Shinichi Tohei's Ki Weblog

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Setsudo: Creating more Opportunities to Study Shinshin Toitsu Aikido

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

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

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

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

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

The “New Coronavirus” is spreading worldwide. This unknown virus has no established preventive or therapeutic methods.  ...
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The 100th anniversary of Koichi Tohei Sensei's birth

Today is the birthday of Koichi Tohei Sensei, the founder of Shinshintoitsu Aikido. Koichi Tohei Sensei was born in 1920...
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What is Extending Ki?

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...
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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 ...