By Rob KedoinOn Sunday, November 12th, Shintaido members gathered at the Unitarian Church of Sharon for Brad Larson’s memorial service. The church was filled with so many people that some…

By Bela Breslau Shintaido practitioners in New England were lucky during their October workshop. We were lucky to study with Senior Instructor Lee Ordemann who came up from Washington DC…

By Lucian Popa 1995 I met Master Haruyoshi Fugaku Ito and his Shintaido in March 1995, in a yet frozen Quebec City. At the time I was 40 years old…

by Tomi Nagai-Rothe I led a group in meditation/worship at the beginning of a gentle movement workshop for Friends.* Without thinking, I took the group of 18 people into Um.…

by Connie Borden and contributions by Rob Gaston, Sarah Baker & Peter Furtado (the Daienshu reporter) Thirty-three people attended the British Shintaido Daienshu 2023 held at Worth School from the…

by H.F. Itoedited by Lee Seaman and Tomi Nagai-Rothe Mourning A number of people close to me have passed away recently: my wife Nicole’s brother Philippe Beauvois, my friend Jim…

Shintaido of America (SOA) is honored to announce the release of the English version of Shakunetsu; Chronicles of the Creation of Shintaido, a Japanese Martial Art. The goal of this…

by Michael DiPietro Much of the time when we undertake a new venture, we don’t know the full extent of what the journey will entail. Writing a book is a…

Shinrinyoku to Yugen by Connie Borden Shintaido and nature; Nature and Shintaido – always have been linked. I was reminded of this during our recent Shintaido of America Podcast discussion…

by Stephen Billias On May 1st, 2023, after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease, James Cumming took the MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) medicine, which is legal in the state…