by Mark Bannon What is the strongest martial arts technique? Over the years, I have heard different answers depending on style, training, and teacher. Some believe a strong kick, others…
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H.F. Ito’s Bay Area Summer Workshop 2019
By Derk Richardson and Connie Borden On Saturday, August 17, at Marin Academy in San Rafael, California, Master Instructor H.F. Ito led Bay Area and visiting Shintaido practitioners—12 in the…
Read moreConnecting with Celtic Spirituality
By Matt Shorten In June 2019, ten Northeast American retreatants ventured across the pond to Achill Island, a wind- tossed haven on the westernmost coast of Ireland. Led by Rev.…
Read moreA Springtime Conversation
by Nancy Billias Springtime in New England means many things. For Shintaido Northeast (SNE) it has come to mean “Springeiko” – a gasshuku to welcome the return of warmer weather…
Read moreRiding for Joe
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…
Read moreShintaido 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…
Read moreShintaido in Transition
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…
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