Tsuyoshi Uechi 8th dan Isshinryu Karate(traditional okinawan karate) all Isshinryu kicks here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nznlnRs8kY&t=34s
Angi Uzeu Kicking
These
are the kicks that Uechi Sensei teaches at Camp Foster and his dojo in Misato,
Okinawa City.
He
performs them in a more thrusting-type motion moving forward and more
snapping-type motion moving backwards.
the
chart 2 kicks are only very basic actions.
there are many variations and other kicks not
in the basics or kata.
a side thrust kick is in wansu in my humble opinion although most
do a side snap.
some do a forward angle
kick like i first learned.
sliding back kick,
spinning back kick,
side thrust kick and
roundhouse kicks are all very effective
and
I taught those with the explanation that they weren't in the basic curriculum,
but now are part of the style.
I
was in detroit when angi uezu learned the various kicks from Willie Adams and
then put them in his curriculum and on his tapes.
Mr Uechi
was a shodan when i was in okinawa and a very nice man- good karate,.
All, the Keri
Waza being shown by Tsuyoshi Uechi, on Okinawa, are probably very close to what
Shimabuku Kichero taught. Uechi does teach on Okinawa today, and a ‘grand’
student- Andy Sloan does teach with him.
(although
I am of the opinion that Isshinryu may not continue long there, too much effort
towards foreign students and not enough to Okinawan students the possible
answer to that)
The lower body
chart I used was the same I studied in Tom Lewis’ dojo in Salisbury. Which is
the same Charlie studied there too.
When I joined
the internet in the late 80s and started talking with Isshinryu, I quickly
learned there were many different versions for the kicking.
As I wasn’t
associated with anyone else, I saw no reason to change. The chart we use
actually has about 90% of the kicks on Okinawa. The rest are more obscure IMO
and not as likely answers how to kick.
The one Uechi
shows are at times somewhat different, but just with the variation of the
themes. IMO there is no right answer, there are just those who make their
answer right.
Tom Lewis Dojo Original Lower Body
Combinations
1. Front
Snap Kick
2. Knee
Strike (45degrees)
3. Front
Kick (Side)
4. Cross
Kick
5. Side
Snap Kick
6. Heel
Strike (Knee)
7. Knee
Strike
8. Rear
Kick
9. Side
Kick (45 degrees rear)
10. Squat Kick
11. Side Kick (on Floor)
12. Front (from floor)
13. Double Jump Kick
14. Roundhouse Kick
15. Side Kick (Rear 45 degrees), Rear Kick
Expanding on the Lower Body Chart Exercises
The process of
learning never stops.
Let me give an
example. Last night Mike was putting the kids through some of our kihon from
Me. Lewis’s lower body chart. Of course Kihon, while referring to basic
exercises, are also fire breathing techniques.
Specifically
those techniques were the front thrust kick from your back on the floor and the
side thrust kick on your side on the floor. While defensive in nature they
teach you to defend yourself from the disadvantaged position on the ground.
I began them my
first night and I still teach them within the first 4 nights. They are not
beginning techniques and are regular drills, Crossing the legs to protect the
groin, raising yourself to your elbows so you can shift around to face the
attacker, and of course learning the front thrust kick and the side thrust kick
from the floor. With the groin and the knee as targets. Then becoming the
target to allow the youth to have a shifting target to move towards.
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