Doshin So
Doshin So (宗道臣, Sō Dōshin) (born Michiomi Nakano (中野道臣, Nakano Michiomi)), (1911–1980) was a Japanese soldier and martial artist. He is most known as the creator and founder of Shorinji Kempo and the doctrine Kongo Zen (金剛禅, Kongō Zen). Practitioners of Shorinji Kempo refer to him as Kaiso, Japanese for "the founder".
Doshin So | |
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宗道臣 | |
| Born | Michiomi Nakano 10 February 1911 Mimasaka, Okayama, Japan |
| Died | 12 May 1980 (aged 69) Tadotsu, Kagawa, Japan |
| Other names | Sō Dōshin |
| Known for | Shorinji Kempo |
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