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Sensei Viv Nash 7th Dan.  -
- His father was a boxer and encouraged Viv to do the same when he was at school. Viv loved the sport and continued participating through to adulthood when he joined the Amateur Boxing Association.
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- "I fought in many competitions, winning most of them. Later I boxed in fairground booths for 3 for three rounds; in those days I liked to fight very much. I believe that boxing certainly helped the physical side of my karate."
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- Sensei Nash was born in Radstock, but his family settled in Plymouth when he was around five. He did two years National Service and continued boxing soon becaming the Middle-weight Battalion Champion. However, whilst in the army he was involved in a fire accident and was badly burned, thus ending his boxing career. After he left the army he started work as a plumber.
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- Sensei Nash started karate around 1961.
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 "Back then there was no organised Karate in Plymouth, so we practised a real rough-house mixture of Karate, Judo and Boxing."-
- "In the early sixties I went on a course instructed by Sensei Harada and that really opened my eyes as to what Karate was all about."
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- "At this time Sensei Kanazawa started running courses in Plymouth, so one week I would practise Shoto-Kai with Sensei Harada and the next week Shoto-Kan with Sensei Kanazawa."
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- "Both Instructors were very good, but I came under the influence of Sensei Harada because his Ki was strong - he was very good at projecting his mind. So I practised Shoto-Kai and eventually became Club Instructor at Plymouth."
Sensei Nash practised Shoto-Kai with Sensei Harada for 18 years, being awarded 4th Dan under him, and was the Western Area Executive Representative for Shoto-Kai. He left in 1980 and in 1981 was elected as the Chief Instructor of the newly formed Shoto Ryu Karate Kai Association. | | 
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