Word: shintaido
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kumite is a two-person exercise in which the aim is total communication. Eva Thaddeus '86, president of the Shintaido club, describes Kumite as a "response to your partner's movements...
...Shintaido participants explain that the Shintaido practice, called Keko, reflects the experience of living--the practice is ritualistic, centering on three main ideas, Tenshingoso or Eiko, Kumite, and the "theme" that the instructor assigns to the practice...
According to the experts, after the Kumite stage the instructor assigns a theme to the practice--this theme, practitioners agree, can define the quality of the workout experience. Such themes include softness, friendship, aggression. The students express the theme through their Shintaido...
Club members explain that there are four main styles of Shintaido: Open-Hand Shintaido, Bohjitsu, Kenjitsu and Shintaido-Karate. Open-Hand Shintaido is pure Shintaido without the use of a weapon, while both Bohjitsu and Kenjitsu both involve the use of a wooden sword or of a staff respectively. Shintaido-Karate combines Shintaido and Karate...
...Recent Shintaido Club initiate Claudia L. Brett '88 describes Shintaido as "fun to practice but difficult to master...