| Year | Event | | 1897 | Kanbun Uechi went to China and studied Pangainoon (hard and soft method of three animal forms -- tiger, dragon, crane) for ten years under Shusshabu (a/k/a Shushiwa) | | 1907 | Kanbun opened his own dojo in China. | | 1910 | Kanbun closed the dojo and returned to his home village of Izumi on Okinawa after one of his students killed a man during a rice field irrigation dispute. | | 1926 | Kanbun opened a dojo in mainland Japan teaching only three kata, kotegitae, and Chinese medicine (note: this is the first time Pangainoon was taught outside of China). | | 1937 | Kanei Uechi, Kanbun's oldest son, opened a dojo in mainland Japan after ten years of study under his father. | | 1940 | Kanbun was awarded the title of Grandmaster and his students further honored him by renaming Pangainoon to "Uechi-ryu" (which means "in the style of Uechi"). | | 1942 | Uechi-ryu was taught for the first time in Okinawa when Kanei returned, but he soon closed the dojo due to World War II. Kanbun reopened the dojo after the war. | | 1948 | Kanbun (71) died, Kanei moved to Futenma and opened a dojo. | | 1967 | Kanei Uechi is awarded 10th Degree Black Belt by Japan and Okinawa Karate Federations. | | 1983 | Nestor Folta went to Okinawa and studied under the direct tutelage of Kanei for 5 years. | | 1988 | Nestor Folta returns to Washington, DC. | | 1991 | Kanei Uechi dies and Kanmei becomes president of Uechi-Ryu Karate-Do Association. | | 1999 | Nestor Folta receives Master Level Instructor Certification. | | 2005 | Nestor Folta receives 7th degree black belt (Kyoshi) |
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Brief Uechi-Ryu History
