Introducion

[Guest guest]

Hello,

At the request of Mark the moderator I am introducing myself (yes, I

have been lurking

until now...)

My name is Martin McKenzie and I am studying second year Acupuncture

in Brisbane

Australia. My background is in Qi Gong which lead me to study Tuina

four years ago and I

fell in love with the style, versatility and effectiveness. To

further my studies in TCM I

moved from Adelaide. The massage studies there are superb, wish I

could say the same

for the Acupuncture.

It's been interesting to read past posts (although some go waaay over

my head at this

stage), and I look forward to learning more and hopefully being able

to contribute. A

fellow student, Paul put me onto this group (speak up Paul, where are

you?) and I'm very

glad he did. Most interesting to see someone say that Australia is

one of the better places

to study TCM outside of China. I certainly hope so!

Many thanks for allowing me into the group.

 

Regards,

Martin.

[Guest guest]

Hi Martin,

 

Welcome and thank you for the introduction.

 

Reading over your background, I would be very interested in any

description that you wouldn't mind sharing concerning the way you are

learning Tuina bodywork - e.g. general approach and techniques. Also,

has your school combined qigong and tuina or is the qigong practice

your own personal practice. My wife and I are both studying tuina and

medical qigong and we have come to believe that the two working

together, at the physical and energetic level, provide exceptional

results for all types of acute and chronic problems. What have your

experiences been so far - if any?

 

Regards,

Rich

[Guest guest]

Chinese Medicine , " Rich "

<rfinkelstein@a...> wrote:

> Hi Martin,

>

> Welcome and thank you for the introduction.

>

> Reading over your background, I would be very interested in any

> description that you wouldn't mind sharing concerning the way you

are

> learning Tuina bodywork - e.g. general approach and techniques.

Also,

> has your school combined qigong and tuina or is the qigong practice

> your own personal practice. My wife and I are both studying tuina

and

> medical qigong and we have come to believe that the two working

> together, at the physical and energetic level, provide exceptional

> results for all types of acute and chronic problems. What have your

> experiences been so far - if any?

>

> Regards,

> Rich

 

 

Rich,

Whoah!! Great question.

You can view the course outline on " www.tuina.com.au " . The instructor

Ivan McWilliams

studied in China at the Guan An Meng Hospital (I hope I got that

right) and teaches it, as

far as I can tell, fairly traditionally. It is performed through

clothes, is very treatment

oriented, straight to the point, quite vigorous and quite unlike any

other form of massage I

have studied or found taught elsewhere. The course has recently been

taken from 4

optional modules that contribute towards a Diploma in Remedial

Massage to a full blown

Diploma in TCM Remedial Massage comprising of 12 - 14 modules, one of

which is Qi

Gong.

Up until now the Qi Gong has been my own experience. I have studied

under a few

different teachers, taught at one school for two years, and have

taken a couple of

workshops with people travelling through the country the last of

which was with Bisong

Guo - excellent!!! Aspects of what I have learned so far will be

taught to the students back

in Adelaide in a couple of weeks. Due to the depth of the course the

Qi Gong component

has been cut slightly, so the emphasis will be on practical sets to

buid and maintain the

practitioner's energetic health, keep the meridians clear and

flowing, breathing,

attempting to quieten the mind (I say attempting in jest as any

student wil have a

challenge with this whilst studying and trying to learn things in

condensed fashion!) and to

have a lot of fun. Any bonuses that arise are great. One of the goals

is to introduce the

students to energetic work to compliment the " emotional work "

component of the course,

based on Mantak Chia's Chi Nei Tsang but with a McWilliams twist. Or

three.

I would be VERY interested to learn more about your studies, both in

Tuina and Qi Gong

and how the two are put together. This area of study and work is of

immense interest and

a large passion of mine. I firmly beleive that Tuina is very

underrated, and has often played

a poor relation to Acupuncture when it is, in my opinion, just as

potent a treatment

modality and should share the same status amongst TCM.

Many thanks for your query Rich, I look forward to your reply!

 

Reagrds

Martin.