Origin of Shintaido
The Shintaido | What is Shintaido | Origin of Shintaido | Shintaido Background | Shintaido Curriculum | The Founder Hiroyuki Aoki | Haruyoshi Fugaku Ito | Natural Body Movement Founded by Hiroyuki Aoki, an actor, painter, and master of Shotokai karate, Shintaido was born in Yokohama in 1965. There Mr. Aoki formed “Rakutenkai”, or “Meeting of Optimists.“ This group of...
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The Shintaido | What is Shintaido | Origin of Shintaido | Shintaido Background | Shintaido Curriculum | The Founder Hiroyuki Aoki | Haruyoshi Fugaku Ito | Natural Body Movement Hiroyuki Aoki, who became a master of Shotokai karate in his twenties under Egami sensei, was charged with the task of creating a new kind of martial art for the modern age. He formed the group Rakutenkai, or...
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The Shintaido | What is Shintaido | Origin of Shintaido | Shintaido Background | Shintaido Curriculum | The Founder Hiroyuki Aoki | Haruyoshi Fugaku Ito | Natural Body Movement The Shintaido program consists of several disciplines which are studied individually as well as jointly: a certain class may focus exclusively on one discipline (for example shintaido bojutsu only), while...
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The Shintaido | What is Shintaido | Origin of Shintaido | Shintaido Background | Shintaido Curriculum | The Founder Hiroyuki Aoki | Haruyoshi Fugaku Ito | Natural Body Movement Mr. Hiroyuki Aoki, the founder of ShinTaiDo, was a student of fine arts and theater in Japan in the 1950s. His acting teacher, feeling that his physical expression was not powerful and effective, suggested...
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The Shintaido | What is Shintaido | Origin of Shintaido | Shintaido Background | Shintaido Curriculum | The Founder Hiroyuki Aoki | Haruyoshi Fugaku Ito | Natural Body Movement 1942-1964 Ito was born in Hiroshima, Japan in 1942. He entered Chuo University in Tokyo in 1960, graduating with a degree in law. At the age of 18, while at university, he began the study of Shotokai Karate...
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The Shintaido | What is Shintaido | Origin of Shintaido | Shintaido Background | Shintaido Curriculum | The Founder Hiroyuki Aoki | Haruyoshi Fugaku Ito | Natural Body Movement To obtain the greatest effect with the least amount of energy, we should not depend on the power which originates from a single part of the body, such as our arms or legs. Instead we must use our holistic...
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The Shintaido | What is Shintaido | Origin of Shintaido | Shintaido Background | Shintaido Curriculum | The Founder Hiroyuki Aoki | Haruyoshi Fugaku Ito | Natural Body Movement Shintaido (新体道), meaning “new body way”, is a body movement art emerged from a research on martial arts and contemporary visual and performing arts, led by Master Hiroyuki Aoki in the...
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The Shintaido | What is Shintaido | Origin of Shintaido | Shintaido Background | Shintaido Curriculum | The Founder Hiroyuki Aoki | Haruyoshi Fugaku Ito | Natural Body Movement Shintaido (新体道), meaning “new body way”, is a body movement art emerged from a research on martial arts and contemporary visual and performing arts, led by Master Hiroyuki...
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