Shinyu Gushi
Uechi Ryu 10th Dan Hanshi
Shinyu Gushi started his training in Uechi-Ryu over 50 years ago with Saburo Uehara (a direct student of Kanbun Uechi). He also studied Uechi-Ryu with Seiyu Shinjo (also a direct student of Kanbun Uechi) and Seiko Itokazu. He studied Kobudo (weapons) with Akamine Shoichi and Seiko Itokazu (Kobudo style mainly Matayoshi based).
Donald Joyner
Uechi Ryu 10th Dan Hanshi
Sensei Don Joyner began his Okinawan Karate training in 1972 at the Kalamazoo YMCA under Black-Belts Steve Fuller and Bill Keith of the Okinawan Karate Club of Kalamazoo, MI. Then his formal training has been under James Thompson, 9th Degree Black Belt, Shihan Hanshi Master Instructor of the Okinawan Karate Academy, in Kalamazoo, MI.