01-Regular Topics

When I was a child, my father was admitted to the hospital as a precaution. He was discharged after about a week, but my...

There are things that become long-standing habits. For example, drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes. Even if we want...

There are many people who have close ties to the Shinshin Toitsu Aikidokai and are in their 90s. Mr. Tatsuro Hiro-oka, a...

In late May, I had an opportunity to go hiking in the mountains of Yugawara in Kanagawa Prefecture. Even in early summer...

“Yabai” I thought it was a very recent word, but when I looked up its etymology, it seems to have originated from “yaba”...

Each of us has an important turning point in our life. The most important transformational turning point for me came dur...

Whenever Koichi Tohei sensei taught “Ki”, there was a talk he made at the beginning without fail.“We must not forget tha...

“I am an exception. It won’t happen to me.” - this assumption occurs in a variety of everyday situations.On the roadway,...

This week, I went to the “Ivo Pogorelich Piano Recital”. I won't go into details about what kind of pianist he is, but t...

“ show what you have practiced in actual performance.” I assume many people think this way, whether at work or in sports...

There is a word in Japanese, “ma” .If “ma” is captured correctly, we say "ma ga yoi“ (“ma” is good), and if captured inc...

I had the opportunity to enjoy Indian curry at a restaurant with someone from India. He ate using his hand, without usin...

There is a word in Japanese, “Minitsuku”, which means that knowledge or skills truly become our own. This can also be re...

It was about 20 years ago. There was a young man from Germany who came to Japan wanting to study Shinshin Toitsu Aikido ...

Recently, I had an opportunity to look back upon my Uchideshi days as part of a book project. What was that period of ti...

Work is typically done with someone, so there is usually a “deadline” for any work.Deadlines are very important especial...

A Japanese traveler in Africa spotted a man looking up at the sky.The traveler greeted the man and told him he had come ...