by Roger Solomon As many of you know, in the summer of 2017, our friend Joe Zawielski was found to have a brain tumor. The Shintaido community wrapped itself around…
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Shintaido Presentation at 2nd Global Conference on Death, Dying and the 21st Century
by Connie Borden-Sheets On April 13, 2019 in Bruges, Belgium, I presented Shintaido for a second year at the 2nd Global Conference on Death, Dying and the 21st Century. This…
Read moreThe Shintaido Farm is now Windhorse Hill
by Stephen Billias In 2006, Bela Breslau and Stephen Billias founded the Shintaido Farm, a center for the practice of Shintaido. Many, many Shintaido events were held there during its…
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by Michael Thompson Recently I came upon a reference to Howard Schultz, who founded the Starbucks chain. It described the transition of the company from “founder-led” to “founder-inspired” now that…
Read morePacific Shintaido Kangeiko 2019
By Shin Aoki and Derk Richardson Over the Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, January 19–21, Pacific Shintaido hosted its Kangeiko 2019 at Marin Academy in San Rafael, California. Master Instructor…
Read moreA Recap of the Semi-International Gasshuku in Tirrenia, Italy
31 October to 4 November 2018 By Connie Borden and Shin Aoki For five days, sixty Shintaido Practitioners practiced in Tirrenia, in the Italian region of Tuscany. From pasta to…
Read moreOoooo~Uuuuu~Mmmmm~Aaaaa!
by Master Instructor H.F. Ito Life is a path. We come from Mu and we go back to Mu. Life is long, and our own lives are each a small…
Read moreHow John Seaman Helped Shape My Life
by Tomi Nagai-Rothe [John Seaman, a long-time Shintaido instructor, passed away in April of this year. See the News Item. John and Lee started their practice during the early days…
Read moreHow do you recharge after teaching?
by Connie Borden-Sheets At our recent SOA board meeting, an attendee asked: “How do you recharge after teaching?” I became curious about what works for our Shintaido teachers to recharge?…
Read moreWE ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL
by Joe Zawielski I AM BEAUTIFUL. That was a sub theme of a gasshuku, which Bill Burtis reminded me was in California in 1990. I am a slow but steady…
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