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29 August ’26 Bojutsu Day and SOA examinations
August 29, 2026 was a beautiful sunny (and windy) day at Bunny Meadows in Golden Gate Park, where about 10 of us gathered for an all- day Shintaido Bohjutsu event. Sally Gaston led warm-ups in the morning, then Rob Gaston taught a fun class with lots of jumping,...
Event Aug 2026 : Pacific Shintaido Bohjutsu Workshop and SOA Exams
Pacific Shintaido Bohjutsu Workshop and Shintaido of America Exams on August 29, 2026 in Golden Gate Park Come receive the latest inspirations of 4th Dan Shintaido Bohjutsu instructors Jennifer Peringer and Rob Gaston in an outdoor Shintaido Bohjutusu workshop...
GTC Event Sept 2026: Global Taimyo Community (GTC) gathering
Global Taimyo Community (GTC) will be having their second 2026 ZOOM gathering on20 Sept., 2026. From 13 September to 27 September, there will be sessions to practiceTaimyo with our global community via ZOOM. On 20 September, we gather to practice and talk about our...
Oct ’26 Workshop: Calming Ourselves to Transform Stress & Conflict
Registration is OPEN for this in-person workshop on October 10 -11, 2026. Join Shintaido instructors Tomi Nagai-Rothe and Lee Seaman for this weekend workshop of 3 keiko and a video premiere presentation and color Shintaido history map, “Roots of Shintaido: Our...
New Pacific Shintaido Board of Directors
As of May 1, 2026, the Pacific Shintaido Board of Directors was reconstituted with five new members: Jennifer Peringer, Martha Rodriguez-Salazar, Tom Abbott, Jason Ravitz, and Matthew Spigelman. They had been nominated by the outgoing board—Shin Aoki, Cheryl Williams,...
Exam Results Jan. 2026
Hello Shintaido members, Shintaido of America held exams for karate and bojutsu at Pacific Shintaido's Jan. 2026 Kangeiko. Examiners were Shin Aoki and Jennifer Peringer, with Mike Sheets as goresha. Thank you to Pacific Shintaido for providing the time and space in...
SOA Happenings Spring 2026
Dear Fellow SOA members, Scroll down to read spring announcements: The new SOA Website is live Two new Body Dialogue articles SOA 2026 membership Drive First edition of the SOA Ethics Handbook is available. 19 April 2026 Masashi Minagawa book Launch I. New SOA...
New British Shintaido Website
British Shintaido now has a beautiful, new website you might want to visit. It is now very easy to find:the British Shintaido Newletter, "Taimyo"a schedule of national events They have also added a very interesting "Technical notes" section which practitioners may...
Thank You, Rob Kedoin — Shintaido of America webmaster
After more than two decades of dedicated service, we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to Rob Kedoin, who will be concluding his role as SOA webmaster in September 2025. Rob has faithfully stewarded our online presence since at least 2004, helping to...
Shintaido of America Keiko and Examinations – 13 September 2025 in San Francisco on Ocean Beach
Saturday the 13th was a foggy morning keiko on Ocean Beach. Eleven people attended. The sun came out in the afternoon with seven participants continuing. There were two Bojutsu keikos taught by Jennifer and Rob. Lunch was at a nearby café. The first keiko, taught by...
Listen to the Presentation on the Value of Touch
by David Palmer, Shintaido of America Board member We are inviting interested members of SOA and the general public to listen to David Palmer speaking on the Value of Touch on Wednesday the 1st of October at 12noon via Zoom. David Palmer, with a massage career...
The Global Taimyo Community + Shintaido of America
by Tomi Nagai-Rothe We are sharing good news about the Global Taimyo Community (GTC) coming to Shintaido of America (SoA) this month. GTC brings the practice of Taimyo kata as a gateway to reflections on peace and our impact on the world around us. SoA brings 49 years...