01-Regular Topics New Year Greetings Ihope everyone was able to enjoy the beautiful holiday season and the start of theNew Year.Myrole and purpose as Kaicho ... 2015.03.06 01-Regular Topics
01-Regular Topics Unification during Movement and Action Unificationduring Movement and ActionGettingthe feeling of a posture with Coordination of Mind and body is the basics of... 2015.03.02 01-Regular Topics
01-Regular Topics Performing the Bamboo Cut Performing the Bamboo Cut Bamboo cut was held at the Ken and Jo Seminar at Tochigi HQ from the 11th (Saturday) – the 13t... 2014.12.10 01-Regular Topics
01-Regular Topics USA National Seminar for Instructors and Members in Las Vegas The Las Vegas National Seminar was held from the 26th of June (Thursday) to the 29th of June (Sunday). I taught all the ... 2014.07.11 01-Regular Topics
01-Regular Topics To Recreate/ Imitate I am a part-time lecturer in general education at a university in Tokyo. Every week, I teach the students unification of... 2014.07.10 01-Regular Topics
01-Regular Topics Furman University Shinshin Toitsu Aikido Training at HQ Two professors and seventeen students from Furman University (South Carolina, USA) came to Japan in May to train Aikido ... 2014.06.17 01-Regular Topics
01-Regular Topics The power of the Mind (Strength of the Mind) Words such as “steel” or “iron” are often used to describe the power or strength of the mind in Japanese. This usually g... 2014.06.11 01-Regular Topics
01-Regular Topics Strong Ki Please imagine that a person that you know as having “strong Ki”. The image that comes to most people is usually of a pe... 2014.02.16 01-Regular Topics
01-Regular Topics Senshin No Gyo Our “Kagami Biraki,” which is the first celebration of each year, starts from “Senshin No Gyo” which usually begins with... 2013.10.07 01-Regular Topics
01-Regular Topics Don’t let your guard down even after a victory When we make mistakes or run into a problem, we tend to think about the reasons and causes for it, but when things are p... 2013.07.09 01-Regular Topics
01-Regular Topics Learning about the sense of distance Some months ago I was interviewed by an education magazine for parents of students. During the interview with the press,... 2013.06.28 01-Regular Topics
01-Regular Topics Training in Daily Life (2) Last month’s blog on “Training in Daily Life” had a big response so I would like continue a little more on the same topi... 2013.05.03 01-Regular Topics
01-Regular Topics Training in Daily Life Recently, I remembered lessons I learned from Soshu Koichi Tohei Sensei when I was younger. People say that we remember ... 2013.03.14 01-Regular Topics
01-Regular Topics Our Manner Our Manner is an Expression or Sign of Our State of MindThe lack of good manners demonstrated on the Osaka transportatio... 2013.03.08 01-Regular Topics
01-Regular Topics The Value of Strictness In teaching and instructing rigor and strictness is essential.However, in recent years it has been thought that the pers... 2013.01.16 01-Regular Topics
01-Regular Topics Attitude of Learning To have an “attitude of learning” is the foundation of all learning and studying.In most homes and school environments, ... 2012.08.15 01-Regular Topics
01-Regular Topics Not Cutting Ki Flow In the Japanese language there is a saying “Ki is cut off”.Amongst Ki Society members, there is a member who is a world-... 2012.07.29 01-Regular Topics
01-Regular Topics Calming the Mind “Calming the Mind” does not mean to have a dull state of mind. The calmer our mind becomes, the faster our mind can move... 2012.06.24 01-Regular Topics
01-Regular Topics Building Relationships In addition to my teaching a Shinshin Toitsu Aikido Kai Headquarters, I also serve as a part-time lecturer at Keio Unive... 2012.06.11 01-Regular Topics
01-Regular Topics Showing No Openings (Weak Points) In martial arts the phrase “showing no openings (to have no weak point)” is very important. In Shinshin Toitsu Aikido tr... 2012.01.10 01-Regular Topics