Manaka Magic

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All,

 

> of Manaka's clinical success was due to

> what he called " Manaka magic " , ie what Bob just said. This didn't sit too

> well with the students at the seminar >>>The bigger problem is how do you

> know what the other 50% is? Alon

 

Right on Alon!

 

Once when Steve Birch and I were working on " Chasing the Dragon's Tail, "

at Manaka's Odawara clinic we were sitting in the waiting room with the

patients. The room was full of post-stroke patients who were only barely

ambulatory. It was a sad sight and the " atmosphere " was depressive. When

Manaka arrived, everyone sat better, talked better, and greeted Manaka

with obvious pleasure and surprising verve. For Steve and I this defined

the editorial issue: What would work for someone else?

 

In my opinion, Yoshio Manaka was someone who it is a blessing to have

known and I am deeply grateful for the experience. He selected Steve as a

transmitter, when he was aggressively pursued by others, because he knew

intuitively that Steve would not twist his work to fit a " Steve Birch

franchise. " In how he played with our children, he showed humanity and

creativity. In his paintings he caught the qi of his subjects brilliantly.

So, I

would not argue for an instant that Manaka did not bias his clinical results

by his personal intention and intuition.

 

However, please don't forget that Manaka never promoted his personal

skills but emphasized systems based on feedback loops and interactive,

objective clinical tests. His work comes closer to being capable of inter-

rater and objective outcome study than anything we teach in our schools.

He did not promote his personal abilities, he promoted the rigorous study

and practice that he saw as the root of anyone's ability to bias results in

their patient's favor. Manaka's life is an example of how the personal

cultivation people give so much lip service to is not a just a matter taking

classes in Taiji or Qigong, but of " qi gong " in its deeper sense of plain, hard

work and rigorous self-examination.

 

Bob

 

 

bob Paradigm Publications

www.paradigm-pubs.com P.O. Box 1037

Robert L. Felt 202 Bendix Drive

505 758 7758 Taos, New Mexico 87571

 

 

 

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so much lip service to is not a just a matter taking classes in Taiji or Qigong, but of "qi gong" in its deeper sense of plain, hard work and rigorous self-examination.>>>I would have liked to know him

Alon