Face to Face Transmission

Kiko is part of Mikkyo training inside Esoteric Buddhism. It includes over 1600 body / hand positions; each position has a root sound, a phrase, an incantation, and a chant; and each of these is attached to a Buddha or Bodhisattva and has a variety of meanings depending on how small details are performed.

Also I've been instructed to only share it face to face and in secret. Here, on the internet, I can only share the words anyhow; and it has nothing to do with the words. Kiko is really not taught but simply passed in the presence of an adept. But it should be fun to try, don't you think?

Introduction

Kiko is a Japanese Mikkyo practice of movement, postures, and sounds to bring one into alignment with all that is.

Kiko is said to be an indigenous practice from the Japanese Archipelago. And I believe this is true; there are many exercises in it that I have not seen anywhere else. But I think that it is equally true that much of what is done has traveled to Japan with many practices obviously coming from Yoga, Tai Chi, and Qi Gong. In fact, today in the exoteric schools of Kiko, what I see looks just like what I think Qi Gong looks like. In our esoteric practice, however, there are many more 'older' and 'natural' pieces, that I do not see in Qi Gong, Tai Chi, or Yoga.