Sensei Phillip DeCosta - Rokudan Renshi (6th Dan) Jean DeCosta on becoming 8th dan - "Getting her kicks" - The Sun Chronicle In 1986, Ed and Jean visited Okinawa and received an Intensive Training Certificate from the late Master Kanei Uechi. She has trained in Okinawa and was the first woman in the United States to achieve 8th dan in the Shohei Ryu/Uechi Ryu style. Jean has practiced karate for over 35 years and co-teaches the Juniors and Tiny Tigers classes. Sensei Jean DeCosta - Hachidan Kyoshi (8th Dan) Children are especially welcome at the school and parents have commented on the difference karate can make for their children. Through the years he has taught students with behavioral problems, handicapped children and adults, dyslexic children, children with ADDS (Attention Deficit Disorder Syndrome), the visibility impaired, children with Downes Syndrome and others. He teaches all classes in his school and is assisted by his wife and other high ranking black belts many who have been with him for 30 years or more.īoth he and Jean are both active in the community, performing for community events, schools, libraries, churches, scouting organizations and women's groups, and frequently hold seminars and specialized workouts. During one of his trips to Okinawa, both he and his wife Jean, were personally awarded Intensive Training Certificates by Master Kanei Uechi. His rank is Shihan (master instructor) and 9th Dan black belt in the Okikukai Association. In the 39 years in downtown North Attleboro, he has taught hundreds of students, both children and adults, the defensive style of Shohei-Ryu. Shihan Edward DeCosta - Kyudan Hanshi (9th Dan)Įd opened his dojo in April of 1974 in downtown North Attleboro, the first karate school in the area. To this day, the dojo maintains a close relationship with the Okinawa Karate do Association headquartered in Okinawa, Japan. His son, Kanei, continued his father's legacy and in 1995, the style's name was changed to Shohei Ryu, which means "to shine brightly" and secondly, "fairness, equality and peace." Upon returning to Okinawa, Japan, he developed the Uechi Ryu katas. Kanbun Uechi studied the art of Pangainoon in Fukien, China.
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