About Study Groups in the UK There are Society members across the UK who incorporate aspects of Koryu Uchinadi into their training, with the 2-person drills complimenting the syllabus of their core style or association, or some who simply use the kata applications taught to address the bunkai/oyo jutsu element of their directed kata study. A study group session is directed towards the Koryu Uchinadi syllabus. Some of the people attending are ‘full-time’ KU students and others are there to learn new skills for some of the reasons explained above. The sessions are run informally by a study group leader, who is an unaccredited instructor who has been given permission by Hanshi McCarthy to guide the group along while their own skill develops. There are groups running in Central London, Essex, Stoke, Leeds, Newcastle and Devon. Each group runs independently and may meet on a weekly, fortnightly, or monthly basis. For the contact details of the nearest study group leader to you, please email us at the address shown at the bottom of the page. We are used to people of various styles and degrees of experience attending. Training is often conducted in a forum manner with an opportunity to train the two person drills, practice kata or try application drills. Membership to the IRKRS is not essential to come to one of the Study Groups. “I just wanted to drop you a line to let you know that the Study Group has blasted open the doors to new avenues of study for me, and I’m still totally dumb-struck by the wealth of knowledge that is within the Koryu Uchinadi training system.” Unsolicited testimonial, Mike Renouf, Manchester.
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