Rank 8th Dan | Name Sannosuke Ueshima | |
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Other names Kiyotada Sanosuke Ueshima Style Kodokan Judo, Kushin-ryu Teacher(s) Sugaya Ueshima, Kiyotada Kahei Matsubara, Kanamori Kinjo/Kinsei Kinjo | ||
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-ryu Juho-jutsu (Jujutsu) at Matsubara's academy in the city of Ako, Hyogo. His teacher was Kiyotada Kahei Matsubara. When he was 9 years old he learned the katas Channan and Kushanku from Sugaya Ueshima, a police officer of Ako, who was originally from Okinawa.
Konshin-ryu Juho-jutsu
In 1918, at the age of 25, Ueshima received the title of professor of Konshin-ryu juho-jutsu (Konshin-ryu jujutsu) from professor Matsubara and professor Guikyo Mazai Akada. After receiving his title Ueshima relocated to the city of Osaka where he opened the academy of Konshin-ryu juho-jutsu (Konshin-ryu jujutsu). Several teachers of Karate arrived from Okinawa to practice and to teach Karate. 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 Goju-ryu 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, Kinjo 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. His teacher, Kanamori Kinjo/ Kinsei Kinjo, professor of the styles Shorin-ryu and Goju-ryu and professor of Karate to Ueshima, returned to his native Okinawa where he spread the Kushin-ryu style.