Masaaki Ueki

Masaaki Ueki
Born	(1939-03-24)24 March 1939 Japan
Style	Shotokan Karate
Teacher(s)	Masatoshi Nakayama, Motokuni Sugiura
Rank	9th dan karate (JKA)

Masaaki Ueki (植木政明, Ueki Masaaki, born 24 March 1939 in Tokyo) is a Japanese master of Shotokan karate.^[1]

He started karate at the age of sixteen, during his third year of high school under Sugiura, with only one other student participating. Despite beginning with judo, he found himself too small, but became interested in karate because of its emphasis on speed. Therefore, he trained and developed through the grades, and after graduating from Asia University he was encouraged to join the instructor’s programme.

Ueki's karate places a deep emphasis on very strong basics and stances, and he believes to fully appreciate and totally benefit from kata training, one needs to pull the kata apart.

As a young man, he was also very interested in competition, and at the 8th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1965) he became tournament Grand Champion placing 1st Kata and 2nd Kumite, improving on this three years later at the 11th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1968) where again he was tournament Grand Champion placing 1st Kumite and 1st Kata.

Ueki was also used in Nakayama’s Best Karate series. Of Ueki, M. Nakayama wrote ‘the hands and feet of Masaaki Ueki are worth watching, for they are very fast and truly sharp. It is not surprising that many opponents have been defeated’.

Ueki still teaches today, and holding an 9th Dan grade, he is the most senior Instructor of Japan Karate Association.

Major tournament wins

18th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1975) - 1st Place Kata

17th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1974) - 1st Place Kata

14th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1971) - Tournament Grand Champion; 1st Place Kata; 2nd Place Kumite

11th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1968) - Tournament Grand Champion; 1st Place Kumite; 1st Place Kata

10th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1967) - 1st Place Kata

9th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1966) - 2nd Place Kata

8th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1965) - Tournament Grand Champion; 1st Place Kata; 2nd Place Kumite

References

↑ Shotokanway: Instructor profiles

External links

JKA Official website

JKA All-Japan Male Champions - Kata

1957 to 1989	1957: Hiroshi Shoji 1958: Hirokazu Kanazawa 1959: Takayuki Mikami 1960: Hiroshi Shoji 1961: Takayuki Mikami 1962: Hiroshi Shirai 1963: Tetsuhiko Asai 1965: Masaaki Ueki 1966: Hideo Ochi 1967: Masaaki Ueki 1968: Masaaki Ueki 1969: Hideo Ochi 1970: Yoshimasa Takahashi 1971: Masaaki Ueki 1972: Yoshimasa Takahashi 1973: Yoshimasa Takahashi 1974: Masaaki Ueki 1975: Masaaki Ueki 1976: Hideo Ochi 1978: Yoshiharu Osaka 1979: Yoshiharu Osaka 1980: Yoshiharu Osaka 1981: Yoshiharu Osaka 1982: Yoshiharu Osaka 1983: Yoshiharu Osaka 1984: Mikio Yahara 1985: Masayoshi Kagawa 1986: Minoru Kawawada 1987: Minoru Kawawada 1988: Naito Takashi Hashiguchi 1989: Tomoyuki Aihara

1990 - 1999	1990**: Tomoyuki Aihara]] 1991: Tomoyuki Aihara 1992: Takenori Imura 1993: Takenori Imura 1994: Takenori Imura 1995: Takenori Imura 1996: Takenori Imura 1997: Seizo Izumiya 1998: Yuji Hashiguchi 1999: Takuya Taniyama

2000 - present	2000: Takuya Taniyama 2001: Katsutoshi Shiina 2002: Katsutoshi Shiina 2003: Takuya Taniyama 2004: Katsutoshi Shiina 2005: Kunio Kobayashi 2006: Kazuaki Kurihara 2007: Kazuaki Kurihara 2008: Kunio Kobayashi 2009: Kazuaki Kurihara 2010: Kazuaki Kurihara 2011: Kazuaki Kurihara 2012: Kazuaki Kurihara 2013: Kazuaki Kurihara

JKA All-Japan Male Champions - Kumite

1957 to 1989	1957: Hirokazu Kanazawa 1958: Hirokazu Kanazawa / Takayuki Mikami 1959: Takayuki Mikami 1960: Masaki Sato 1961: Tetsuhiko Asai 1962: Hiroshi Shirai 1963: Keinosuke Enoeda 1965: Katsuya Kisaka 1966: Hideo Ochi 1967: Hideo Ochi 1968: Masaaki Ueki 1969: Takeshi Oishi 1970: Takeshi Oishi 1971: Takeshi Oishi 1972: Masayoshi Kagawa 1973: Takeshi Oishi 1974: Masahiko Tanaka 1975: Masahiko Tanaka 1976: Yoshiharu Osaka 1978: Toshihiro Mori 1979: Fujikiyo Omura 1980: Toshihiro Mori 1981: Takayuki Tsuchii 1982: Masashi Sakata 1983: Hideo Yamamoto 1984: Hideo Yamamoto 1985: Masayoshi Kagawa 1986: Yasunori Ogura 1987: Masaaki Yokomichi 1988: Tomio Imamura 1989: Masayoshi Kagawa

1990 - 1999	1990**: Tomio Imamura 1991: Katsutoshi Shiina 1992: Tatsuya Naka 1993: Katsutoshi Shiina 1994: Katsutoshi Shiina 1995: Takuya Taniyama 1996: Takuya Taniyama 1997: Toshito Kokubun 1998: Takuya Taniyama 1999: Kunio Kobayashi

2000 - present	2000: Toshito Kokubun 2001: Takuya Taniyama 2002: Kunio Kobayashi 2003: Kunio Kobayashi 2004: Kunio Kobayashi 2005: Koji Ogata 2006: Ryosuke Shimizu 2007: Takuya Taniyama 2008: Ryosuke Shimizu 2009: Yusuke Inokoshi 2010: Keisuke Nemoto 2011: Kazuaki Kurihara 2012: Keisuke Nemoto 2013: Keisuke Nemoto

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