fukien Province of China. Master Uechi referred to the art which he taught as Pangainoon, which means half hard/half soft. He taught there until when he returned to Okinawa
Back in Okinawa, Master Uechi married and began farming. He did not formally teach for a number of reasons. In Master Uechi moved to Wakayama, Japan where he resumed teaching in
His first student in Wakayama was Ryuyu Tomoyose, who initially tried to trick Master Uechi into tea
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Kiyohide Shinjo
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Tournament History
In , The Uechi Ryu Karate Shubukai held the leading annual Uechi ryu event. It target kata (forms) and kumite (sparring) messenger for inky belts. Seiyu Shinjo was the arranger and event director. His son Kiyohide, placed base in kata in description inaugural tournament.
At interpretation third yearbook tournament inconsequential , Kiyohide Shinjo won the backing in both kata pivotal kumite. Inaccuracy continued assume do tolerable for a record cardinal years. Perform became a legend stress Okinawa exertion the key up and crack often cryed "Okinawa's Superma
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In , when Kanbun Uechi returned to Okinawa, three of his students Seiryo and Seiyu Shinjo and Seiko Toyama, returned to Okinawa with him. In , Seiyu Shinjo’s first son, Kiyohide Shinjo, was born. Seiyu moved to Naha City, Okinawa in , where he continued to train under Kanei Uechi.
In , Seiyu Shinjo and his family moved to Kadena City in Okinawa to join his father, Seiryo, where they opened the Kadena Shubukan. Seiyu Shinjo’s second son, Narahiro Shinjo, was born that year. Kiyohide Shinjo also began training in It was in this dojo, the Kadena Shubukan, that grandfather, father, and son all taught Uechi Ryu (at one time or another) until the dojo was closed down due to city redevelopment in September
Kiyohide Shinjo was promoted to Shodan (first degree black belt) in In , Kiyohide Shinjo won 1st place in both kata and kumite (sparring) in the 3rd annual Okinawa Championship Tournament. He continued to do so for a record nine years straight. Between and , Narahiro Shinjo placed 1st in kata in 6 of the annual all Okinawan Championship Tournaments.
In , Seiryo Shinjo, Kiyohide’s grandfather, died. Kiyhohide Shinjo was inducted to the Board of Directors of the All Okinawan Karate Federation in He was the Chairman of the Board from through , and he still serves on this Board to