Nishi Shiki


Nishi Shiki consists of health exercises purported to activate certain bodily functions. It was founded in 1927 by Katsuzō Nishi.
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, into aikido and the way aikidoka took care of their health.
The organisation around this system is called Nishikai, which helped Koichi Tohei in starting up aikido in Hawaii, which has members of Nishi-kai on all of its islands
The Nishi Health System is partly incorporated in Genkikai by Masatomi Ikeda.

Exercises

Six laws of the Nishi Health System

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  1. heisho
  2. kochin When you sleep, use the hardest possible bed and hard semi-cylindrical pillow.
  3. kingyo undō Swing your hips horizontally like fish swimming about 1 minute.
  4. mōkan undō Lie on your back and rise your arms and legs. Then shake your arms and legs about 1 minute.
  5. gasshō gasseki undō Lie on your back and join your hands and feet. Then slide your hands and feet horizontally about 10 times. When finished, rest with your hands and feet drawn in about 2 minutes.
  6. hifuku undō Sit down Japanese style and swing your upper body centering on your hips about 10 minutes. When you are incline position, pump your abdomen. When you are upright position, shrink your abdomen.

Four primary elements

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  1. skin
  2. nutrition
  3. limbs
  4. '''mind'''

Five self diagnostic methods

These are five flexibility exercises that are purported to provide diagnostics about internal organs, see reference for detailed description of the exercises. They are said to indicate whether the following organs are in good condition:Source:
  1. spine and stomach
  2. sexual organs and sciatic nerve
  3. kidneys
  4. liver
  5. intestines and urinary organs

Students

Books