The Three Toide Associations

Is the original Toide art. It was originally known on Okinawa as Goten-Te  (palace hand), and in the native Okinawan language Hogan as Motobu Udun Di  (Motobu’s royal-place hand). The name Motobu-ryu is a modernization of the older, formal names. This 13 generation old system was directed by Seikichi Uehara, Soke/10th dan, up until his recent passing (he lived to be 100 years of age). Mainly taught to Okinawans, the system consists of Dance, Throws, Weapons, Sword, etc. The throws that Soke Uehara utilizes are applied with only enough force to subdue an opponent, and seems very similar to Aikido of Japan. A list of Motobu-ryu Shihan appears at the end of this document.*

(soft-hard coordinated mind-body-balance taking hand art) of the United States was founded by Rod Sacharnoski, Soke/10th dan. Soke Sacharnoski has been a member of the All Okinawa Seidokan Karate and Kobudo Renmei since 1982, and, as stated above, earned the rank of 9th Dan Hanshi in Seidokan Karate, Kobudo, and Toide. The main difference in the various Toide arts is that Soke Sacharnoski structured his Toide system as a total combat ryu (his throwing techniques are heavily influenced by the Aikijutsu and Jujutsu arts of Japan). Soke Sacharnoski does not teach O-dori (traditional Okinawan dance) such as Motobu-ryu does. Juko-ryu Toide specializes in numerous traditional weapons of Okinawa and Japan to include the Naginata, Yari, Bo, Sword, etc.