David E. Shaner
| David E. Shaner | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
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| Style | Aikido |
| Teacher(s) | Koichi Tohei |
David Shaner holds a 7th Degree Black Belt in Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido. He is the Chief Instructor of the Eastern (USA) Ki Federation, and Japan Headquarters Advisor to the Eastern Europe/Russia Ki-Aikido Federation. He also holds Okuden, Shinshin Toitsudo (Ki development)[1]
Shaner received a B.A. from Albertson College, and Master's and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Hawaii.[2]
Shaner was a NCAA collegiate ski racer and a member of the Olympic Valley USA Ski Team. Shaner was a Fulbright Scholar in India, and received awards from the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. As a 1979 Crown Prince Akihito Scholar, Shaner had with a personal audience with Emperor Akihito in 1988 (Akasaka Palace, Tokyo), and again in 2009 at the 50th year celebration of the Akihito Foundation (Honolulu, HI). In 1985 and 1986, he was an Andrew W. Mellon Faculty Fellow in the Humanities at Harvard University.
Shaner's first book, The Bodymind Experience in Japanese Buddhism (SUNY Press) was based upon his doctoral dissertation written for the University of Hawaii in 1980. He co-authored Science and Comparative Philosophy (E.J. Brill). He is the founding editor of the Philosophy and Biology Book Series (37 volumes) with the State University of New York Press.
Shaner also wrote The Seven Arts of Change: Leading Business Transformation That Lasts (Union Square Press).