Editing Shintaido (section)

===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.