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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 50pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-INDENT: -20pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3" align=center><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Shiatsu</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 50pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-INDENT: -20pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3" align=center><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /><v:shapetype id=_x0000_t75 stroked="f" filled="f" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" coordsize="21600,21600"><v:stroke joinstyle="miter"></v:stroke><v:formulas><v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></v:f></v:formulas><v:path o:connecttype="rect" gradientshapeok="t" o:extrusionok="f"></v:path><o:lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></o:lock></v:shapetype>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=center><v:shape id=_x0000_i1025 style="WIDTH: 240pt; HEIGHT: 148.5pt" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata o:href="http://www.crystalinks.com/shiatsu.gif" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image001.gif"><IMG alt="" src="/Image/upload/shiatsu.gif" border=0></v:imagedata></v:shape></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=center> </DIV><o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Shiatsu is an Alternative and/or Preventive Medicine. Shiatsupractors must have knowledge of medical foundations and clinical experience in order to develop a treatment plan. The following are some examples of conditions which will be improved and/or prevented by receiving Shiatsu Therapy. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Shiatsu is a hands-on therapy technique originating in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Shiatsu follows similar principles to Chiropractic or western massage using the principles of anatomy and physiology. The thumbs, palms, and fingers (no knees or elbows are used in the foundation form of shiatsu therapy) are used to apply pressure to designated areas of the body. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">All Shiatsupractors (Lisenced Shiatsu practitioners) in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region> have to go through a government-regulated program which covers mostly the traditional form of Shiatsu Therapy. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">This traditional form, now commonly practiced in <st1:place w:st="on">North America</st1:place>, was started by Tokujiro Namikoshi, from whose lineage subsequent Shiatsu practitioners have been trained. Namikoshi developed his knowledge through trial and error, eventually gaining acceptance in the late 1950s. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">His Shiatsu is described as "Diagnosis and Therapy combined", and relies on an understanding of how the body functions according to western principles of anatomy and physiology, as opposed to the principles in Traditional Chinese Medicine/TCM, although derivative forms of Shiatsu based on TCM (called <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meridian_Shiatsu"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Meridian Shiatsu</SPAN></A>) have been devised by later practitioners graduated from the Japan Shiatsu College established by Tokujiro Namikoshi in 1940. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">History of Shiatsu</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Shiatsus, and Teate, are originated in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region></st1:place>. There were many hands-on therapies called Teate before traditional Chinese therapies such as Acupuncture and Tuina were introduced to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Conflicting reports exist as to the date of the first use of the word Shiatsu. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">However, there is no doubt that it was Tokujiro Namikoshi who founded the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Japan</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Shiatsu</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> in 1940 and established and systematized Shiatsu Therapy. At the age of seven, Tokujiro Namikoshi developed a technique of pressing using his thumbs and palms as he tried to nurse his mother who suffered from Rheumatoid Arthritis. He called the technique ''Pressure Therapy'' at first but later renamed it ''Shiatsu Therapy''. He treated many high profile persons such as former Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida and other successive Prime Ministers, the Prosecutor for the International Military Tribunal for the <st1:place w:st="on">Far East</st1:place>, Prosecutor Keenan, as well as celebrities like Marilyn Monroe and Mohamed Ali. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">In this way, Shiatsu became known not only in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region> but also overseas. The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Japan</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Shiatsu</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> has produced many graduates who participate actively worldwide and who have devised their own Shiatsu styles. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">These styles are derived from the original Shiatsu of Namikoshi and collectively termed Derivative Shiatsu. For example, Tadashi Izawa established Meridian Shiatsu, incorporating Meridian Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine into his Shiatsu therapy. Shizuto Masunaga''s book, called <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Zen Shiatsu</SPAN> in English, popularized Zen (or Masunaga) Shiatsu in North America and <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Ryukyu Endo, a Buddhist priest, introduced Tao Shiatsu, which involves concentrating the mind and making supplications to the Buddha. Kiyoshi Ikenaga, in his book Tsubo Shiatsu, elucidates from an anatomical and physiological point of view, how meridian points (or Tsubo) are useful in Shiatsu Therapy. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">The Japanese word ''Shiatsu'' is known all around the world. In the English translation, this unique, originally Japanese, hands-on therapy is also called Shiatsu. