Sannosuke Ueshima


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

Karate-do

When he was three years old, he began studying Konshin-ryu Juhojutsu at Kiyotada Kahei Matsubara's academy in Akō, Hyōgo. When he was nine years old, he started the study of the karate katas Channan and Kūshankū from Sugaya Ueshima, an Akō police officer 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 from Matsubara and Guikyo Mazai Akada.
After receiving his title, Ueshima moved to Osaka, where he opened the Konshin-ryu Juhojutsu Academy. Several Okinawan karate teachers practiced and taught karate there. These included:
Kanamori Kinjo/Kinsei Kinjo, who taught Shōrin-ryū and Gōjū-ryū to Ueshima. In 1932, Ueshima founded the Kushin-ryu karate-do style, developed from Konshin-ryu and Gōjū-ryū karate. In 1933, the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai conferred the title of professor of judo to Ueshima. In 1935, and for the first time in Japan, the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai conferred the title of kyoshi to Ueshima, Chōjun Miyagi, and Yasuhiro Konishi.
In 1940, the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai conferred the title of renshi to Kinjo. In 1946, after the end of World War II, the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai was dissolved. In 1965, Ueshima received the title of 8th dan in Kodokan Judo. Kinjo returned to his native Okinawa, where he spread Kushin-ryu.