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…
Read moreInto 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…
Read morePacific 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…
Read moreH.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…
Read moreReflections 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…
Read moreH.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…
Read moreKenjutsu 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.…
Read moreBrad 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…
Read moreShintaido 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…
Read moreOnce 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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