Body Dialogue Newsletter
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Messages of the Universe
By Lee Ordeman Age changes us, and as we bring our changed selves to keiko, we are forced to make accommodations if we are to continue to do it. At first this can feel like a disappointment. But in time the compromises we must make, surprisingly, fail to compromise...
Bohjutsu Workshop held in Cotati California
The Shoshi-no-kon bohjitsu workshop was held Sunday May 19 2024, in Cotati, California. Robert Gaston, Senior instructor and SanDan Bohjutsu taught two keiko and associated kumiboh. Sally Gaston and Nicole Masters organized the workshop. Nicole...
John Bevis – Interview and Impressions of Advanced Student Evaluation
Interviewed by Jim Sterling Please tell us a little about your personal life. I was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1945. I grew up in the greater Cincinnati area. I started high school in the public school system but due to circumstances, namely me not wishing to be in...
French Bohjutsu Workshop – Shoshi no Kon Kata
By Rob Gaston Here is a brief report of my trip to Macon France to attend the ETC boh workshop in which Alain Chevet presented Shoshi no kon boh kata that Ito developed over the last 15 years. This kata had as its starting point as Sueyoshi-no-kon kata, the sho-dan...
Shotokai Karate and Shintaido
by Daniel Raddock My first exposure to karate keiko was practicing with a student of Tsutomu Ohshima, founder of the Shotokan Karate of America school, in New Orleans, when I was studying in law school in the early ‘90s. I was interested primarily in the self-defense...
Welcome Shintaido of America Board Members!
By Connie Borden, the Shintaido Of America Board President Welcome Jim Sterling and David Palmer as new SOA Board Members! Shintaido of America board has had several vacancies in the past few months, so we thank Jim and David for agreeing to an interim board...
Into the Blue – SNE Kangeiko 2024
by Heather KuhnI 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 of an almost stubborn need to honor the mounting deaths in our local and larger Shintaido community. I was a little...
Membership subscriptions are now open!
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 loss of our beloved co-founder, Ito-sensei on 30 December 2023, and the sad passing...
Pacific Shintaido Kangeiko 2024
by Derk RichardsonOver 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 died on December 30, 2023, just a few weeks before Kangeiko 2024,...
H.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 him through his students who were my teachers – Jim Sterling, Connie Borden, and Ben Schireson. When...
Reflections 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 years in Massachusetts. For the past 30 years, I have done Shintaido for and by myself. Shintaido is in...
Celebration of Life for HF Ito via ZOOM
As many are aware, HF Ito died on 30 December 2023, peacefully at home with his wife Nicole at his bedside.The funeral was held on 10 January in France.We are aware the community of people who studied with Ito Sensei is extensive, so we are offering a ZOOM Celebration...
H.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 is survived by his wife, Nicole Beauvois, his sister Hiroko and his brother Yoshitaka Ito. *Haruyoshi Fugaku Ito...
Kenjutsu 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. The second half of the trip was to Limoges France to study Kenjutsu with Shintaido General Instructors and Yondan...
Brad 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 watched the service from an overflow location in the building. The service was...
Celebration of Life for Brad Larson – 10 December via ZOOM
Shintaido of America is hosting a celebration of life for Brad Larson on 10 December 2023 via ZOOM. Brad died unexpectedly at home on November 2nd at the age of 62, a victim of an apparent homicide. Asour community has experienced shock and grief, we hope for an...
Shintaido 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 and led two keikos on Saturday that focused on the Jissen Kumitachi program. It...
Once Upon A Time In Quebec City, Across Time And Space
By Lucian Popa1995 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 and had 20 years of karate training.Shintaido means New Body Way. It was created by Hiroyuki Aoki and the Rakutenkai, a...
Where Keiko and Worship Meet
by Tomi Nagai-Rothe I led a group in meditation/worship at the beginning of a gentle movement workshop for Friends.* Without thinking, I took the group of 18 people into Um. After the session a participant came up to ask, “Is this group especially good at getting into...
Shinsei – New Life
by Connie Borden and contributions by Rob Gaston, Sarah Baker & Peter Furtado (the Daienshu reporter) Thirty-three people attended the British Shintaido Daienshu 2023 held at Worth School from the 18th of August to the 20th of August 2023. Daienshu literally means...
Eiko Dai Cosmology – Part II
by H.F. Itoedited by Lee Seaman and Tomi Nagai-Rothe Mourning A number of people close to me have passed away recently: my wife Nicole’s brother Philippe Beauvois, my friend Jim Cummings who was a business partner with my friend and colleague John Kent – in addition...
Shakunetsu: Chronicles of the Creation of Shintaido, a Japanese Martial Art
Shintaido of America (SOA) is honored to announce the release of the English version of Shakunetsu; Chronicles of the Creation of Shintaido, a Japanese Martial Art. The goal of this collective biography is to provide the stories of many who studied Shintaido in...
Shintaido’s influence on the new book “Inside Guide.”
by Michael DiPietro Much of the time when we undertake a new venture, we don’t know the full extent of what the journey will entail. Writing a book is a prime example of this. Recently, with the collaboration of my writing partner Marcey Donnelly, I self-published my...
Discussion on Nature and Shintaido
Shinrinyoku to Yugen by Connie Borden Shintaido and nature; Nature and Shintaido – always have been linked. I was reminded of this during our recent Shintaido of America Podcast discussion when the topic of Shinrin-yoku (forest bathing) was discussed. As I reflected...
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