Taiso Toad's Calisthenics Journey

Taiso never expected to own a calisthenics academy. But that's just how life goes. Life forces you to pivot in different directions that expose you to your hidden talents.

Taiso Toad was your typical toad with a 9-5 accounting job in Taito City, Japan. Every morning, he would tune into Radio Calisthenics or Radio Taiso as it is famously called to begin his morning exercises. Radio Taiso is comprised of low-impact exercises and stretches for 3 minutes, a 100-year old Japanese exercise tradition that encourages health and movement. 

Radio Taiso was chill stuff for a chill toad, nothing too crazy and it was just enough to get his day started. Life at the office was satisfying. He would grab his coffee and run numbers every day. It wasn't until he stumbled across an ad promoting South Florida as the ideal place to retire for toads.

When he got home, he couldn't stop thinking about the enticing ad so he began his research. As he was browsing through Zilhome, he stumbled upon a land development project full of promises, The Everglades in sunny South Florida. He decided to take a leap of faith and move his whole family to South Florida. 

In no time, Taiso Toad was getting acclimated to the South Florida environment. There was plenty of rain, pond water, possum friends, and enough swamp for generations to come but he missed his culture in Japan especially Radio Taiso to get his mornings started. 

Again, he got back on the computer and Google searched "calisthenics groups" in his area hoping to continue his 3-minute daily stretches and exercises in a group setting as he did back home. He eventually found a group that met up at Muscle Beach in Miami, FL.

Much to his dismay and horror, this category of calisthenics looked different from what he was used to. This wasn't Radio Taiso. This was intense and gravity defying. He thought he made a huge mistake but over time he opened up to the group and excelled in this foreign category of calisthenics.

He eventually got too good and created his academy. Taiso Toad Academy