about suikido
sui 水 — water
ki 氣 — energy
do 道 — path
the name
SUIKIDO 水氣道 is three characters. Each names a governing principle of practice.
SUI 水 — Water
The governing principle of Bodywork Therapy
It enters, sustains, and descends to the root.
KI 氣 — Energy
The governing principle of Kinetic Movement.
It moves, activates, and propels life.
DO 道 — Path
The governing principle of Martial Art.
It holds its ground and enacts through form.
Three governing principles. One name.
The discipline takes its name from the principles by which it works.
three forces
MOON — SUN — EARTH
The Kamon of SUIKIDO depicts the interplay of three planetary forces as they operate at the terrestrial scale.
SUI 水 — Water
The force of the Moon. The force of gravitational order.
The pull that moves the waters and circulates fluid systems.
KA 火 — Fire
The force of the Sun. The force of radiant electromagnetic energy.
The rays that ignite, heat, and drive.
CHI 地 — Earth
The force of the Earth. The force of form.
The ground where all three forces converge, generating form.
the undivided art
The three practices of SUIKIDO carry a classical body of knowledge:
Kappō 活法 The Art of Restoration
Taijutsu 體術 The Art of Bodily Motion
Sappō 殺法 The Art of the Body Under Force
In the pre-institutional warrior arts of Japan, these were held as one.
SUIKIDO continues them under its own name:
THE UNDIVIDED ART
the practitioners
making contact
What and Why
SUIKIDO is entered through any one of the three practices. What is taken up—one practice, two, or all three—is individual. Purposes differ: treatment, training, recovery, study, teaching, professional development, research, collaboration, or the need to address a specific situation.
Who
A request can concern one person or several — a group, a profession, an institution, or a field of work. The untrained beginner and the trained expert, the young and the mature, those with advanced capacity and those in recovery — SUIKIDO meets each person with equal precision.
How
Contact is made by personal request. It is made through the contact form on the page of the practice concerned, or through the contact section. The request names what is sought and why. From there, format, duration, intensity, and the combination of practices are determined by the situation and the people involved.
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