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Makko Ho

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Hi everyone.

Its been a while since I posted. I was wondering if anyone has heard of this Japenese Yoga. Its new to me. Has anyone tried it? How does it differ to normal yoga? From a brief browse of the net I cant see much difference. Can anyone enlighten me.

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Hi Shep,

I'm thinking your "Normal Yoga" qualification is a bit like saying 'normal karate' to the wado adept where there are some yoga schools that could be loosely described as theist and others atheist in the yoga world.

I did some study with a Japanese sensei Nakazawa Takao of Okido yoga, one aspect of Okido was shiatsu which included working with the concept of meridians and energy that seems similar to Makko Ho. Predominantly from the physical Hatha yoga where each asana or posture is designed to stretch and open specific meridians.

I remember various young Japanese wado sensei incorporating many dynamic forms of these stretches in their warm up..

Is it 'Makko Ho' different.? I think it is all about pathways up mountains Shep, one size doesn't fit all apparently.

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Hi Reg

Thanks for that. I've had some experience myself with meridians a few years ago learning Thai Massage. I was curious if these are all variations on a theme, or if it offered something very dfferent. I also had a good experience a few years back with Shiatsu when I had a prolapsed disc, with all the Phisio, acupuncture, chiropracters and Osteopaths I was seeing it was only the Shiatsu that brought me any relief from the constant pain. Its what took me in the direction of Thai Massage. I've never heard of Makko Ho. Ultimately they all seem to hark back to Chinese massage/medicine (but I'm happy to be corrected if someone knows different).

cheers

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Hi Shep,

Nakazawa sensei, the guy I studied shiatsu with was a Monk and very skilful with eastern therapies beyond shiatsu. Often we would just sit seiza and chant for 30 minutes to balance our own energies before getting to any shiatsu practice and the increase in energy was astounding. He called this internal Tai chi but he was smiling when he said so. His specialty was Amma which he said had a 5000 year history back to the Yellow Emperor so your Chinese connection could well be right.

At its base it is the difference between allopathic and wholistic medicine where western (allopathic) medicine will target the area and cause for treatment while eastern (wholistic) treat the whole being. The post mortem autopsy was not a feature of eastern medicine so the cause for the illness was looked for in the patient’s natural environment in much the way a gardener would study the soil, weather and food intake of a particular plant species to determine its health – a bit like the detective’s work in your old profession?

Nowadays the branches of wholistic medicine are often specialised – osteopathy, chiropractic, acupuncture - which to my mind tends to break the wholistic code of practice a bit – but devolution is very much part of an evolving society I guess.

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Hi Reg

May I ask how far you got with your Shiatsu, did you qualify?

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Post by oneya »

We - Yabumi and I - ran a combined gymnasium/wado ryu dojo and Shiatsu/ Tui Na facility in Brisbane and ran a few shiatsu - tui na workshops for a while. It was successful but Brisbane is an acquired taste which eluded us so we returned south to Victoria and Sydney after a couple of years. I went back to the dojo again here on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria and opened a private practice for shiatsu that was building well until a little cardiac trouble retired me and the Private practice. Shame that because I did enjoy a wider range of practice and study.. I am still teaching wado ryu plus its shiatsu connection at the Melbourne Sei Ya Kan dojo.

Rob is teaching at his dojo in Sydney and Phil is teaching at his dojo also in Sydney. There is still a dojo in Brisbane and another further up the North Shore of NSW.

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