01-Regular Topics

There is a set of principles that is most important in the practice of Shinshin Toitsu Aikido. These principles show the...

I attend the Shinshin Toitsu Aikido black belt promotion tests, which are conducted throughout Japan, as an observer.Thi...

Once, while I was still in my uchideshi (apprenticeship) training, I was summoned by Tohei Sensei and rushed to see him ...

The Shinshin Toitsu Aikidokai has 24 federations / chapters throughout the world and about 30,000 members are training.O...

When I was in high school, I started taking classes at Sundai Yobikō to get ready for university entrance exams (“Yobikō...

It was over 10 years ago when I came across a book review in a magazine about a well-known Japanese impressionist / stan...

This is an interesting story that I heard when I accompanied Koichi Tohei Sensei during one of his seminars in Hawaii.Du...

In the practice of Shinshin Toitsu Aikido (Ki-Aikido), we attach great importance to “ukemi.”The Japanese word “ukemi” i...

The Japanese painter Ms. Yuki Ogura has lived to the age of 105. I once accompanied Koichi Tohei Sensei to visit her hom...

Last year, I was asked to participate on the popular TV program “Asaichi,” on Japan’s public broadcasting station, NHK. ...

The prolonged effects of COVID19 have perhaps made us more irritable. We may get angry over the smallest things, causing...

The spread of COVID19 has kept many of us in our homes for this past year and prevented many from gathering together. As...

I was officially asked by the Los Angeles Dodgers to teach “Ki“ to their top prospects at a local camp for three years s...

A state of emergency has been declared in Tokyo and some prefectures. According to news reports, the areas under emergen...

In this blog I talk about my “resolution” for the future of Shinshin Toitsu Aikido.In April 2020, when the state of emer...

We often use the word “Ki ga Hairu” in Japanese to refer to responses that are Ki-infused, work that is Ki-infused, and ...

In Shin-Shin-Toitsu Aikido practice, students learn to respect their opponents’ mind and guide and throw them according ...

This is a story about after I became an instructor.I began my training as an Uchideshi, the disciple training of Koichi ...

I am the head of a large organization.In a place where a lot of people gather, like in an organization, our “direction o...

The “New Coronavirus” is spreading worldwide. This unknown virus has no established preventive or therapeutic methods.  ...