Editing Shintaido (section)

==Claimed Benefits==

Shintaido assumes that the challenges facing modern people are more rooted in emotional and psychological matters than physical. Shintaido offers body movements that aim to build resources to live better and develop a new 'way of being' that is more intuitive, aware, and less tense; this stems from the belief that the freer the body, the more effective its movements can be.

The hope of founder Hiroyuki Aoki was to create a martial art that could reach the level of great art.<ref>{{cite book |last = Aoki |first = Hiroyuki |title = Shintaido |year = 1982 |isbn =0-942634-00-4 |pages = 21 }} How Shintaido was born</ref> so beauty and fluidity are essential aspects. The practice of Shintaido brings with it a bodily awareness and receptivity to the many messages the body transmits so that it can be used as a tool to explore the individual's inner state of being, evolution, limitations and resources. The partner exercises aim to provide an opportunity to discover and develop the ability to communicate and affirm oneself. The [[dojo]] (道場, ''practice space'') is a place in which to explore this concept in safety.