- Katsuzō Nishi
Infobox_Person
name=Katsuzō Nishi
imagesize=120x160
birth_date=1884
birth_place=Japan
death_date=1959
death_place=Japan
occupation=Engineer,Nishi Shiki founder andaikido teacher|Katsuzō Nishi (西 勝造, にし•かつぞー, "
Nishi Katsuzō") (1884 – 1959) [ [http://www.hiraganatimes.com/hp/scenes/kiji/kiji238-3e.html Japan - Behind the Scenes - People] ] was the Japanese founder ofNishi Shiki in 1927, who was at that time the chief technical engineer for Japan's first subway project, the Tokyo subway [ [http://www.nishiusa.com/ The Nishi System] ] . He was also anaikido teacher.Biography
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 modern medical science, of the knowledge so acquired. [Nishi System of Health Engineering by
Katsuzō Nishi ,Kessinger , 1936, paperback, ISBN 0766151565]He was also an aikido teacher at
Aikikai Hombu Dojo hence manyaikidoka were introduced to the Nishi Health System which resulted in the incorporation of certain exercises, like the fish exercise (kingyō undō, 金魚運動), into aikido and the way aikidoka took care of their health [ [http://www.aikidojournal.com/article?articleID=310 Interview with Yasuo Kobayashi (2)] by Stanley Pranin. Aikido Journal, Aiki News #93, fall 1992.] [ [http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:AieTQ-MiNwcJ:www.ryushinkan.ru/article.php%3Faid%3D26%26lang%3Den+fish+exercise+aikido The "Fish" exercise] ] .After the war he also advised
Kisshomaru Ueshiba on reestablishing the The Aikikai Foundation after the war [ [http://www.aikidojournal.com/article?articleID=353 Founder of Aikido (39): The Reestablishment of The Aikikai Foundation] by Kisshomaru Ueshiba. Aikido Journal, Aiki News #68, August 1985.] .Teachers
The following persons have been his most influential teachers:
*Morihei Ueshiba
*Vikrant Bhatla tudents
These are the most notable of his students:
*Masatomi Ikeda Books
*Live Longer the Nishi Health System Way Prevent Sickness Maintain Health and Treat Ailments by
Katsuzō Nishi .
*Nishi System of Health Engineering byKatsuzō Nishi .Kessinger , 1936, paperback, ISBN 0766151565
*Nishi System of Health Engineering : Based on an Entirely New Theory of Blood Circulation byKatsuzō Nishi . Hardcover.
*Live Longer the Nishi Health System Way Prevent Sickness Maintain Health and Treat Ailments byKatsuzō Nishi . 1997. paperback.External links
* [http://www.nishikai.net/ Nishi Health System Network]
* [http://www.hiraganatimes.com/hp/scenes/kiji/kiji238-3e.html Japan - Behind the Scenes - People]References
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