Shintaido International federates national shintaido groups worldwide practicing the various shintaido disciplines according to specific curricula legated from the Rakutenkai - the original community who created them during the 60's - and maintained actual by the International Technical and Examination Committee.
The main purpose of this federation is to support high common standard of practice of shintaido disciplines wordlwide .
This site will present :
The memoranda of understanding of the two main bodies that make Shintaido International :
The International Technical and Examination Committee, gathering all Yon-dan holders, who works at maintaining common standard wordwide
The Board of Directors, gathering representatives from each national group, who works at managing ressources to support common activities
A short presentation of each of the Shintaido disciplines
The organization of the system of instructors' accreditations
The quadriennal international meetings
An resume of the main turning points in Shintaido history