Some use the Root-Branch Treatment theory, some just press the Meridian points which are close to the problem area. Izawa sensei studied Shiatsu directly from Namikoshi Sensei, who is the founder of Shiatsu, and graduated from the Japan Shiatsu College in Later, he became an instructor at the college. Zen Ioh kai Shiatsu:.
This form of Shiatsu was derived by Shizuto Masunaga sensei. In Zen Shiatsu, practitioners use their elbows, knees and bony parts of the body to apply stronger pressure to the Meridian points instead of using their thumbs, fingers or palms.
Masunaga sensei studied Shiatsu directly from Namikoshi Sensei, who is the founder of Shiatsu, and graduated from the Japan Shiatsu College in Tao Shiatsu:. Ryukyu Endo sensei introduced this form of Derivative Shiatsu. This theory contains religious and spiritual practicum.
There are several one- and two-day workshops available in Tokyo and Kyoto. Endo sensei studied Shiatsu directly from Namikoshi Sensei, who is the founder of Shiatsu, and graduated from the Japan Shiatsu College. Oha Shiatsu:. This technique was derived by Ohashi sensei, who did not graduate from the Japan Shiatsu College. He took a three-day Shiatsu workshop, which was held by Tokujiro Namikoshi sensei when he came to U. A in Seitai is type of stretch or manipulation done to the body to maintain the best balance of the body.
Macrobiotic Shiatsu:. The Macrobiotic Diet is well known in the world right now. Michio Kushi sensei is the developer of the Macrobiotic Diet. He mainly practices complementary medicine which is based on diet, acupuncture, meditation, Shiatsu and Chinese Herbal Medicine. Kushi sensei was not trained in Shiatsu therapy at the Japan Shiatsu College. Shiatsu treatment technique is enhanced and learned through experience and thus different Shiatsu techniques will exist with each Shiatsu practitioner.
There should, however, be a minimum of Shiatsu training and education completed in an appropriate Shiatsu training college or school. The standards of such an institution should be the same as those set by the Ministry of Health of Japan. These standards include Basic Shiatsu training; basic medical sciences such as Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology; and clinical practicum.
There should be a minimum of 2 years hours of training. When he was 7 years old, his family moved to Hokkaido where the weather was cold and harsh. The style he developed proposes a practice based on the treatment of energy lines and on the diagnosis of the abdomen and back, thus bringing Shiatsu back to the original connections with the Kanpo.
In fact, he names his style Keiraku Shiatsu Shiatsu of the meridians , which is then exported to the West under the name of Zen Shiatsu , thanks to his holistic and meditative method, which reflects the simplicity and spiritual approach of Japanese Buddhist monks.
Not limiting himself to this, Masunaga, as a great scholar of Chinese and Japanese medicine, elaborates a more thorough and complete theory of meridians than that of traditional Chinese medicine TCM , born in the s from the ashes of classical Chinese medicine.
In fact, there are extensions of traditional meridians along the whole body: that is, every single part of the body is crossed by all 12 ordinary channels. This concept is found in fractal acupuncture, for example, which considers the body structured like a hologram.
Every single part is an image of the whole. Being a psychologist , Masunaga interprets the symptom mainly as a manifestation of the human being seen as a whole and not of a mere physiological aspect of the body. The recipient is seen as a person and not just as a physical body that shows a symptom. And this symptom becomes an expression both of properly physical functions but also of emotional and spiritual aspects. Shiatsu pressure is enhanced by perception and the sensitivity of the operator becomes fundamental to grasp the condition of each energy channel; the treatment of the abdomen acquires an even more decisive role in order to diagnose the psycho-physical condition of the recipient.
All these elements are used in the treatment to appropriately stimulate some areas of the body and the meridians to induce a state of better overall and lasting energy balance. Few people know that in its home country, Shiatsu enjoys a privilege that is not granted to it in the West. From the legislative point of view, in fact, the Shiatsu was officially recognized in by the Japanese Ministry of Health, as a particular manipulative treatment, based on pressure, but it was initially framed in the Anma massage techniques.
