Ryuko Tomoyose

Master Ryuko Tomoyose is George Mattson Sensei's teacher. He played a pivotal role in North American Uechi Ryu by obtaining Uechi Kanei's permission to teach North American students and accepting Mattson Sensei as a student. As Mattson Sensei brought Uechi ryu to America, Master Tomoyose has continued to play an active and pivotal role.

 

"To stand straight is to give up the burden of insecurity. To breathe slowly is to take life as it comes, without allowing memory or expectation to interfere.

As the body becomes quiet, the mind becomes quiet. The qi flows not only within the body, but between oneself and Nature.

In breathing, the external world becomes you. Yet you do not own it, you let it go and return breath to its source -- what Chinese people call the Tao."

Kenneth Cohen