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.
For more info: http://www.aikidojournal.com/catalog/productdetails?code=dvd14
i enjoyed it!!
kucicstip 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Marvellous skills in aikiken... Seeing moves like that is not something common. Beautiful, yet deadly dance with respect to attacker in perfect harmony and balance. Crap, I am going to training hard today!
BK201Pila 1 year ago
Nice man. I had the honor of attending one of his seminars at Orange County Aiki Kai in 2001. Always had a smile :)
Tarc5150 1 year ago
Awesome moves!!! MERCY AND COMPASSION COUPLED WITH SELF DEFENSE, INSPIRATIONAL!! LOVE THE LAST MOVE SHOWN< THAT WOULD BREAK the NECK BONES to shards!!! awesome
crazybangalifarmer 1 year ago
This is amazing!!!
snot711 1 year ago
really beautiful!!!!!
aguiar90 1 year ago
It's nice to see an Aikido sensei acknowledging that Aikido was developed from the sword, and refreshing to see that he acknowledges that many Aikido sensei and practitioners don't know how to use the sword (although I find this a shame as the art seems to be going further from its roots and teachings), so it's good to see there are some schools still teaching the other aspects of Aikido, Shoji Nishio has excellent technique with the sword, jo and unarmed, very nice video, thanks for posting =)
Kizenkai 1 year ago
Excellent, thank you!
Fantazyer 1 year ago
thank you very much for posting such beautiful video's. they are excellent examples and perfect for instruction.
taeim43 1 year ago
Marvelous :)
lmarias89 1 year ago