Tsuneo Nishioka

Nishioka Tsuneo began his training in Shinto Muso-ryu in 1938 under Shimizu Takaji, from whom he received menkyo kaiden, a license of complete transmission. He also holds the teaching license and grade of hanshi hachidan, awarded by the All-Japan Kendo Federation. He is the author of several books on the martial arts and heads the Seiryukai, a group devoted to preserving the teachings of Shimizu Sensei. For more of Nishioka Sensei's story see "Nishioka Tsuneo and the Pure Flow of the Jo."