Only a decade later, in , a new law defined it as a form of treatment that was completely autonomous and distinct from both the Anma and the Western massage practised in Japan. It is thanks to Tokujiro Namikoshi, as we have already said if Shiatsu has been officially recognized by the Japanese government; he had the merit of having been the first to give an essential didactic organization to the Shiatsu methodology. First of all, to enter any Shiatsu college in the land of the Rising Sun it is necessary to have a high school diploma or its equivalent.
Since the state exam will be in Japanese, it is necessary to know this language very well and colleges require certificates in this regard for non-native speakers.
The course of studies is approximately hours divided into three years. Subjects such as anatomy, physiology, the study of various pathologies, as well as specific courses on Shiatsu, are addressed in-depth during the three years. It is therefore clear that this is a para-university course. Very different from the courses made in Italy and in the rest of Europe of hours. Once the college is successfully completed, you must pass the state certification exam to become part of the Japanese health system, like physiotherapists, chiropractors, etc.
Forgot your password? Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive mail with link to set new password. History of Japanese medicine To understand the origins of Shiatsu , you need to know a little about history. Folk medicine Little is known about this ancient art, handed down orally. Chinese medicine When the influx from China began to intensify in the Japanese archipelago, the culture of the Great Empire strongly influenced that of the land of the Rising Sun.
Western medicine and modern times With the arrival of the Portuguese in the 16th century and of the Dutch and Germans in the 17th, Japan gets in touch with various elements of Western medicine, assimilating them. Anpuku Zukai Another important figure was the master Ota Shinsai who in published the important treatise Anpuku Zukai. Anpuku Another very important massage technique that accompanies the Anma is the Anpuku or Ampuku.
In Shiatsu was lawfully approved as part of Anma massage. In Japanese Shiatsu school was officially licensed by the Japanese Minister of Health and in Shiatsu was recognised as a therapy in its own right, as distinct from Swedish Massage and Anma.
At present Japanese law are approved 3 different kinds of techniques of therapy , which were incorporated into the Japanese Health Care System. The three big Japanese masters, who greatly contributed to the evolution of the framework medical e technical establishment of modern Shiatsu were: - Tokujiro Namikoshi - Shizuto Masunaga - Katsusuke Serizawa Tokujiro Namikoshi In , when he was very young, he moved with his family from Hokkaido country to a northern Japanese island.
Due to the extreme climate, his mother developed arthritis in her knee which developed into many other parts of her body. Toqujiro, when he was still young, decided helping his mother and he started to test a technique based on hands-on pressures, slowly he discovered his treatments caused improvements in his mother's health.
Continuing with his experiments he realized that by pressing on either side of her back, the adrenal glands were stimulated to produce cortisol, producing a curative effect for rheumatism.
In he left the school in Hokkaido under the supervision of some of his students and went to Tokyo to found a new Shiatsu school, with the aim of divulge his technique, seven years later, in In the school was legally licensed by the Minister of Health under the Japan Shiatsu School, that gained a great success.
Namikoshi's style, due to recognition by Western medical, doesn't incorporate meridian theory and requires a thorough knowledge of the musculo-skeletal structure of the human body, and the nervous system. However, its history goes back to roots of massage in Japan.
Shiatsu was derived from a historical Japanese massage modality known as Anma. Anma was derived from a traditional Chinese massage modality known as Tui Na. Its techniques include manual rolling, rubbing, kneading, and pressing. Tui Na was first introduced in Japan around AD. It eventually became the form of massage practiced in government-sponsored hospitals and would be the dominant form of massage in Japan.
Overtime, Tuina was modified by its Japanese practitioners. During the s, Amna, a Japanese derivation of Tuina had been established as its own modality by Akashi Kan Ichi, a physician and massage therapist.
However, Amna really took off during the s after it was popularized by Sugiyama Waichi , a famous physician and acupuncturist of the time.
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