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Popular Japanese martial art demonstrated in workshops
By KATE DUFFY Staff Reporter
"In ki-aikido, you don't have to hurt anyone, and you don't."
And with this, Koichi Kashiwaya, kiaikoide sensei (Japanese for "teacher"), stepped out of his charging opponent's way and in one liquid bubble, grabbed his opponent's forearm and gently swung him to the ground.
Kashiwaya, who lives and teaches in
The much larger student somer-saulted, and rolling to his feet, ran at his teacher again. Kashiwai calmly turned, and using the same movements, waltzed him to the ground once again.
Lansing returning to normal schedule
LANSING, Kan.—Inmates at the Kansas State Penitentiary returned to their normal work routines yesterday, following a lockdown officials imposed last week after the stabbing death of a prison guard.
Linda Moppin, prison spokesman,
said yesterday that the lockdown was
gradually being lifted and that inmates'
attitudes were "very good."
They had been confined to cells, being allowed out only for showers, since the stabbing death of Lt. Robert Hurd Oct. 11.
Inmates went back to work, but were not allowed to attend education and vocational training programs, Moppin said. By Wednesday, those programs should resume and the penitentiary should be on a more normal schedule.
"The inmates are being released half a cell house at a time for meals," she said. "They're being very orderly and forming lines."
Boulder, Colo., has been practicing and teaching ki-akido for the past 13 years. He demonstrated basic techniques last week in a series of workshops sponsored by KU's East Asian Studies Center, the department of international Lawrence Parks and Recreation and the Lawrence Ki-akido Club.
"KI-AIKIDO" comes from ki, an ancient Japanese concept similar to the idea of body energy or life force and the "harmanous body energy" in "harmonious body energy".
Ki-akido is derived from akido, a 20th century martial art. The primary difference between the two is ki-akido being individually developed to improve mind and body coordination.
Erin Kashiwaya, who assisted her husband last week in the workshops, said that everyone in Japan grows up understanding Ki, but never discusses it.
"Although they use the word "everyday in greetings," she said, "the Japanese will look at you funny if you talk about ki."
Kashiway pointed out that although many people don't believe in the spiritual sense of ki anymore, they still care about their daily lives because it is traditional.
IN LAST FRIDAY'S workshop in Robinson Gymnasium, about 50 people watched Kashiwaya, his wife and a friend. The lawrence club demonstrate k-ai-kado.
In one exercise, Mrs. Kashiwaya stood erect, pointing her bokken stick, representing a Japanese samurai (warrior's) sword, toward the audience. Circling the bokken over her head, she sliced the air with it. Turning to the left and taking giant steps forward, she moved to the center, bowed and sat down. Completing a square, she returned to the center, bowed and sat down.
Kashiwaya pointed out to the audience that his wife's mind and ki
"Don't leave your mind for a long time," he told the audience, stumbling to demonstrate the consequences of forgetting and not concentrating on his actions.
had gone forward with her, so her movement flowed smoothly and easily.
In the past four years, Kashiwaya has seen his ki-kido school in Boulder enlarge to about 100 students. This doesn't include the students he teaches at the University of Colorado in Boulder and in different community centers.
KASHIWAYA SAID the number of people practicing ki-kiada in Japan has doubled in the past five years, although Kashiwa's martial arts has actually decreased.
The Japanese business world has discovered the benefits of ki-aikido, Kashiwaya. It instructors have taught Seko and Pentax corporate pilots and Japanese airline pilots. Members of Japan'sairlines, the Diet, have studied ki-aikido.
Kashiwaya estimated that between 15,000 and 20,000 Americans are practicing ki-ai-kido. Most live on the East or West coasts or Hawaii, where Japanese instructors first introduced ki-ai-kido.
Kashiway said he was encouraged that more American school administrators and teachers are studying kikiriki and was yet to spread to the business world.
IN LAWRENCE, the ki-akido club has about 20 members and teaches classes through the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department.
Andrew Tsubaki, professor of theatre, joined the club about two years ago, after practicing karate for a couple of years.
"Karate turns your body into a weapon," Tsauki said. "You do sit-ups and push-ups to develop muscle, and the muscle becomes part of the weapon."
"But ki-aikido is much gentler, more wholesome. Everybody can do it, from kid to adult."
KEITH FLANERY/Kansan Stat
Calm donors
Tim Powell, co-chairman of the blood drive sponsored by Panhellenic Association and Interfraternity Council, said that 307 pints were donated yesterday. The blood drive will continue from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and tomorrow in the Kansas Union
New program to recognize exceptional students
A new program honoring exceptional students at the University of Kansas is in the planning stages and should be released this week.
Deanell Tacha, vice chancellor for academic affairs, has been in charge of the program's formation and will head the program. She said this week she just needed to finish writing the final draft.
year who have exhibited exceptional scholastic ability while at KU, and to guide them in their education, Philip McKnight, director of the office of instructional resources and a member of planning committee, said recently.
Seminars or colloquies and a close working relationship with a faculty mentor are two possible parts of the program, McKnight said.
The intent of the program is to identify about 20 or 30 students each
at out-of-state students who are not eligible for Watkins-Berger and Summerfield scholarships—students who have completed the honors program and others who have done well academically at KU, he said.
McKnight said KU was small enough in the 1950s and 1960s to identify exceptional scholars and guide them in their studies. This guidance diffused as the University grew, but the new program will attempt to bring it back.
The program will probably be aimed
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