Word: shintaido
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...Although Shintaido has had an active following on campus since the spring semester of 1984, few members of the Harvard community would probably define it as anything other than a sci-fi film or a sushi dish...
...reality, Shintaido is a martial art which focuses much more on coordination than on combativity. Its presence at Harvard is made more remarkable by the fact that the sport is only 20 years...
...bicoastal trio stubbornly cling to their surplus pounds. They skip yoga ("Imagine you're a pink cloud," urges the teacher). They miss pool exercises, which involve strenuous efforts to drown plastic balls by pushing them "down ... aaand down .. . aaand harder, again!" During Shintaido, an unlikely hybrid of martial arts and modern dance that starts with an excruciating series of froglike hops, the trio sit in the lobby complaining. They are wondering about flights to Las Vegas when Karma Kientzler finds them...