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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...
Remembering James Cumming
by Stephen Billias On May 1st, 2023, after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease, James Cumming took the MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) medicine, which is legal in the state of Vermont where he lived. He passed away peacefully with his wife Evangelina “Vangie”...
Make the best of the Shintaido of America YouTube channel
by Sarah Baker Cheers and standing ovations to all. The Shintaido of America YouTube Channel has 167 Subscribers by the end of April 2023!! Have you visited the Shintaido of America YouTube channel? Here is what one person said: I never subscribed to any channel. But...
Maya Meets Shintaido
by Stephen Billias General Instructor Jim Sterling asked me and Bela to submit an article to Shintaido of America’s Body Dialogue newsletter, using excerpts from our recently published novel Pilgrim Maya that reflect our background as longtime Shintaido practitioners....
Michael Thompson Sensei – Lifetime Achievement Award
by Jim Sterling On February 5, 2021, Shintaido of America (SOA) held a celebration via Zoom to honor Michael Thompson, Doshu, with a Lifetime Achievement Award. During this event over 40 of his students and colleagues spoke about the impact he had on their lives...
Shintaido Northeast Kangeiko
by Eva ThaddeusIn the Northeast, our coldest cold spell this winter came in February. It was down to zero where I live just north of NYC, and windy as well. In an otherwise mostly mild winter, it suddenly felt dangerous just to be outside. My chickens, who...
Pacific Shintaido Kangeiko 2023
By Derk Richardson It had been three years since Pacific Shintaido was able to host its annual Kangeiko gathering in person. But, after two years of surprisingly successful virtual workshops, with participants from all over North America and Europe interacting via...
Reflections on Sai-Zan. “Breaking through mountains” — Kokyu when retreating
By “Next Steps” Connie* I wrote a recent article on grief, death and loss; I now have some reflections on the benefit of practicing Taimyo Part I — specifically the movement 碎山/Sai-Zan “breaking through mountains”— using kokyu in relation to the individual practice of...
Poetry in Motion
by Robert Gaston About the authorMany of you may have been fortunate to have had a chance to do keiko with Robert Gaston. He is a Senior Instructor of Shintaido and has practiced and studied for almost 40 years. He is a member of the International...
A Revealed Dream – The Treasures Within
by Heather KuhnHeather Kuhn has practiced Shintaido for 23 years with the Shintaido North East (SNE) group. Also, she is a somatic psychotherapist who provides individual therapy focused on early life trauma.As you will read, she is launching a new group Good Enough...
An interview of Master MINAGAWA
Master Minagawa answers to questions prepared by Jean-Louis de Gandt for a conference held during the yearly Kangeiko of Ile-de-France Shintaido at Fort Mahon on January 25, 2020. Master Minagawa Shintaido has many disciplines, Open hand, Bojutsu,...
Coming under one roof – Gasshuku in Quebec City, Canada
September 2022by Connie Borden From 16 September to 18 September 2022, fourteen of us gathered in Quebec City, Canada for a Gasshuku. Now that it has ended, we have returned home with a sense of enrichment. Here are some impressions and remembrances. First...
Feelings of Grief
by Connie Borden, 9 March 2022 en français ci-dessous / 以下日本語で IntroductionTomi Nagai-Rothe and Connie Borden, both Shintaido Instructors, are also active with HF Ito, Sarah Baker, Rob Gaston and many others in the Global Taimyo Community (GTC). GTC formed after...
Re-Connecting What is broken
by Tomi Nagai-Rothe en français ci-dessous / 以下日本語で IntroductionTomi Nagai-Rothe and Connie Borden, both Shintaido Instructors, are also active with HF Ito, Sarah Baker, Rob Gaston and many others in the Global Taimyo Community (GTC). GTC formed after September 11 in...
“Connections in Nature” – Shintaido of America Bojutsu Workshop (July 2022)
by Connie Borden Rob Gaston, Senior Instructor, ranked Sandan in Shintaido bojutsu had an inspiration to hold a Shintaido of America boh workshop in 2022. Post COVID, it would be an in-person gathering in the San Francisco Bay Area open to all Shintaido bojutsu...
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