01-Regular Topics

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.  ...

When Ki is stuck, we cannot use our mind freely, but if we can extend Ki, then Ki will begin flowing again. When we exte...

Koichi Tohei Sensei always told us to live with the Universe.We live our life based on the values which come from our pa...

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

Today, I would like to talk about Ki in the business world.Recently, many representative companies of Japan have asked u...

I have been teaching University students for over 20 years.  Lately, I have noticed some changes in their feelings, thei...

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

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