
Sensei Mattson has over 60 years of experience teaching Okinawan Uechi-ryu Karate in America and 20 years teaching online to students all over the world. He believes in maintaining the traditions of Okinawan Karate, discovering the origins of the art and its techniques, exploring those techniques and then applying them. Begin your practice of Uechi-ryu karate for self-defense and exercise using video courses and online coaching from Grandmaster George E. Wayne's philosophy is to embrace the art of the Martial Arts. Uechi-Ryu is a specific Karate-Do style with open hands and circular blocks. He has remained very active as a teacher and practitoner ever since.

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He began his studies on Okinawa in the mid 50s and began teaching Uechi-ryu in Boston in 1958. Uechiryu Karate Do (Classical Chinese Okinawan Self Defense)George E, From The Other Side Of The Moon: The First Novel Of The Seaville Wildfire TrilogyLeighton J. Mattson was the first to teach Uechi-ryu professionally in the USA, resulting in the majority of the growth of the system. Mattson is well known within the martial art community and respected as an innovator, author, teacher and practitioner of the martial arts. Mattson was promoted to 1st degree black belt before leaving Okinawa at the end of his service in the military. Learn Okinawan Traditional Karate with the father of Uechi Ryu in America. He continues to expand his training within the Academy of Okinawan Karate in Marshfield as well as through seminars with colleagues and other instructors who have also trained under the late Sensei Summers and the Okinawan Masters. He was also trained at the Uechi-Ryu Karate-Do headquarters by Kanei Uechi. The George Mattson Academy of Uechi Ryu Karate. He has trained in Okinawa with the masters there as well as training with the masters when they have visited here in the United States. This is the art as taught by the foremost American expert and the first non-Asian to learn the style. Wayne presently holds the master rank of Kyoshi, 7th dan. The Words of the Master I was a student of Uechi Ryu at the time George Mattson wrote his first book in this series. After attaining his second dan in Uechi Ryu with George Mattson and Bob Campbell, Sensei, Joe continued his training with Jon Cierri, Sensei, south of Boston in Marshfield. He then continues to train under Sensei Joe Montanino since 1995 in Marshfield and also under the late Sensei Jack Summers of Quincy acquiring a Master Instructor's certification. Joe started his journey in the martial arts in 1972 with George Mattson, Sensei, in Boston at the historic Hancock street dojo. Training with Sensei Cierri for a number of years he attained his third dan and an instructor's certification. Various students of Shinjo father and son have made it over through the years, and have established their own allegiences to the Shinjo family. Georges teacher was Tomoyose Ryuko, and Jims was Uechi Kanei. Most of what you see today came from these two men directly or indirectly. Nor can HURKC, its officers, and the author of this website assume any third party liability arising out of any legal actions you may be involved in as a result of the training you received by engaging in a study of any martial art as presented by this website or any other source cited herein either directly, or through the use of hyperlinks.Wayne began his martial arts journey in 1983 moving on to training in Uechi Ryu Karate in Marshfield under Sensei Jon Cierri in 1984. American Uechi Ryu mostly started with George Mattson and Jim Thompson. (hereafter called HURKC) its officers, partners, affiliates and any authors of this website cannot assume any responsibility or liability for any injuries or losses that you may incur as a result of acting upon any information provided by this website, or any links to other sites found herein.


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