Tags: Martial Artist.
Ansei Ueshiro (宇江城 安盛 Ueshiro Ansei April 20 1933 – May 7th 2002) was an influential Okinawan martial artist who was the nephew of Ankichi Arakaki the chief instructor at the original Nagamine Dojo in Okinawa and the composer of Fukyugata Sandan kata. Born in Kin Okinawa Ueshiro relocated to the United States in 1962 at the request of founder Shōshin Nagamine of Matsubayashi Shōrin-ryū under whom he had studied for the purpose of spreading the martial art.