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Courses in 2024 - 2025
Scars & their impact on the body - Japanese style
Sat 16 November 2024
Sun 17 November 2024
First Aid
Sunday 24 November 2024
Intro to Thai Tok Sen massage*
Saturday 29 March 2025
Intro to Korean Hand Therapy *
Sunday 30 March 2025
Recorded Courses
Interpreting the zangfu 臟腑 organs
of Chinese Medicine*
learn about the Chinese characters which form a semantic cloud around each organ
- a great way to deepen your understanding of organ functions
An afternoon with a Jiao*
look at the tripartite division of the trunk - and learn more about acupoints in each jiao
Twenty four Solar fortnights*
these 12 separate 2 hour recordings are applicable to one month or a full year - including astronomy, astrology, food, ceremonies, acupuncture channels, acupoints, seasonal exercises and more
*open to students or anyone with an interest in this area *
Intro to Thai Tok Sen massage*
Saturday 29 March 2025
Intro to Korean Hand Therapy *
Sunday 30 March 2025
Scars and their impact on the body
John has been a student of Kiiko Mastumoto sensei for 15 years, in the Netherlands and abroad. He applies the method in his own clinical practice on a daily basis: palpation and critical thinking, alongside the Neijing and the Nanjing, are the basis of his clinic.
Before studying acupuncture, John held a black belt in Bujinkan Budo Taijitsu and studied and practised shiatsu and qi gong for about 10 years.
After graduating from acupuncture school, and first meeting David Euler and then Kiiko Matsumoto sensei, he has so far spent over 1000 hours with Kiiko sensei .
About your tutor: John Jaarsveld
Date Saturday 16 November 2024
Time 10am - 5pm (+ bonus hour)
Cost £80
Spaces Max 12
Tutor John Jaarsveld
This system is an easy to learn, palpatory method which is designed to provide instant feedback. When using this system, a KMS practitioner follows a palpation sequence which, both establishes a diagnosis and suggests several treatment options which might be effective for treating a particular patient.
This method is largely defined by a highly systematized method of palpation - to gain information through touch. The ability to use palpation to such an extraordinary level of sophistication developed from the fact that as early as the Edo Period (1602-1868) Japanese acupuncture was a profession practiced largely by the blind. Kiiko Matsumoto's teacher, Master Nagano was a blind acupuncturist, so KMS style acupuncture focuses on palpation. Once learned, palpation is an easy and precise method for instant feedback on your patient’s health. Diagnosis and treatment strategies follow each other: specific active reflexes suggest the diagnosis, then treatment efficacy is established by observing changes in those same reflexes.
Entry requirementsThis workshop assumes a knowledge of and proficiency in acupuncture and an interest in working in a palpation-based way.
This workshop uses Japanese palpation-based acupuncture in the style of Kiiko Matsumoto for the treatment of scars.
Many modern patients carry scars, either from accidents or surgical interventions. These scars can have a huge impact on the patient’s life and health if left untreated.
Scars can change the internal organ functions via the meridian pathways and internal fascia, as well as the effects on the neuromuscular function of the body. The treatments presented will show how to eliminate numbness and pain locally as well as treating the distal effects scar may have on the body. Working in a palpation-based way is great to asses if the treatments are indeed effective for this specific patient.
1 hour BONUS on Prosthetics pain and amputation problems
This extra Bonus part can only be taught if patients that suffer from these problems are presented in the class.
This is a pratical workshop!
Please sign up your patients who would like to volunteer to be treated in class.