Yoichiro Kuniyoshi is 6th dan in Uechi-ryu karate, a student of the Uechi-ryu master Kiyohide Shinjo. Recently Yoichiro Kuniyoshi set up his own dojo in Yomitan so James and I stopped by to take some portraits of him and his younger brother Wataru Kuniyoshi (3rd dan).
After shooting portraits in the dojo, we popped down to the beach where Kuniyoshi performed the kata Sanchin, as his younger brother punched, kicked, and smacked him with a piece of timber.
Yoichiro Kuniyoshi 6th dan Uechi-ryu Karate photographed at his dojo in Yomitan for the Karate Masters Portrait Project http://www.TRAVEL67.comYoichiro Kuniyoshi 6th dan Uechi-ryu Karate photographed at his dojo in Yomitan for the Karate Masters Portrait Project http://www.TRAVEL67.comYoichiro Kuniyoshi 6th dan Uechi-ryu Karate photographed at his dojo in Yomitan for the Karate Masters Portrait Project http://www.TRAVEL67.comYoichiro Kuniyoshi 6th dan Uechi-ryu Karate photographed at his dojo in Yomitan for the Karate Masters Portrait Project http://www.TRAVEL67.comYoichiro Kuniyoshi 6th dan Uechi-ryu Karate photographed at his dojo in Yomitan for the Karate Masters Portrait Project http://www.TRAVEL67.comYoichiro Kuniyoshi 6th dan Uechi-ryu Karate photographed at his dojo in Yomitan for the Karate Masters Portrait Project http://www.TRAVEL67.comYoichiro Kuniyoshi 6th dan Uechi-ryu Karate with his younger brother Wataru Kuniyoshi (3rd dan) training on the beach in Yomitan, Okinawa. http://www.TRAVEL67.comYoichiro Kuniyoshi 6th dan Uechi-ryu Karate with his younger brother Wataru Kuniyoshi (3rd dan) training on the beach in Yomitan, Okinawa. http://www.TRAVEL67.com
Images shot with the Sony A7RIV with the 24-105mm lens. Strobe used was a Profoto B1 with a white softlight reflector.
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