The Taidō is practiced in ten countries, including Japan, Haiti, Australia, England, France, Portugal, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway.

Taidō's techniques offered many innovations: the inclusion of spinning and twisting movements, gymnastic maneuvers, speedy and effective footwork, and a changing body angle.

Taidō's purpose was, and continues to be, the application of scientific methodology and traditional values to the evolution of the martial arts.

The last category, Ten, includes acrobatic movements, for instance back-flips, which makes Taidō spectacular to watch.

Competitions in Taidō include Jissen (sparring), Hokei (which is similar to kata), and Tenkai, which is a made-up fight, where one "hero" defeats five opponents during the last part of a 30-second bout.

In Tenkai the judges give points to the competing teams in a similar manner as is done in for instance figure skating.

A good hit must have proper and legal technique, timing, target, contact and kiai (a shout accompanying the strike).

A kick or a punch is worthy of ippon when it is performed from proper taido movement, has control, lands on the opponent's torso and is finally followed by an immediate retraction and return to one's original position.

Warnings are given for improper and bad movement, poor basic stance, wrong target area for strikes or physical damage to the opponent.

Typical of a taido match is the constant movement, used for maintaining good distance to the opponent and gaining a feasible offensive position.

Turning and twisting moves, acrobatics and shifts in body axes are integral parts of a taido match.

They function as a powerful form of basic training, developing both technique, strength, speed and body control.

A competitor may also receive extra points from the referees, if the difficulty of the hokei is heightened via addition of somersaults or other moves, not found in the basic version.

The movement sets do not exist only for basic techniques, however, but also for practising combinations and training fighting against imaginary foes.

A kick or a punch is worthy of ippon when it is performed from proper Taido movement, has control, lands on the opponent's torso and is finally followed by an immediate retraction and return to one's original fighting position.

Tenkai is a prearranged and choreographed, from 25 to 30 seconds long “fight”, in which five persons (wakiyaku) will attack a single central "hero" fighter (shuyaku).

Tenkai thus gives one the opportunity to fully employ the large technique and movement repertoire in taido and also to utilize moves rarely seen in a normal match.

The developer of taido created these team sports to supplement the single ones, since he wanted to emphasize interactivity and sociability amongst the practitioners.

moving, usage of distance and space, three-dimensionality in both offence and defence, the difficulty of the techniques and the realism and feasibility of the attacks.

Taidō is practiced in Japan, Sweden, Finland, Portugal, Denmark, Norway, France, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Australia, Canada and the United States.

Shojo Manga Hitomi o sorasazu ni ite [jp] (Keep Your Eyes Open) is centered on the martial art of Taido.

[citation needed] Finnish MMA fighter Aleksi Toivonen [fi] studied Taido in his youth.

[22] On November 12, 2023, Bandai Namco revealed a new character for the upcoming Tekken 8, Reina, whose fighting style is based on Taido.