Thank-you Sochin, for your kind answer. I will give you guys a call. The Uechi fellow of whom you speak, is I believe, the same person I trained with for about a year. He moved to Salt Spring, but then moved onto a club in Colorado about 2 years ago. I haven't heard from him.

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lori m-d, no unfortunately, I haven't found an instructor yet, http://www.xpres.net/~gmattson/ubbs/frown.gif .

Yes, I've found the same thing as far as meeting other people with similar outlooks on life though. People willing to take a risk and try something new.

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As you've said, this issue is not limited to the world of martial arts. There've been enough stories over the past few years of inappropriate coaching situations.
Yes, I think, we will always have rumors. It's human nature. It seems to fall to the sensei of the dojo, to set the tone and ...

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Hello, I moved to Victoria, BC, Canada a few years ago. I am very interested in resuming my training in Uechi-Ryu, but have been unable to find an instructor for the past couple of years. Are there any Uechi-Ryu instructors currently offering classes in Victoria, or any who are interested (could be ...