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With Gratitude

I would like to acknowledge and thank Masakazu Ikeda sensei for demonstrating the extraordinary clinical possibilities of Traditional Acupuncture. To my patients, students, teachers, colleagues, friends and my beautiful daughters, thanks heaps for your tolerance. After 25 years as a parent and practitioner it has become increasingly apparent to me that the 'learning never stops'.

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Japanese Acupuncture Workshop Report

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

Last weekend’s Japanese Acupuncture workshop was a great pleasure for me to present. Bridging the Gap between TCM and Japanese Acupuncture workshop participants . The enthusiasm and attention of the participants was beautifully complemented by the unique surrounds of the Australia Bush, a very pleasant, well appointed conference room plus excellent catering for our delicious [...]

Japanese Acupuncture Workshop, 10th-11th July

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

At the ‘ Bridging the Gap between TCM and Japanese Acupuncture’ workshop on the 10th July in Brisbane, Australia our aim is to provide our participants with sufficient guidelines and practical training to leave this workshop ready to develop a valuable set of highly refined, consumer friendly clinical skills with an expanded understanding of the [...]

Japanese Acupuncture Workshop in Brisbane, Australia

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

Learn more about Japanese Acupuncture and how it can benefit you and your patients by joining us on Saturday the 10th and Sunday the 11th of July at Walk-About Creak Function Centre, 60 Mount Nebo Road, The Gap, QLD, 4061. If you are geographically compromised and unable to attend the workshop in person we will [...]

Stephen Brown’s Inspirational Japanese Acupuncture workshop

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Stephen Brown’s inspirational Japanese Acupuncture workshop is still fresh in my mind. The Walkabout Creek function center deep in the hills in pristine eucalyptus forest country northwest of Brisbane, a magical location discovered by eminent traditional acupuncturist/herbalist, East Asian medicine educator and now successful workshop convener, Greg Bantick was a superb venue for this groundbreaking [...]

Japanese Acupuncture V Dry Needling

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

I write this post on this significantly wet winter morning, the ocean continues to rage with wind torn waves and whitewater exploding randomly, relentlessly pounding the foreshore. This week I presented two very different workshops, one for the physiotherapists with whom I work in Brisbane, the other for a select group of students. The first  workshop, [...]

The Art of Japanese Acupuncture

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

It is exactly 2 weeks since my return from Ikeda sensei’s clinic and I am only just beginning to get a sense of what I learned. At sensei’s clinic in Imabari, Japan, conversation was at a premium, a direct result of my diabolical Japanese literacy levels. Ikeda sensei’s teaching was almost exclusively in the doing [...]