Sannosuke Ueshima

Kiyotada Sannosuke Ueshima
Born 1893
Akō, Hyōgo, Japan
Died 1987 (94 years old)
Osaka, Japan
Other names Kiyotada Sanosuke Ueshima
Style Kodokan Judo, Kushin-ryu
Teacher(s) Sugaya Ueshima, Kiyotada Kajei Matsubara, Kanamori Kinzyo
Rank 8th Dan

Kiyotada Sannosuke Ueshima (1893 - 1987) was a Japanese martial arts master who developed and founded the Kushin-ryu style of karate in Osaka, Japan.

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Karate-do

At only 3 years old he began his training in Konshin Yujoyitsu (Jujutsu) at Matsubara's academy in the city of Akō, Hyōgo. His teacher was Kiyotada Kajei Matsubara. When he was 9 years old he learned the katas Channan and Kūshankū from Sugaya Ueshima, a police officer of Akō, who was originally from Okinawa.[1]

Konshin-ryu Yujoyitsu

In 1918, at the age of 25, Ueshima received the title of professor of Konshin Yujoyitsu from professor Matsubara and professor Guikyo Mazai Akada.[1] After receiving his title Ueshima relocated to the city of Osaka where he opened the academy of Konshin-ryu Yujoyitsu. Several teachers of Karate arrived from Okinawa to practice and to teach Karate[1]. These included:

Founder of Kushin-ryu

In 1932 Ueshima founded the style of Kushin-ryu Karate-do, developed from the union of Konshin-Ryu with Gōjū-ryū Karate. In 1935 and for the first time in Japan, the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai conferred the title of professor of Karate (KYOSHI) to Ueshima with two others. The martial arts masters who received the distinction included:

In 1940 the Kinzyo received the title of professor of Karate (Renshi) from the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai. In 1946, at the end of World War II, the dissolution of the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai took place. In 1965, Ueshima received the title of 8th Dan of Kodokan Judo. The teacher Kanamori Kinzyo, professor of the styles Shōrin-ryū and Gōjū-ryū and professor of Karate to Ueshima, returned to his native Okinawa where he spread the Kushin-ryu style.

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