Shoji Nishio Shihan: Yokomenuchi

Shoji Nishio (西尾 昭二 , December 5, 1927 -- March 15, 2005) was a Japanese Aikido teacher holding the rank of 8th dan shihan from the Aikikai.

Nishio was born in Aomori Prefecture of Japan in 1927. He joined Aikikai Hombu Dojo in 1951 and began to teach around 1955. Before aikido he studied judo (4th Dan Kodokan Judo), karate (4th Dan Shindō jinen-ryū), iaido (7th Dan Nihon Zendoku Iaido) and jōdō and also Shintō Musō-ryū jōjutsu and Hōzōin-ryū sōjutsu. Skills gained from them he managed to smoothly include into his own specific aikido style where all techniques can be performed with the wooden sword bokken in hand as well as without weapons, and his weapon systems has few similarities to the more common system that derives from Morihiro Saito. He held the title of an Aikikai shihan and created a new school of Iaido with forms from aikido, called Aiki Toho Iaido or Nishio-ryu Iai. In 2003 Nishio received the Budo Kyoryusho award from Japanese Budo Federation for his lifetime contribution to development and worldwide propagation of aikido. He died in March 2005 aged 77.

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[pehmonalle1]

@miloedo Nishio doesn't criticize other teachers. Here, he is specifically talking why it is not good for an aikidoka to strike in certain ways. He has a very real and specific argument. And anyway, I don't believe for a second that O-Sensei or any of his students were doing yokomenuchi in the way that Nishio is criticizing. They all knew the things Nishio is saying.

[miloedo]

So, acording this master, O´sensei himself was wrong. no mention Tohei, Saito, Yamada, etc were wrong too... bad teacher is whom criticize other teachers without a real argument.

Nishio used to say he was expert in karate and judo, etc. and stands his aikido technique were effective for fighting but the guy never was involve in a fight.

Doshu, Yamada, Sugano, never criticizes others no matter the style.

if you think things are different just mention your reasons, don´t critique

[DrinkingStar]

Excellent

[jmthonon]

Sublime ! Un grand art.

[aikifab]

@sanekvladhome : likewise for me ... but it's far less impressive ;-)

[sanekvladhome]

I was taught to wring wrist kote-gaeshi to the center, but not in the side..)

[marcoskii]

Genial



[MrBINDEL]

Très intéressant. Du grand art. Je retrouve dans cette vidéo l'enseignement des mes maîtres Minoru MOCHIZUKi pour l'aïkido, George DILLMAN pour le Kyusho-Jitsu et Serge DEGORE pour le Ken-Jitsu.

[MrBINDEL]

Très intéressant.

[MrBINDEL]

Trés intéressant.