Maliko Sensei has devoted his life to the study of martial arts, and self-improvement practices from around the world. Maliko Sensei has taught martial arts in both New Jersey and Seattle. He currently teaches and practices TRI-Hara Holistic Fitness in Kauai, Hawaii. As one of Maliko Sensei’s teachers told him in 1990, “The Masters and Samurais always change their art to meet the times.” TRI-Hara Holistic Fitness is an ancient practice for modern times.

In 2008, Maliko Sensei moved to Kauai. There, he learned Hawaiian concepts that underscored and augmented the principles of TRI-Hara: Ha breath, Aina energy from land and nature, and Mana life energy and power invoking the three centers of body, mind, and spirit, now with the breath as the meeting point of the Aina and Mana. He added a logo, three waves forming a yin and yang symbol. TRI-Hara is a practice to polish the mind, massage the heart, and have a flexible and strong body…all in alignment. The curriculum is continually refined in Kauai, where East meets West.  Exercises are designed to empty the cup (clear the body, mind, and spirit), fill the cup (take in new learning and capabilities), stir the cup (shake up preconceptions to see ourselves as we are and the world as it is), and finally, be the cup (consciously connecting in the present with ourselves and the world).