Education
Nishioka studied constantly with Shimizu Takaji until Shimizu’s death in 1978.
西岡常夫清隆会
Nishioka studied constantly with Shimizu Takaji until Shimizu’s death in 1978.
As of 2012, Nishioka had retired from active teaching although several of his menkyo kaiden continue to transmit his teachings. Nishioka received his first scroll of transmission (Oku-iri) in 1941, the second (Shomokuroku) in 1943 and (Gomokuroku) in 1966. In 1975 Nishioka received his Menkyo Kaiden or "license of full transmission" from Shimizu Takaji.
Nishioka created the Sei Ryu Kai in honor of Shimizu Takaji after his death by using the kanji found in his name to form Sei (or Shi) 清;Ryu 隆 –and Kai 会, which could be interpreted as "Shimizu Takaji’s" group.
Lower levels of recognition such as Shomokuroku (literal transport - Beginning Catalog) and Gomokuroku (Afterwards Catalog) are considered "Assistants" to an active Menkyo Kaiden or Shihan. According to Nishioka Sensei, a Mokuroku isn"t a qualification and is an expression of the will of the predecessors to convey "their hopes for the future", and it is still in the middle of the pathological
Mitsuo Hamaji
Michio Kaneda
Kazuhiko Ishiko
Toshimoto Tamiya
Phillip Relnick
Pascal Krieger
Hiroaki Ishida
Katsuhiko Arai
Taisuke Watanabe
Hiroshi Yamada
Masami Kitta. North.B. Listed in chronological order in line with Japanese etiquette and sourced from Nishioka Sensei"s own "My Wish" for his successors, dated 12 September 2010.
Mitsuyama Katsuo
Kamiya Zenshiro
Kawana Katsumi
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Suezawa Hideaki
Glen Henry
Vincente Borondo
Adrian Knight.