Tag Archive: Australian Taido

Building International Community

As I men­tioned in my top 11 arti­cle, one of my favorite aspects of my Taido expe­ri­ence has been the oppor­tu­nity to par­tic­i­pate as a mem­ber of an inter­na­tional com­mu­nity. There are peo­ple all over the world that share my pas­sion for Taido, and I’ve really enjoyed meet­ing so many of them. There are plenty of others…

Review: Intu-Flow

In my energy bal­ance arti­cle, I men­tioned a prod­uct from RMAX called Warrior Wellness that I highly rec­om­mend for releas­ing stored ten­sion, increas­ing dynamic range of motions, and gen­er­ally keep­ing the body work­ing as it should. Specifically, I listed it as sug­gested body main­te­nance for Taido stu­dents. Since I orig­i­nally wrote this review, Warrior Wellness has been replaced by an…

2006 Sakura Matsuri Taikai

I love Hirosaki. It’s the place where I first thought to myself “you know, I should live in Japan some­day”, and it’s also the place where I met pos­si­bly the great­est love of my life so far. Besides that, it’s just a beau­ti­ful town, and they have plenty of Taido going on. In fact, this year is the 30th anniversary…

2006 Kanagawa Friendship Meet

March 2006 It’s been a busy cou­ple of weeks. Last week­end, I was in Australia for the sec­ond Asia Pacific Games. This past week­end, I joined the Yokohama team at the sec­ond annual Kanagawa friend­ship meet. As planned, it was a lot of fun, and we all enjoyed get­ting the chance to play with peo­ple we aren’t able to…

2006 Asia Pacific Games

that this was one hell of a good trip. it was packed full of prac­tice and play, and there wasn’t a lot of down-time to spend digest­ing all that was going on. my mem­ory of cer­tain events may be slightly inac­cu­rate, but i want to give you the gist of this year’s meet. a lot of good things went down, and a lot of good things will come from hav­ing more of this kind of event in the future.