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Definition of Shiatsu</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">"Shiatsu technique refers to the use of fingers and palm of one''s hand to apply pressure to particular sections on the surface of the body for the purpose of correcting the imbalances of the body, and for maintaining and promoting health. It is also a method contributing to the healing of specific illnesses." </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Published by Japanese medical department of the Ministry of Welfare (Current Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) in December 1957</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Essence of Shiatsu</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">The characteristic of Shiatsu is to practice using only the fingers, palms and especially the thumbs, but the essence of Shiatsu is Diagnosis and Therapy combined, which is the ability of the practitioner to use his sensory organs (palms, fingers and thumbs) to detect irregularities, such as stiffness of the surface of the body, and to promptly correct or heal these problems. To acquire this skill takes considerable experience. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">The defining difference between Shiatsu therapy and modern and Kampo medicine (also known as Traditional Chinese Medicine, such as acupuncture and moxibustion) is this Diagnosis and Therapy combined? The fact, that Shiatsu does not always require previous diagnosis before commencing treatment. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">In modern medicine, the course of treatment can only be decided after a diagnosis has been made. In TCM, it is also necessary to diagnose before treating. In Shiatsu Therapy, practitioners promote the prevention and recovery of illnesses by stimulating the immune system and natural healing power that people already possess. Therefore, even without a diagnosis or with a language barrier, practitioners can, to quote Toru Namikoshi, treat patients with thumbs and thin futon at any time. Treating the body as a whole helps to restore the physical functions of the nervous system, circulatory system, bone structure, muscles, and internal secretion and stimulates its natural ability to heal illness. That being said, skilled practitioners can contribute considerably to regional health and medical treatment. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Shiatsupractor</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"> is the name given to the recently introduced international standardized Shiatsu license. This international standardization will not only ensure quality by setting guidelines for the practitioners of Shiatsu therapy, but also for the instructors, worldwide. In the past, in countries where Shiatsu has not been regulated by law, instructors often have not learned the medical basics, such as anatomy, </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">physiology, pathology, which are require subjects in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region>, and those instructors often focus entirely on their knowledge of Kampo medicine. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">The name Shiatsupractor was first used in British Columbia, Canada in 1990, has since been recognized by the International Shiatsu Association as the official name for the of the international standardized Shiatsu license. Presently, at the end of 2003, in the regions of North <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region> (<st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region>), Europe (member nations of the EU), and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region>, the use of Shiatsupractor is officially protected as a registered trademark. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">In <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region>, the educational standard for Shiatsupractor approval corresponds to that of the licenses for Anma, Massage and Shiatsu Practitioners. In other regions, if there are no regulations by public officials in the country or states, the requirements are two years and 2200 hours in North America and two-to-three years and 1600 hours in <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiatsu#Time_Line"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Timeline and References</SPAN></A> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></DIV><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" align=center><v:shape id=_x0000_i1026 style="WIDTH: 194.25pt; HEIGHT: 167.25pt" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata o:href="http://www.crystalinks.com/shiatsu2.gif" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image002.gif"><IMG alt="" src="/Image/upload/shiatsu2.gif" border=0></v:imagedata></v:shape></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" align=center> </DIV><o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">The purpose Shiatsu is to bring the body into balance - the Yin/ Yang - which results in good health on all levels. In the 10th century, Japanese monks began to study Buddhism in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>. They observed the healing methods of Traditional Chinese Medicine and took them back to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region>. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">The word Shiatsu means (''Shi'' means ''finger'') - (''atsu'' means ''pressure''). </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Shiatsu utilizes a combination of pressure and assisted-stretching techniques. It is a combination of many different techniques, including pressing, hooking, sweeping, shaking, rotating, grasping, vibrating, patting, plucking, lifting, pinching, rolling, brushing, and, in one school developed by Suzuki Yamamoto, barefoot shiatsu, it includes walking on the person''s back, legs, and feet. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Shiatsu can be done with the patient lying on a mat on the floor - or on a table. The patient remains fully clothed wearing loose fitting clothing. The atmosphere in the area should be calm - light music can be used if desired - soft lighting. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>