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