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British Shintaido – Same art, new country…
by Nancy BilliasI just got back from the British Shintaido daienshu, their summer gasshuku. It was delightful. The theme was “Genryu: Return to the Source”. The event was led by Masashi Minagawa, ably assisted by two general instructors (Charles Burns and Ula...
Tenshingoso – Impressions, Video and Podcast
by Jane Muromoto Yung Jane Muromoto Yung began her studies of Shintaido in the late 1970’s. Tenshingoso was her favorite movement. In this article, Jane shares her impressions following a ZOOM keiko with Ito Sensei. Ten years before I started playing with...
Gashuku Report
by Lee Ordeman Pacific Shintaido 2022 Kangeiko: “Cultivating Compassion”Held January 15-16 via ZoomDirector of Instruction: Shin AokiInstructors: Shin Aoki and Ula ChambersGasshuku Managers: Derk Richardson and Cheryl WilliamsZoom Manager: Sarah BakerCommunications:...
Shintaido teaching at Zenbrush – A Collaboration
by Connie Borden I was extremely fortunate to teach Shintaido exercises during the week-long calligraphy course presented by Zenbrush at the Mercy Center in Burlingame, CA from March 8th through March 12th. Fifteen people, along with Sensei Kaz Tanahashi participated...
“Good is bad, bad is good!”
by H. F. Ito Previously I sent a post about “Good is bad, bad is good.” This is my most recent follow-up (February 2022). Unfortunately, the legal non-profit entity based in France known as International Shintaido Project was dissolved in June 2021. (Thank you...
Mind the Gap
by David Franklin Shintaido of America's new podcast has recently launched (find it at http://www.shintaido.org/podcast/), and as readers may know, the first season is an audio book: a reading of Shintaido: the body is a message of the universe by the founder of...
The Body is a Message of the Universe – how are we receiving the message?
British Shintaido Annual LectureGuest speaker Margaret Guay February 20th 2022For US participants: 12.00 noon PST 3.00 pm ESTUK and European participants: 8.00 pm UK, 9.00 pm Europe Online Via ZOOM Margaret Guay is a Shintaido Instructor on the East Coast of the US...
Shintaido of America is releasing the first-ever podcast dedicated to Shintaido
Releasing on January 5, 2022 - join our release party on January 4, 2022! Our motivation to start a podcast When Shintaido of America was founded in 1976, we set a few goals that we wanted to achieve. From supporting local groups, providing a high-quality educational...
How Deep is Your Community?
Reflections on the Global Taimyo Community Workshop, August 2021by Tomi Nagai-Rothe Over the past year I helped plan and organize – with a team of three others – a virtual international workshop marking the 20th anniversary of H.F. Ito’s founding of the Global...
Quebec Canada Gasshuku – Impressions
From September, 2021 A few words from Sarah Covid-19 made its effects felt around the world in 2020 with most gatherings being cancelled, including Shintaido events. As vaccines became available and more adults were able to get vaccinated, small slits began to open in...
A Deep Bow Journey to Nanjing was a success!
by Tomi Nagai-Rothe “Wonderful information, wonderful video.”“I was deeply touched.”“Moving, beautiful presentation.”“So much power in the desire to heal - almost as much as the healing itself.” “Deeply moved . . . by the transforming power of Shintaido teachings...
International Shintaido – an evolving organization
by Lee Ordeman When the idea of dissolving the International Shintaido NPO was first proposed, I was strongly against it. For 13 years as a board member of ISC and then IS, I worked hard to establish a legally incorporated organization. Further, I spent a year on...
The Stories of Shintaido – A Conversation with Connie Borden
by Jim Sterling Please take a look at the first of what I hope will be a series of conversations with Shintaido instructors and practitioners. We want to learn more about each other’s Shintaido experience, as well as get to know a bit about the personal and...
21 Days That Will Improve Your Life – hybrid Shintaido course with David Franklin
by David Franklin an online / offline Shintaido course that takes 15 minutes per day for 21 daysStarting Sunday April 25, 2021Details of the program and registration here Personally, I don’t like Zoom meetings much. Doing exercise through Zoom is slightly less bad...
PacShin 2021 Kangeiko via Zoom was a success!
by Connie Borden, Shin Aoki and Derk Richardson New for Shintaido in 2021 was PacShin Kangeiko via Zoom. PacShin offered three keiko on three separate days via Zoom so that Shintaido practitioners could deepen their study during this time of COVID pandemic....
Shintaido of America Logo Contest
Calling all creative designers – SOA is launching a LOGO contest. Why? Shintaido of America has a current logo of the “jumping man”. As part of our branding initiative, we want to consider creating additional logos. We invite you to be inspired by the theme “opening...
Shintaido, Past, Present and Future
by Peter Furtado This is a publication of British Shintaido. It was the first inaugural lecture, given by Peter Furtado in January 2021, about the Rakuntenkai group who developed Shintaido with Aoki Sensei in the 1960s, and the importance of their mission to the world...
Shintaido Instructional Video: Eiko Dai, A Fundamental Shintaido Technique
By D. Franklin As I'm writing this, the Covid-19 virus is spreading rapidly in many parts of the world and there are a lot of restrictions on various kinds of public gatherings and meetings. There are limits on the number of people who can gather, even for outdoor...
Henry Kaiser – Shintaido Guitar
By Derk Richardson Henry Kaiser took up the guitar in 1971. The next year he traveled to Japan for the first time. In 1977, he visited Japan again, and among those he met was avant-garde trumpeter Toshinori Kondo, who was also a Shintaido practitioner*. Upon his...
Shintaido of America – Branding Initiative
By Connie Borden & Robert Friedman of Fearless Branding Have you found yourself struggling to explain Shintaido? Wondering how to express yourself to others so that they might come to a class? Well you are not alone. The SOA board and SOA NTC members had the...
Pacific Shintaido Kangeiko and Advanced Workshop Videos
By Jim Sterling After many hours of filming and editing we are happy to provide a series of 12 videos that show some of the movements practiced during Pacific Shintaido Kangeiko and the National Technical Committee’s Advanced Workshop in January 2020. Many...
Shintaido in The Time of Covid : Across Space and Time
By Sandra Bengtsson Listening to a program on the radio about a vaccine for Covid 19, I heard the following statement: “We can’t use the outdated techniques of January 2020 to develop this vaccine”. January, 2020, outdated - really! But if we look at...
Shintaido Quebec September 2019
By Dan Raddock & Mark Bannon Last September (2019), Master Instructor Ito led, and Shintaido Quebec, hosted a Shintaido Kenjutsu Master-class followed by a weekend Shintaido open-hand workshop including examinations for Shintaido Graduate and Shintaido Kenjutsu...
Time, Space and Relationships in Shintaido
Master H. F. Ito shared his thoughts about how the Japanese word ningen - "human" - reflects much that we study in Shintaido: spacing, relationships, Ten-Chi-Jin-Ware-Ittai (Unification of Heaven, Earth, Self, and Society) and mutual respect. This talk was given...
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