The Art of Touch

A Unique Journey into the Classical Foundations and Essence of Japanese Bodywork

  •  5 hours

    of video content

  • Zoom

    live sessions

  • Starts 6 Dec 2025

    3 years access

  •  Ebooks

    Included

    A deep dive
    into the roots of
    Japanese Bodywork

    This online course is based on the material from the Japanese Bodywork
    Classics the Ampuku Zukai and the Anma Tebiki; both books are from the late Edo period and have laid the basis for what would later become Shiatsu and Anma.

    In this course, you can learn at your own pace the 30 Ampuku Abdominal Acupressure techniques and whole-body protocols from those Classics. It also offers a comprehensive exploration of the extraordinary vessels, their related trigrams, and an introduction to using the Yi Jing in treatment. This course includes a series of videos demonstrating all the techniques in detail. You will also have access to detailed textual content available for download as PDFs, along with audio files that can be saved to your computer, phone, or tablet for study at your convenience.

    After purchasing this online course, including all its materials, it will remain accessible for 3 years.

    What's included?

    • Video
    • Text material
    • Assessments
    • Certificate
    - Whole Bodywork Protocols
    - Over 30 Ampuku Techniques
    - Extra Techniques
    - Inner Practices
    Based on these classics:
    - Ampuku Zukai
    - Anma Tebiki
    - Yōjōkun
    - Shiatsu Ryo Ho

    Philippe Vandenabeele

    Drawing on over thirty years of clinical practice and international Shiatsu teaching, Philippe Vandenabeele developed the Shinzui Shuhō postgraduate program.

    His courses combine his long clinical experience with continued practice and studies in manual therapy, anatomy, and his ongoing research into the roots of Shiatsu and Ampuku.
    Patrick Jones - Course author
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