Shintaido of America

This summer of 2021 introduced the opportunity for Shintaido practitioners to take high level exams. Given the COVID pandemic, in-person exams during an international gasshuku were not possible. International Technical…

Nominations for Shintaido of America Board members are now open. A Shintaido of America Board member works with other board members and SOA officers to help fulfill the mission of…

by David Franklin an online / offline Shintaido course that takes 15 minutes per day for 21 daysStarting Sunday April 25, 2021Details of the program and registration here Personally, I…

On December 6, the Board and the National Technical Committee had a joint meeting. Minutes submitted by Connie Borden can be found online at: http://www.shintaido.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joint-December_6_2020.pdf

Building on the success of the April 4, Taimyo in a Time of Separation, Zoom event, Master Instructor H. F Ito will be teaching again May 30. Here are the…

As we all remain home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are beginning to adapt our Shintaido practice to our separated lives. In California, Sandra Bengtsson, Connie Borden and Robert…

Master H. F. Ito shared his thoughts about how the Japanese word ningen – “human” – reflects much that we study in Shintaido: spacing, relationships, Ten-Chi-Jin-Ware-Ittai (Unification of Heaven, Earth,…

From Master Instructor H. F. Ito: Dear Friends, I have been thinking about you in this dark time of pandemics. While it is good to know all of us are…

Every four years, the international Shintaido community gathers for a gasshuku. Registration is now open for this year’s international, “Biwako 2020” to be held near Kyoto, Japan from November 5-8.…