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{{short description|Japanese karateka}}
{{Infobox martial artist
| name            = Kiyotada Sannosuke Ueshima
| residence       = 
| other_names     = Kiyotada Sanosuke Ueshima
| image           = Sannosuke Ueshima - photo.jpg
| image_size      = 180
| caption         = Historical photo of Sannosuke Ueshima
| birth_name      = 
| birth_date      = 1893
| birth_place     = [[Akō, Hyōgo]], [[Japan]] 
| death_date      = {{death year and age|1987|1893}}
| death_place     = [[Osaka, Japan]]
| death_cause     = 
| martial_art     = [[Kodokan Judo]], [[Kushin-ryu]]
| teacher         = Sugaya Ueshima, Kiyotada Kahei Matsubara, Kanamori Kinjo/Kinsei Kinjo
| rank            = 8th Dan
| students        = 
| website         = 
| footnotes       = 
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Kiyotada Sannosuke Ueshima'''|{{linktext|上島}} {{linktext|三之助}} {{linktext|清忠}}|Ueshima Sannosuke Kiyotada|1893–1987}} 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 ([[Jujutsu]]) at Kiyotada Kahei Matsubara's academy in [[Akō, Hyōgo]]. When he was nine years old, he started the study of the karate katas [[Pinan series|Channan]] and [[Kūsankū (kata)|Kūshankū]] from Sugaya Ueshima, an Akō police officer who was originally from [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]].<ref name=indonesia>[http://kushinryubali.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/kiyotada-sannosuke-ueshima-founder-of-kushin-ryu/ Kushin Ryu M Karatedo Indonesia, Kiyotada Sannosuke Ueshima Founder Of Kushin ryu]</ref>

==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 Matsubara and Guikyo Mazai Akada.<ref name="indonesia"/> 
After receiving his title, Ueshima moved to [[Osaka]], where he opened the Konshin-ryu Juhojutsu (Konshin-ryu jujutsu) Academy. Several Okinawan karate teachers practiced and taught karate there.<ref name="indonesia"/> These included:
* [[Chōki Motobu]] who taught the [[Shuri-te]] and [[Tomari-te]] style.
* Kanamori "Kinsei" Kinjo who taught the styles [[Shōrin-ryū]] and [[Gōjū-ryū]].
* [[Chōshin Chibana]] who founder and taught the Shōrin-ryū Kobayashi style.

==Founder of Kushin-ryu==

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.{{fact|date=August 2024}} In 1933, the [[Dai Nippon Butoku Kai]] conferred the title of professor (kyoshi) 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]] (founder of the [[Gōjū-ryū]] style), and Yasuhiro Konishi (founder of the [[Shindo (martial art)|Shindo]] Shizen/[[Jinenkan|Jinen]] style).

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.

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