Uechi-Ryu Oryukai 上地流唐手道欧琉会
Learn and share the best practices of Okinawa Uechi-Ryu Karate
Welcome on Uechi-Ryu Oryukai website.
Our Community of Practice is open to all level and all organizations, we believe the differences are making the difference.
All members are willing to connect or reconnect of the essence of traditional Uechi-Ryu developed by Kanei Uechi sensei.
Uechi-Ryu Karate (上地流空手道)
Uechi-Ryu Karate is a traditional style of Okinawan Karate based on Chinese Tiger Fist Boxing (Fujian Province). Our style is always described as “half-hard, half-soft” Karate; This combination makes the techniques very powerful and applicables to self-defence.
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Join Uechi-Ryu Oryukai
Our community of practice is open to all practitioners willing to understand better their art and as well open to beginners.
Our group is spread over the world so we will regularly work on-line and we have one or 2 seminars per year.
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The Uechi-Ryu Institute
Through our Community Practice you can get access to the Uechi-Ryu Karate Institute (Uechi-Ryu Kenkyujo) where you can learn traditional Uechi-Ryu Karate and the OldWay of Kanei Uechi sensei..
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The Sensei
The On-Line Program and our Virtual Dojo have been build and designed by Lionel Reynaud sensei.
Lionel is teaching within the Mattson Academy (Miami) and in Europe; Lionel has been awarded Jun Shihan by Mattson sensei in 2019.
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Uechi-Ryu Oryukai patches
You can order our community’s karate gi patches to display its colors and support it. We offer two designs, which you can purchase individually or in sets. To order patches, please contact us via the Contact Form and provide your address so we can calculate the correct shipping costs.
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2024-2025 Summary
This season will be remembered as a milestone for our community, with the creation of the Uechi-Ryu Karate Institute. This new structure now offers both English- and French-speaking practitioners the opportunity to learn and refine our style of karate, in a spirit of openness and sharing. Within the group, we had the joy of awarding…
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2025 France Seminar
On June 7th and 8th, our online dojo had the pleasure of hosting the very first Uechi-Ryu Oryukai gathering! This event was co-organized with the Shubukan Dojo in Toulouse, where our sensei, Lionel Reynaud, teaches every week. Intense Days of Okinawan Karate These two days were especially intense and enriching! We took the opportunity to…
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Interview – Back from Winterfest
We are thrilled to welcome back our Sensei, Lionel Reynaud, who has just returned from his trip to Florida where he participated in the prestigious Winterfest (March 7–8), organized by George Mattson, often considered the father of Uechi-Ryu Karate in America. Uechi-Ryu Oryukai: Welcome back, Lionel! You just returned from the USA, where you took…
