The core art of Aiki Ten Shin Sho Kai International is Aiki Tai Jutsu - literally the body art of blending with energy.

This is the open hand aspect of the School's curriculum and is the focus of the majority of the kyu level gradings in the first few years and taught in parallel with the weapons curriculum.

Students are taught how to make use of the attacker's energy, diffusing it with powerful throws, locks and pins.

Fundamental to all techniques is the principle of Aiki: blending with energy.

Thus physical strength plays no part and this applies equally to the open hand and weapons aspects of the curriculum.

Aiki Tai Jutsu celebrates the spirit, skill and ingenuity of the Japanese warrior