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March 6, 2024

Spring 2024 Greetings from the board of Shintaido of America! It’s time to renew your membership.This past year has seen many changes for our organization. The most important were the…

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Into the Blue – SNE Kangeiko 2024

March 6, 2024 Featured
Into the Blue – SNE Kangeiko 2024

by Heather Kuhn I arrived at the Petersham Town Hall with a heavy feeling the size of a grapefruit in my solar plexus. It was mostly grief with an edge…

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Pacific Shintaido Kangeiko 2024

February 23, 2024 Featured
Pacific Shintaido Kangeiko 2024

by Derk Richardson Over the 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, Pacific Shintaido hosted its annual Kangeiko workshop in the Claremont Middle School gymnasium in Oakland, California. Master Ito Sensei…

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H.F. Ito: a Personal Remembrance

February 2, 2024 Featured
H.F. Ito: a Personal Remembrance

by Tomi Nagai-Rothe Navigating Roles and IdentityI met H.F. Ito (“Ito” to most of us) in May 1988 when I began practicing Shintaido in San Francisco. At first, I knew…

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Reflections on Shintaido

January 20, 2024 Featured
Reflections on Shintaido

by Tom Abbott I started my Shintaido practice in 1975 in San Francisco. I studied Shintaido under Master Ito and Michael Thompson for 5 years, then taught it for 10…

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H.F. Ito Obituary

January 5, 2024 Featured
H.F. Ito Obituary

With great sadness, we announce that H.F. Ito died peacefully at home in Cuy, France on Dec 30, 2023. He was born in Hiroshima, Japan on May 23, 1942. He…

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Kenjutsu study in France

December 5, 2023
Kenjutsu study in France

by Connie Borden I travelled to France in early November 2023. HF Ito and Nicole Beauvois me for the first 5 days to enjoy their new house in Cuy France.…

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Brad Larson’s memorial service

November 20, 2023
Brad Larson’s memorial service

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…

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Shintaido New England October Workshop – October 14-15, 2023

November 5, 2023
Shintaido New England October Workshop – October 14-15, 2023

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…

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Once Upon A Time In Quebec City, Across Time And Space

October 19, 2023
Once Upon A Time In Quebec City, Across Time And Space

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…

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