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Nishi Shiki (Nishi Health System) consists of health exercises purported to activate certain bodily functions. [1] It was founded in 1927 by Katsuzō Nishi. [2]Because Katsuzō Nishi was also an aikido teacher at Aikikai Hombu Dojo, many aikidoka were introduced to the Nishi Health System, resulting in the incorporation of certain exercises, like the fish exercise (kingyo undō, 金魚運動 ...
Katsuzō Nishi sensei. The health for which Katsuzō Nishi is grateful came by struggle. What he was he owed to his original methods of health building, methods which were a precious outcome of years of careful study of nearly every theory of health and preventative medicine to be found in the world, of endless experimentation, and lastly, of a very critical examination, from the standpoint of ...
Shoji Nishio (西尾 昭二, Nishio Shōji, December 5, 1927 – March 15, 2005) was a Japanese aikido practitioner and innovator. He held the rank of 8th dan shihan from the Aikikai.
Nishio style Aikido, often simply referred to by Aikido practitioners as Nishio Aikido, [1] is a martial art style created by Shoji Nishio, a prolific Aikido ...
In order to teach and practice Aikikai Aikido more efficiently and effectively, he developed a didactic system called Sanshinkai Aikido (三心会合気道). It consists of three pilars of which aikido is the main one. The additional two are, what he called, genkikai (a collection of health exercises) and the hojo no kata. As all pilats use the ...
Aikido was created by Morihei Ueshiba (植芝 盛平) (1883–1969), referred to by some aikido practitioners as Ōsensei (Great Teacher). [13] The term aikido was coined in the 20th century. [ 14 ] Ueshiba envisioned aikido not only as the synthesis of his martial training, but as an expression of his personal philosophy of universal peace and ...
Aikido Toho Iaido, sometimes referred as Nishio-ryu Iaido, is a style created by Shoji Nishio, a prolific Aikido practitioner. Its katas consist of 15 katas, most of ...
Patricia Hendricks is an American aikido teacher and founder of Aikido of San Leandro. She is also the head of division one (the Iwama division) of the California Aikido Association and is the first "menkyo-kaiden" in Saito's system of aiki-ken and aiki-jo. [1] As a 7th Dan Shihan, she is one of the highest and most noted aikido instructors in ...