The Unofficial Ki Society Site

Official Japanese Ki Society Homepage

The official Ki Society website for the United States. The official Ki No Kenkyukai site is also there.

The Ki Society is a worldwide organization devoted to teaching the principles of Ki Aikido (also known as Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido (translation)), which include Ki development, mind and body coordination, and, of course, all sorts of aikido techniques. What makes this style of aikido different from some other forms of aikido (and many forms of martial arts) is the emphasis on Ki (energy/attitude) and harmony. Literally, Aikido can be interpreted to mean "The path of harmonious energy." This is the keystone of Ki Aikido philosophy.

Aikido can be extremely powerful, even for small, weak people. In an incident some years ago, an adult, 255 pound Virginia Ki Society instructor was thrown by a 30 pound 5-year old girl when he wasn't expecting it (a witness says his expression of surprise was priceless). Said the flustered instructor afterward: "I've always said this worked, I believed it worked, but now I know it works!"

Seminar announcements!

April 25th-27, 2008: Weekend Spring Seminar with Kashiwaya Koichi Sensei, Chief Instructor of Midland Ki Federation and Head of Ki-Aikido USA. Hosted by the Genkikai Shin Shin To Itsu Aikido Club at the University of Chicago. Seminar details, including cost, lodging, etc. are on our registration and information form. Our registration and information form, Club info brochure, and seminar flyer available for download at ki-info group>files>seminar flyers folder>Kashiwaya Seminar 4.25.08.pdf
Rocky Mountain Ki Society, Colorado, invites the Aikido Community to their SPRING SEMINAR with KASHIWAYA SENSEI, 8th Dan, Okuden, and Chief Instructor of Midland Ki Federation, USA from Friday, April 11 to Sunday, April 13, 2008. See form at http://www.aikidoki.net/SEMINAR/index.html
If you are a registered member of the ki-info site (at egroups) you may access the events listing under the Calendar -> Upcoming Events section. (When you subscribe please contact ki-info-owner and introduce yourself - we're having spammer problems.)
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A little bit more on Ki Aikido: it is a martial art that is purely defensive. One of its prime philosophies is that we should all follow the path of harmony. In fact, true Aikido is the ability to defuse potential conflicts before they happen, not to be able to beat up someone. Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido, and Koichi Tohei, one of Ueshiba's students and founder of the Ki Society, were both men of extraordinary Ki and a sense that aikido should bring peace, not conflict.

But this does not mean that Aikido is for "wimps"; it means that Aikido is for people who want to learn to master their inner selves and bring something positive into the world. The study of Ki can open up a new world to the student.

The Ki symbol at top is, I believe, a character that was painted by Tohei Sensei and given to the Massachusetts Ki Society. Reproduced here by permission of the Massachusetts Ki Society.

Standard disclaimer: I am not being paid by the Ki Society to maintain this page, and opinions stated here are not necessarily those of the Society --- or vice versa. However, the current maintainer is affiliated with the Virginia Ki Society, a member dojo of the Ki Society International.

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