Internal Martial Arts
the TAIKIKEN pages
2017
Michio Shimada
Michio Shimada was born in 1952. Practiced judo and karate. In the early nineteen eighties he started with Taikiken and is one of the second generation top Taikiken instructors who learned direct from master Kenichi Sawai himself.
Shimada sensei did run his own Taikiken dojo since 1985, but when master Kenichi Sawai died in 1988 he stopped teaching for about ten years.
From that moment he was training and teaching in Nishi Shinjuku Central Park and Yoyogi park for three times a week.
As he expressed it himself, he would like to train more, but he is a was busy man.
Shimada sensei has an powerful style of fighting and a strong one inch punch.
He is a friendly and passionate Taikiken teacher.
Shimada sensei did run his own Taikiken dojo since 1985, but when master Kenichi Sawai died in 1988 he stopped teaching for about ten years.
From that moment he was training and teaching in Nishi Shinjuku Central Park and Yoyogi park for three times a week.
As he expressed it himself, he would like to train more, but he is a was busy man.
Shimada sensei has an powerful style of fighting and a strong one inch punch.
He is a friendly and passionate Taikiken teacher.
Shimada sensei has reopened a dojo in Tokyo where is sharing his experience and Sawai's teachings with his students.
He recently published two interesting Taikiken dvd’s more info on: http://budovideos.com/
And have his own web site in Japanese http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~Taikiken
Interesting article about Shimada sensei in Black Belt Magazine; http://www.blackbeltmag.com/
He recently published two interesting Taikiken dvd’s more info on: http://budovideos.com/
And have his own web site in Japanese http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~Taikiken
Interesting article about Shimada sensei in Black Belt Magazine; http://www.blackbeltmag.com/
Photo’s: THE HIDEN BUDO & BUJUTSU
Last update: 09 March 2017
Martial refining:
Concentrated effort to master feelings,
get rid of delusions,
remove acquired conditioning
and restore the original mind.
Concentrated effort to master feelings,
get rid of delusions,
remove acquired conditioning
and restore the original mind.
Michio Shimada Taikiken
Michio Shimada - Taikiken - Ritzu zen
