Shinichi Tohei's Ki Weblog

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The Validation of Kiatsuhō

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

When I was in high school, I started taking classes at Sundai Yobikō to get ready for university entrance exams (“Yobikō...
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Shinichi Tohei's Japanese book has been translated into Chinese and published in Taiwan

My Japanese book published in 2022 “「調子いい!」が続く姿勢と呼吸の整え方(How to keep good condition with coordination of mind and body, a...
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Breathing Imitation

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

Christopher Curtis Sensei, 8th Dan Shinshintoitsu Aikido, the former Chief Instructor of the Hawaii Ki Federation, passe...
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English E-Book of "Ki Breathing" Now Available

Ki Breathing, the English-language e-book of Koichi Tohei Sensei's book, is now available.  This is an English translati...
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Finding Good Points

This is an interesting story that I heard when I accompanied Koichi Tohei Sensei during one of his seminars in Hawaii. D...
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The Real Value of Ukemi

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

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

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