Editing Shintaido (section)

==Applied Shintaido==

===Shintaido bojutsu (新棒術)===

The bojutsu curriculum is one of the most popular aspects of Shintaido, and for many people provided and point first contact.  Students use a long staff (or [[bō]], 棒) to extend their movement, and later progress to the more difficult short staff (or [[jō]], 杖).

Beginners study a range of basic movements as well as three short kata which are based on traditional Japanese bojutsu practice.  These kata are:
* Hino kata (火の型, ''kata of fire''), derived from Sakugawa (佐久川)
* Kazeno kata (風の型, ''kata of wind''), derived from Matsukaze (松風, ''the wind in the pines'')
* Mizuno kata (水の型, ''kata of water''), derived from Hakuson (白樽)
There is also a kumibo kata called shinjo (真常), offered in sho (小, ''correct, or formal'') & dai (大, ''big, or expressive'') forms.

Advanced students (from shodan and above) study the 3 long kata from which the basic kata were derived.  At the highest level there is a longer kata (known colloquially as "Go Down Moses") in which all 3 kata are combined into a single form.

===Shintaido karate (新空手)===

The Shintaido karate curriculum is based on a cut down version of the [[shotokai]] karate curriculum, which is the school run by Egami sensei at the time Shintaido was created.  The study of karate is meant to complement the study of Shintaido itself, and is most often taken up by Shintaido students of many years experience who wish to study the history and origins of Shintaido movement.  Beginners study two [[taikyoku]] (太極) and two [[Pinan|heian]] (平安) katas (each is offered in sho & dai forms) as well as variety of strikes, kicks and kumite arrangements.  Advanced students (from shodan and above) study a range of traditional [[karate kata]], culminating in a revisiting of the original taikyoku kata at the highest level.