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To Live with the Universe

Koichi Tohei Sensei always told us to live with the Universe.We live our life based on the values which come from our pa...
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“Make Up Your Mind!”

Koichi Tohei Sensei was both my teacher and my father.After our relationship became “teacher and student”, we had to sto...
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What is the problem?

Today, I would like to talk about Ki in the business world.Recently, many representative companies of Japan have asked u...
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Never Freeze

I have been teaching University students for over 20 years.  Lately, I have noticed some changes in their feelings, thei...
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A Small Stuckness becomes a Huge Stuckness!

As an Uchideshi, I used to perform cleanup every day.  As a result, house cleaning became a positive habit for me.If you...
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Facing with our full attention

People sometimes feel a “bump” when practicing Aikido techniques.When you think “Let’s throw him this way” or “Let’s mov...
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Dealing with “Stuck Ki”

When we want to fulfill our missions in life, it is important to want this very strongly. However, in reality, sometimes...
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Today’s result, Tomorrow’s result

We completed this year’s Taigi Competition on the 24th of September.The purpose of this Taigi Competition is never based...
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Why is greeting important?

A few weeks ago, I saw a child dressed in a dogi. When other adults, also dressed in dogi, said “Hello!” to him, he glan...
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How to Become Good at Public Speaking

When I was an Uchideshi of Koichi Tohei Sensei, I asked him how I might become good at public speaking.He told me “Go to...
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Driving a Car

When I was an uchideshi of Koichi Tohei Sensei, I was a driver for him every day. Once a week, I drove him between Tokyo...
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Do Not Seek a Cure-all

Recently I have noticed that the information around us here in Japan has taken on some strange tendency.People only say ...
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Pressure

Imagine a time when you are facing important tasks.Many people may have experienced that they could not perform to the b...
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Training In Daily Life

My mission is to teach and spread Shinshintoitsu Aikido (Ki-Aikido), and to train our instructors. I spend most of my ti...
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Great Nature and Ki

In Japan, when someone talks about “Ki”, many people would think “shady”. I was not an exception. Since I studied scienc...
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Continuing Forward While Moving Back

Ineverything that happens, if there is a beginning there will always be an ending.Whenwe begin something, we are usually...
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November Combined Camp 2015 with Members from Australia, Tahiti and Malaysia

TochigiHQ had a Combined Camp with members from branch dojos in Australia, Tahiti andMalaysia. The camp was held from 3,...
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Holding with Ki

Ihave had more opportunities recently to teach both professional baseball playersand coaches.Throughteaching these playe...
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Utilizing Ki with Music

KiPrinciples which are the basic foundation of Shinshin Toitsu Aikido areutilized in many different fields of activities...
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Distance

Ineducation or teaching the distance or space between the teacher and the studentis very important.Ifthe distance or spa...