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What is SHINTAIDO?

SHINTAIDO is a completely new type of martial arts which is designed to recall, open up, and nurture nature human body.
Looking back history of martial arts and various kinds of weapons attached to them, we can recognize that they are outcomes of environmental necessity of the age. Taking only the shape of sword for example, we can see a close relationship with evolution of battle method and armor.

In the age of wars, back in the 16th century, individual and group battle capabilities were important needs of the society. And in the Edo era, which was probably the most peaceful two and a half centuries in the Japanese history, people sought more self spiritual uplift out of martial arts rather than physical strength in a battle. Eventually, many superior ideas came out and developed during this period by practicing martial arts.
Down in the Meiji era, right after the Edo era when Japan quit the isolation policy and started modernizing the country, the style of martial arts, Judo and Kendo, had changed to sports for ordinary people.

Today, what we need most is neither martial arts for killing and hurting people nor just sports to compete physical superiority, but totally new type of martial arts. We no longer have to brandish a real sword and throwing, kicking, or punching one another. We, as martial artists, wonder why such martial arts did not exist before.
We believe following items should be included in the martial arts for today's people.

What Shintaido can do for people today.

・Enhance your physical health which are prerequisite for everyday life.
・Eliminate or lighten various kinks of stress in your life and amplify your energy for tomorrow.
・Restore the nature of your body, fulfill "ki" vital energy, and make us think positively.
・Open our mind, and let close-minded people free.
・Foster cheerful, strong, healthy mind.
・Improve your ability to interact with other people.
・Bring up love and magnanimous mind, and avoid fighting.
・Increase your concentration and develop your submerged ability.
・Strengthen your individuality and enhance your creativity.
・Cultivate pious mind to the great universe and thankful mind to people.

Shintaido has been developed as a martial arts to make such wishes come true.
Now, we would like to show you Shintaido's movement which you may recognize that it is applicable to other martial arts as well.

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