Shoji Nishio 西尾昭二kaitennage

Shoji Nishio (西尾昭二Nishio Shōji?, December 5, 1927 -- March 15, 2005) was a Japanese aikido teacher holding the rank of 8th dan shihan from the Aikikai. Life and career 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

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