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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...

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

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

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

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

Ineverything that happens, if there is a beginning there will always be an ending.Whenwe begin something, we are usually...

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

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

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

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

Inorder to be able to lead people, building “a trust relationship” with themfirst is very important.“Whatshould we do to...

Whenpracticing breathing training, it is best to start with Ki Breathing. The basicof Ki Breathing is to do Ki Breathing...

Fromthe 18th of June – 21st of June, I travelled to SouthCarolina, USA and taught at a Special Seminar hosted by EKF fed...

(Whatis the definition of Education?)Ofcourse there is more than one answer to this question, but one answer could be “t...

Ithas been twenty years since I graduated from University and became Soshu KoichiTohei Sensei’s Uchideshi.Despitestartin...

It was SakuraSeason in Japan this past month. Just a few minute walk from the Tokyo HQOffice is a popular spot called “C...

Thecontent of this blog is for Instructors or people in a position to lead membersor other people.(Mind)and (Ki) both ha...

Ihope everyone was able to enjoy the beautiful holiday season and the start of theNew Year.Myrole and purpose as Kaicho ...

Unificationduring Movement and ActionGettingthe feeling of a posture with Coordination of Mind and body is the basics of...

Performing the Bamboo Cut Bamboo cut was held at the Ken and Jo Seminar at Tochigi HQ from the 11th (Saturday) – the 13t...