The Shintaido Farm was the site of the Deux Do workshop . In attendance were many people from Quebec and other parts of Canada, as well as Aikido students from the Wellness Resource Center in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, their teacher Don Cardoza, and some Shintaido Northeast Shintaido practitioners.
The gallery of photos taken by Sarah Prince, Bela Breslau, and Stephen Billias can be found at
http://farm.shintaido.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=179
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Board Minutes from January meeting posted
The Board of Directors had their spring conference call meeting on April 29. At that meeting, the minutes from the January 10, 2007 meeting were approved.
The minutes have been placed online in the Board of Directors section of the website. There you can view current and past members as well as view recorded minutes.
Photos from Shintaido North East Kangeiko
From February 23-25, 2007 Shintaido North East held their Kangeiko in Deerfield, MA at the Shintaido Farm. Photos from the event taken by Stephen Billias and Joe Zawielski are now available online.
Read morePhotos from Pacific Shintaido Kangeiko 2007 Online
From January 12-15, 2007 Pacific Shintaido held their Kangeiko in Occidental, CA. Some photos from the event taken by Shin Aoki, Stephen Billias, and Robert Kedoin are now available online.
Other attendees who have photos are encouraged to send them to photos@shintaido.org!
UPDATE 1-30-2007: Nine more photos from Robert Kedoin have been added. They appear on pages 10 and 11 of the gallery.
UPDATE 2-02-2007: Nineteen more photos from Lee Seamn have been added. They appear on pages 11-13. The pictures are of the NTC demo which happened after the exams.
Read moreNew Year Brings Change to National Technical Council
Lee Seaman, outgoing National Technical Council Chairperson, describes her last four years as Chairperson and introduces Shin Aoki as the new Chairperson.
Read morePacific Shintaido Kangeiko Exam Results
On January 14, 2007, exams were offered at Pacific Shintaido’s Kangeiko. A new examination format was used where Sensei’s Shin Aoki and Connie Borden were examiners for the kyu-level exams…
Read moreJanuary 2007 Body Dialogue Now Online
The January issue of Body Dialogue is now available online. Articles in this issue are:
- Letting Go by Annelie Wilde
- Kumite: An Email Exchange by David Franklin, Peter Nussbaumer, and Patrick Bouchaud
- Shintaido One-Liners and Contest
- The Year in Pictures
« Unification » photos online
On October 7, 2006 Shintaido Northeast held their annual Fall Gasshuku around the theme of, « Unification ». Jim Sterling Sensei attended from California as Guest Instructor.
Stephen Billias has created a new gallery with photos from the weekend.
Shintaido Farm dojo named, « Tenshinkan »
In June, 2006, when Ito came to the Shintaido Farm to teach the Shintaido Sans Frontieres workshop, he gave the dojo a name: Tenshinkan, which means, « Heavenly Truth Building ». The farm as a whole is still called the Shintaido Farm, but the dojo now has its own name.
Ito contacted Aoki Sensei and asked if he would do a calligraphy of the new name. Aoki Sensei graciously agreed. On Tuesday, October 3rd, Ito visited the Shintaido Farm again, led class, and presented Stephen Billias and Bela Breslau with a beautiful calligraphy by Aoki Sensei of the new name.
The framed calligraphy now hangs between the picture windows in the Tenshinkan dojo on the Shintaido Farm.
