Ikigai is a Japanese concept that can be translated as “reason for being” or “purpose of life”.
It is the pursuit of a state of accomplishment and well-being obtained through devotion to one’s endeavours.
The Ikigai System
The Ikigai System is the collective term for the combination of meditation, self-development, life skill mastery and martial ways studied in Ikigai Ryu.
While the Ikigai System is a contemporary approach to personal development in the real world, it is based on established, tried and tested, strategies from a number of Eastern and Western modern and traditional sources.
The individual elements (Meditation, Qi Gong etc) can be studied on their own or as part of the overall system.
Ikigai Ryu ("Ryu" means school in Japanese) is the name of the overall organisation for all of the elements of the modern Ikigai System, including Meditation, Qi Gong, "Being|Life skills" and the Self-Protection and Weapons training groups. It is an independent entity and not a derivative of, or associated with, any other school.