Community of Practice

Our Institute is part of the Uechi-Ryu Oryukai Community of Practice.

Oryukai (欧琉会) is a Japanese word composed of three kanji characters:

• 欧 (pronounced “O”) is the first kanji of the word Europe.
• 琉 (pronounced “RYU”) is the first kanji of Ryukyu, the ancient kingdom of Okinawa.
• 会 (pronounced “KAI”) means group or association.

Thus, the term Oryukai defines the group that connects Okinawa and Europe.

Philosophy

Uechi-Ryu Oryukai is a non profit organization willing to populate Uechi-Ryu Karate and teach the Traditional Uechi-Ryu Karate.
To spread our Karate we have 2 online programs :

• Oryukan (for French speaking students)
• Uechi-Ryu Kenkyujo (for English speaking students)

Through our community of practice these programs are connected to the IUKF, the European Uechi-Ryu Karate Group and the Uechi-Ryu Karate Kyokai.

Our community of practice is open to all karatekas whatever the organization and we do not ask them to change of organization by joining us !